Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 375mb
Ambient temperature: -23C
Ambient RH: 100%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration at time: 5.4s, RS41 T sensor time constants: 6.2
RH equilibration at time: 30.5s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: 1.1
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20220830_135955.1 220910412 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
2525 raw data records
85 ( 3.4%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
482 (19.1%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
46 ( 1.8%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 1128 ( 44.7%) values, QC retained 1037 ( 91.9%), overall rate: 41.1%
tdry : input file reported 1126 ( 44.6%) values, QC retained 1036 ( 92.0%), overall rate: 41.0%
RH : input file reported 1107 ( 43.8%) values, QC retained 983 ( 88.8%), overall rate: 38.9%
winds: input file reported 2193 ( 86.9%) values, QC retained 2000 ( 91.2%), overall rate: 79.2%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 8091.5m
QC for GPS Altitude
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the number of satellites check: 0
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: 0
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: 4
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: 41
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 21
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: 1
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: 3
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): 630.75s
Extrapolated surface time: 631.29s
Fall distance from last frame: 5.7m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 1011.4mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 26.4C
Extrapolated surface rh: 86.1%
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)