Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 163mb
Ambient temperature: -59C
Ambient RH: 70%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration at time: 8.0s, RS41 T sensor time constants: 6.7
RH equilibration at time: 62.1s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: 1.8
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20210905_124144_P.3 204310017 Hurr Larry, 20210905N1 Gulfstream G-IV SP, N49RF
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 3
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 3
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
3823 raw data records
35 ( 0.9%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
173 ( 4.5%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
10 ( 0.3%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 1884 ( 49.3%) values, QC retained 1834 ( 97.3%), overall rate: 48.0%
tdry : input file reported 1883 ( 49.3%) values, QC retained 1833 ( 97.3%), overall rate: 47.9%
RH : input file reported 1874 ( 49.0%) values, QC retained 1717 ( 91.6%), overall rate: 44.9%
winds: input file reported 3700 ( 96.8%) values, QC retained 3609 ( 97.5%), overall rate: 94.4%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 13787.0m
QC for GPS Altitude
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the number of satellites check: 3
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: 16
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: 175
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 87
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): 955.25s
Extrapolated surface time: 955.79s
Fall distance from last frame: 6.7m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 1007.4mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 27.3C
Extrapolated surface rh: 84.5%
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)