Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 375mb
Ambient temperature: -18C
Ambient RH: 32%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration at time: 5.3s, RS41 T sensor time constants: 6.1
RH equilibration at time: 26.1s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: 0.9
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20220830_125714.1 221240287 TC-91, 20220830H1 WP-3D Orion, N42RF
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
2717 raw data records
48 ( 1.8%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
223 ( 8.2%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
14 ( 0.5%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 1316 ( 48.4%) values, QC retained 1260 ( 95.7%), overall rate: 46.4%
tdry : input file reported 1316 ( 48.4%) values, QC retained 1260 ( 95.7%), overall rate: 46.4%
RH : input file reported 1308 ( 48.1%) values, QC retained 1215 ( 92.9%), overall rate: 44.7%
winds: input file reported 2567 ( 94.5%) values, QC retained 2389 ( 93.1%), overall rate: 87.9%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 8094.4m
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: 10
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: 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: 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: 61
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): 678.75s
Extrapolated surface time: 679.29s
Fall distance from last frame: 5.4m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 1010.6mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 27.7C
Extrapolated surface rh: 80.0%
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)