Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 702mb
Ambient temperature: 15C
Ambient RH: 63%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration at time: 3.3s, RS41 T sensor time constants: 4.6
RH equilibration at time: -11.0s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: -0.5
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20220906_215530.3 214140727 TS Earl, 20220906I1 WP-3D, N43RF
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 3
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2022-09-06 21:55:30.25
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 3
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2022-09-06 21:55:30.25
Processing Steps
QC processing completed (in less than 1.0s)
Levels created (in 1.0s)
WMO message coded (in less than 1.0s)
QC Data Recovery Statistics
1109 raw data records
7 ( 0.6%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
40 ( 3.6%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
3 ( 0.3%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 539 ( 48.6%) values, QC retained 528 ( 98.0%), overall rate: 47.6%
tdry : input file reported 544 ( 49.1%) values, QC retained 527 ( 96.9%), overall rate: 47.5%
RH : input file reported 539 ( 48.6%) values, QC retained 534 ( 99.1%), overall rate: 48.2%
winds: input file reported 949 ( 85.6%) values, QC retained 915 ( 96.4%), overall rate: 82.5%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 2969.3m
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: 67
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: 0
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: 2
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): 269.75s
Extrapolated surface time: 270.29s
Fall distance from last frame: 5.6m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 987.8mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 27.0C
Extrapolated surface rh: 87.7%
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)