Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 841mb
Ambient temperature: 18C
Ambient RH: 100%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration at time: 2.8s, RS41 T sensor time constants: 4.2
RH equilibration at time: -17.2s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: -0.8
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20220924_104156_P.4 213550948 TROPICAL STORM IAN, 20220924H1 WP-3D Orion, N42RF
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: 2022-09-24 10:41:55.75
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: 2022-09-24 10:41:55.75
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
610 raw data records
1 ( 0.2%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
17 ( 2.8%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
1 ( 0.2%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 285 ( 46.7%) values, QC retained 280 ( 98.2%), overall rate: 45.9%
tdry : input file reported 300 ( 49.2%) values, QC retained 279 ( 93.0%), overall rate: 45.7%
RH : input file reported 285 ( 46.7%) values, QC retained 283 ( 99.3%), overall rate: 46.4%
winds: input file reported 542 ( 88.9%) values, QC retained 497 ( 91.7%), overall rate: 81.5%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 1571.3m
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: 2
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: 14
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): 142.25s
Extrapolated surface time: 142.79s
Fall distance from last frame: 5.5m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 1006.3mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 26.0C
Extrapolated surface rh: 83.9%
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)