Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 701mb
Ambient temperature: 9C
Ambient RH: 100%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration at time: 3.6s, RS41 T sensor time constants: 5.0
RH equilibration at time: -2.9s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: -0.1
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20220907_223336.5 212011534 Hurricane Earl, 20220907I1 WP-3D, N43RF
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 5
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2022-09-07 22:33:35.75
Fast Fall Test
Number of points with excessive fall rate: 1
Percentage of points with excessive fall rate: 3
Sounding diagnosed as a fast fall: No
File Processing
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 5
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2022-09-07 22:33:35.75
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
105 raw data records
1 ( 1.0%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
0 ( 0.0%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
0 ( 0.0%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 53 ( 50.5%) values, QC retained 43 ( 81.1%), overall rate: 41.0%
tdry : input file reported 53 ( 50.5%) values, QC retained 44 ( 83.0%), overall rate: 41.9%
RH : input file reported 53 ( 50.5%) values, QC retained 52 ( 98.1%), overall rate: 49.5%
winds: input file reported 105 (100.0%) values, QC retained 34 ( 32.4%), overall rate: 32.4%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 2983.2m
QC Processing Errors
- Filter check failed for pressure
- Filter check failed for VVpressure
- Filter check failed for GPS Latitude
- Filter check failed for GPS Longitude
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: 9
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: 2
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: 8
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 2
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: 2
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: 22
Points which failed the buddy check: 0
Outlier check disabled
Q/C filter check disabled
Points which failed the vertical velocity check: 8
Surface Observation
Splash time (time of the last usable frame): 25.75s
Extrapolated surface time: 26.29s
Fall distance from last frame: 5.8m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 980.5mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 25.1C
Extrapolated surface rh: 98.1%
Surface Wind Determination
Surface wind coded for an adjusted altitude of 12.1m
PTU/wind offset is 0.00s (PTU observations lead wind observations by 0.00s)