Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 751mb
Ambient temperature: 17C
Ambient RH: 86%
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: -14.9s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: -0.6
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20220920_012138.1 211130258 Hurricane Fiona, 20220919I1 WP-3D, N43RF
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 1
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2022-09-20 01:21:38.50
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 1
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2022-09-20 01:21:38.50
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
951 raw data records
2 ( 0.2%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
7 ( 0.7%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
0 ( 0.0%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 474 ( 49.8%) values, QC retained 467 ( 98.5%), overall rate: 49.1%
tdry : input file reported 474 ( 49.8%) values, QC retained 466 ( 98.3%), overall rate: 49.0%
RH : input file reported 474 ( 49.8%) values, QC retained 471 ( 99.4%), overall rate: 49.5%
winds: input file reported 933 ( 98.1%) values, QC retained 903 ( 96.8%), overall rate: 95.0%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 2300.0m
QC for GPS Altitude
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the number of satellites check: 2
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: 10
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: 1
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: 131
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 54
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: 0
Points which failed the buddy check: 1
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): 237.25s
Extrapolated surface time: 237.79s
Fall distance from last frame: 6.8m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 976.7mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 26.3C
Extrapolated surface rh: 93.0%
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)