Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 689mb
Ambient temperature: 14C
Ambient RH: 88%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration at time: 3.3s, RS41 T sensor time constants: 4.7
RH equilibration at time: -10.0s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: -0.4
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20220908_221522.4 204330655 Hurricane Earl, 20220908I1 WP-3D, N43RF
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 4
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2022-09-08 22:15:21.50
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 4
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2022-09-08 22:15:21.50
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
1137 raw data records
4 ( 0.4%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
18 ( 1.6%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
0 ( 0.0%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 565 ( 49.7%) values, QC retained 555 ( 98.2%), overall rate: 48.8%
tdry : input file reported 565 ( 49.7%) values, QC retained 554 ( 98.1%), overall rate: 48.7%
RH : input file reported 564 ( 49.6%) values, QC retained 561 ( 99.5%), overall rate: 49.3%
winds: input file reported 1128 ( 99.2%) values, QC retained 1076 ( 95.4%), overall rate: 94.6%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 2974.9m
QC for GPS Altitude
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the number of satellites check: 6
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: 6
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: 9
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): 283.75s
Extrapolated surface time: 284.29s
Fall distance from last frame: 6.1m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 970.6mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 25.7C
Extrapolated surface rh: 94.5%
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)