Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 750mb
Ambient temperature: 17C
Ambient RH: 72%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration at time: 3.0s, RS41 T sensor time constants: 4.4
RH equilibration at time: -14.3s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: -0.6
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20220920_011922.7 213430254 Hurricane Fiona, 20220919I1 WP-3D, N43RF
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 7
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2022-09-20 01:19:21.50
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 7
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2022-09-20 01:19:21.50
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
877 raw data records
2 ( 0.2%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
8 ( 0.9%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
0 ( 0.0%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 438 ( 49.9%) values, QC retained 430 ( 98.2%), overall rate: 49.0%
tdry : input file reported 438 ( 49.9%) values, QC retained 429 ( 97.9%), overall rate: 48.9%
RH : input file reported 438 ( 49.9%) values, QC retained 436 ( 99.5%), overall rate: 49.7%
winds: input file reported 850 ( 96.9%) values, QC retained 820 ( 96.5%), overall rate: 93.5%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 2421.6m
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: 12
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: 1
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): 218.75s
Extrapolated surface time: 219.29s
Fall distance from last frame: 6.4m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 991.6mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 26.5C
Extrapolated surface rh: 88.4%
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)