Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 156mb
Ambient temperature: -61C
Ambient RH: 100%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration at time: 8.1s, RS41 T sensor time constants: 6.8
RH equilibration at time: 63.3s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: 1.9
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20210905_125730_P.1 204820123 Hurr Larry, 20210905N1 Gulfstream G-IV SP, N49RF
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 1
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 1
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
3681 raw data records
36 ( 1.0%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
242 ( 6.6%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
9 ( 0.2%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 1790 ( 48.6%) values, QC retained 1739 ( 97.2%), overall rate: 47.2%
tdry : input file reported 1789 ( 48.6%) values, QC retained 1738 ( 97.1%), overall rate: 47.2%
RH : input file reported 1779 ( 48.3%) values, QC retained 1619 ( 91.0%), overall rate: 44.0%
winds: input file reported 3499 ( 95.1%) values, QC retained 3366 ( 96.2%), overall rate: 91.4%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 14077.6m
QC for GPS Altitude
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the number of satellites check: 6
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: 25
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: 9
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: 416
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 213
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: 9
Points which failed the wind error check: 7
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): 919.75s
Extrapolated surface time: 920.29s
Fall distance from last frame: 5.9m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 1000.8mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 25.6C
Extrapolated surface rh: 86.3%
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)