Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 677mb
Ambient temperature: 8C
Ambient RH: 100%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration at time: 3.6s, RS41 T sensor time constants: 5.1
RH equilibration at time: -1.3s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: -0.1
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20210925_220959_P.1 210731075 HURRICANE SAM, 20210925H1 WP-3D Orion, N42RF
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: 2021-09-25 22:09:59.25
Fast Fall Test
Number of points with excessive fall rate: 26
Percentage of points with excessive fall rate: 3
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: 2021-09-25 22:09:59.25
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
1451 raw data records
4 ( 0.3%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
8 ( 0.6%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
0 ( 0.0%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 726 ( 50.0%) values, QC retained 714 ( 98.3%), overall rate: 49.2%
tdry : input file reported 726 ( 50.0%) values, QC retained 713 ( 98.2%), overall rate: 49.1%
RH : input file reported 726 ( 50.0%) values, QC retained 719 ( 99.0%), overall rate: 49.6%
winds: input file reported 1451 (100.0%) values, QC retained 1374 ( 94.7%), overall rate: 94.7%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 3142.2m
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: 6
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: 1
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: 3
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: 137
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 25
QC for Temperature
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the buddy check: 1
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: 1
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: 8
Points which failed the buddy check: 0
Outlier check disabled
Q/C filter check disabled
Points which failed the vertical velocity check: 21
Surface Observation
Splash time (time of the last usable frame): 362.25s
Extrapolated surface time: 362.79s
Fall distance from last frame: 7.6m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 973.4mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 24.5C
Extrapolated surface rh: 95.0%
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)