Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 696mb
Ambient temperature: 12C
Ambient RH: 100%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration at time: 3.4s, RS41 T sensor time constants: 4.9
RH equilibration at time: -6.5s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: -0.3
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20210827_123228.1 203350240 TS IDA, 20210827I1 WP-3D, N43RF
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 1
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2021-08-27 12:32:28.25
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 1
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2021-08-27 12:32:28.25
Processing Steps
QC processing completed (in less than 1.0s)
Levels created (in less than 1.0s)
WMO message coded (in less than 1.0s)
QC Data Recovery Statistics
1101 raw data records
6 ( 0.5%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
20 ( 1.8%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
4 ( 0.4%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 547 ( 49.7%) values, QC retained 536 ( 98.0%), overall rate: 48.7%
tdry : input file reported 548 ( 49.8%) values, QC retained 536 ( 97.8%), overall rate: 48.7%
RH : input file reported 545 ( 49.5%) values, QC retained 541 ( 99.3%), overall rate: 49.1%
winds: input file reported 1087 ( 98.7%) values, QC retained 1041 ( 95.8%), overall rate: 94.6%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 3124.7m
QC for GPS Altitude
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the number of satellites check: 0
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: 1
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: 2
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: 14
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 3
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: 0
Points which failed the wind error check: 0
Points which failed the buddy check: 0
Outlier check disabled
Q/C filter check disabled
Points which failed the vertical velocity check: 0
Surface Observation
Splash time (time of the last usable frame): 274.75s
Extrapolated surface time: 275.29s
Fall distance from last frame: 5.8m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 997.7mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 28.0C
Extrapolated surface rh: 87.0%
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)