Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 156mb
Ambient temperature: -62C
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: 64.1s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: 1.9
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20210905_130249_P.5 204530408 Hurr Larry, 20210905N1 Gulfstream G-IV SP, N49RF
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 5
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 5
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
3669 raw data records
53 ( 1.4%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
178 ( 4.9%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
11 ( 0.3%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 1806 ( 49.2%) values, QC retained 1739 ( 96.3%), overall rate: 47.4%
tdry : input file reported 1807 ( 49.3%) values, QC retained 1738 ( 96.2%), overall rate: 47.4%
RH : input file reported 1799 ( 49.0%) values, QC retained 1621 ( 90.1%), overall rate: 44.2%
winds: input file reported 3567 ( 97.2%) values, QC retained 3351 ( 93.9%), overall rate: 91.3%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 14072.5m
QC for GPS Altitude
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the number of satellites check: 4
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: 5
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: 126
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 67
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: 99
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): 916.75s
Extrapolated surface time: 917.29s
Fall distance from last frame: 5.4m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 1004.8mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 26.8C
Extrapolated surface rh: 75.0%
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)