Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 156mb
Ambient temperature: -64C
Ambient RH: 97%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration at time: 8.2s, RS41 T sensor time constants: 6.8
RH equilibration at time: 65.7s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: 1.9
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20210821_095636_P.2 204850207 TS Henri, 20210821N1 Gulfstream G-IV SP, N49RF
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 2
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Fast Fall Test
Number of points with excessive fall rate: 0
Percentage of points with excessive fall rate: 0
Sounding diagnosed as a fast fall: No
File Processing
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 2
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Processing Steps
QC processing completed (in less than 1.0s)
Levels created (in 1.0s)
WMO message coded (in less than 1.0s)
QC Data Recovery Statistics
4067 raw data records
31 ( 0.8%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
211 ( 5.2%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
12 ( 0.3%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 1986 ( 48.8%) values, QC retained 1940 ( 97.7%), overall rate: 47.7%
tdry : input file reported 1984 ( 48.8%) values, QC retained 1939 ( 97.7%), overall rate: 47.7%
RH : input file reported 1980 ( 48.7%) values, QC retained 1817 ( 91.8%), overall rate: 44.7%
winds: input file reported 3926 ( 96.5%) values, QC retained 3812 ( 97.1%), overall rate: 93.7%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 14024.3m
QC for GPS Altitude
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the number of satellites check: 2
Points which failed the buddy check: 0
Points which failed the Q/C filter check: 0
QC for GPS Position
Points which failed the latitude limit check: 0
Points which failed the longitude limit check: 0
Points which failed the number of satellites check: 10
Points which failed the latitude buddy check: 0
Points which failed the longitude buddy check: 0
Points which failed the latitude Q/C filter check: 0
Points which failed the longitude Q/C filter check: 0
QC for Pressure
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the buddy check: 0
Points which failed the outlier check: 0
Points which failed the Q/C filter check: 0
QC for Relative Humidity
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the buddy check: 7
Points which failed the outlier check: 0
Points which failed the Q/C filter check: 0
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 0
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 0
QC for Temperature
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the buddy check: 0
Points which failed the outlier check: 0
Points which failed the Q/C filter check: 0
QC for VV Pressure
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the buddy check: 0
Points which failed the outlier check: 0
Points which failed the Q/C filter check: 0
QC for Winds
Points which failed the wind speed limit check: 0
Points which failed the wind direction limit check: 0
Points which failed the number of satellites check: 1
Points which failed the wind error check: 0
Points which failed the buddy check: 2
Outlier check disabled
Q/C filter check disabled
Points which failed the vertical velocity check: 1
Surface Observation
Splash time (time of the last usable frame): 1016.25s
Extrapolated surface time: 1016.79s
Fall distance from last frame: 5.3m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 1010.6mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 28.2C
Extrapolated surface rh: 77.3%
Surface Wind Determination
Surface wind coded for an adjusted altitude of 12.0m
PTU/wind offset is 0.00s (PTU observations lead wind observations by 0.00s)