Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 749mb
Ambient temperature: 14C
Ambient RH: 94%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration at time: 3.2s, RS41 T sensor time constants: 4.7
RH equilibration at time: -9.5s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: -0.4
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20220920_134850_P.6 211921021 TS-FIONA, 20220920H1 WP-3D Orion, N42RF
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 6
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2022-09-20 13:48:49.75
Fast Fall Test
Number of points with excessive fall rate: 5
Percentage of points with excessive fall rate: 1
Sounding diagnosed as a fast fall: No
File Processing
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 6
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2022-09-20 13:48:49.75
Processing Steps
QC processing completed (in 1.0s)
Levels created (in less than 1.0s)
WMO message coded (in less than 1.0s)
QC Data Recovery Statistics
787 raw data records
2 ( 0.3%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
7 ( 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 393 ( 49.9%) values, QC retained 380 ( 96.7%), overall rate: 48.3%
tdry : input file reported 393 ( 49.9%) values, QC retained 384 ( 97.7%), overall rate: 48.8%
RH : input file reported 393 ( 49.9%) values, QC retained 391 ( 99.5%), overall rate: 49.7%
winds: input file reported 785 ( 99.7%) values, QC retained 732 ( 93.2%), overall rate: 93.0%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 2485.9m
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: 2
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: 0
Points which failed the outlier check: 0
Points which failed the Q/C filter check: 5
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: 5
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: 6
Points which failed the buddy check: 0
Outlier check disabled
Q/C filter check disabled
Points which failed the vertical velocity check: 1
Surface Observation
Splash time (time of the last usable frame): 196.25s
Extrapolated surface time: 196.79s
Fall distance from last frame: 6.0m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 997.9mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 26.2C
Extrapolated surface rh: 89.2%
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)