Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 156mb
Ambient temperature: -63C
Ambient RH: 83%
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: 65.5s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: 1.9
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20210827_213118_P.4 204640854 TS Ida, 20210827N2 Gulfstream G-IV SP, N49RF
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 4
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 4
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Processing Steps
QC processing completed (in 1.0s)
Levels created (in less than 1.0s)
WMO message coded (in less than 1.0s)
QC Data Recovery Statistics
3969 raw data records
48 ( 1.2%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
210 ( 5.3%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
14 ( 0.4%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 1931 ( 48.7%) values, QC retained 1869 ( 96.8%), overall rate: 47.1%
tdry : input file reported 1929 ( 48.6%) values, QC retained 1868 ( 96.8%), overall rate: 47.1%
RH : input file reported 1921 ( 48.4%) values, QC retained 1749 ( 91.0%), overall rate: 44.1%
winds: input file reported 3823 ( 96.3%) values, QC retained 3717 ( 97.2%), overall rate: 93.7%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 14080.9m
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: 2
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: 5
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: 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: 1
Surface Observation
Splash time (time of the last usable frame): 991.75s
Extrapolated surface time: 992.29s
Fall distance from last frame: 5.3m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 1009.9mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 29.8C
Extrapolated surface rh: 74.0%
Surface Wind Determination
Surface wind coded for an adjusted altitude of 10.0m
PTU/wind offset is 0.00s (PTU observations lead wind observations by 0.00s)