Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 693mb
Ambient temperature: 11C
Ambient RH: 90%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration at time: 3.5s, RS41 T sensor time constants: 5.0
RH equilibration at time: -4.7s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: -0.2
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20220905_101705.6 221240280 AL-91, 20220905H1 WP-3D Orion, N42RF
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 6
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 6
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
1037 raw data records
5 ( 0.5%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
20 ( 1.9%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
1 ( 0.1%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 516 ( 49.8%) values, QC retained 505 ( 97.9%), overall rate: 48.7%
tdry : input file reported 515 ( 49.7%) values, QC retained 505 ( 98.1%), overall rate: 48.7%
RH : input file reported 514 ( 49.6%) values, QC retained 510 ( 99.2%), overall rate: 49.2%
winds: input file reported 1021 ( 98.5%) values, QC retained 973 ( 95.3%), overall rate: 93.8%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 3206.7m
QC for GPS Altitude
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the number of satellites check: 3
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: 4
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: 2
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: 1
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: 1
Points which failed the wind error check: 2
Points which failed the buddy check: 1
Outlier check disabled
Q/C filter check disabled
Points which failed the vertical velocity check: 1
Surface Observation
Splash time (time of the last usable frame): 258.75s
Extrapolated surface time: 259.29s
Fall distance from last frame: 5.1m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 1006.1mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 25.8C
Extrapolated surface rh: 91.3%
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)