Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 695mb
Ambient temperature: 11C
Ambient RH: 100%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration at time: 3.5s, RS41 T sensor time constants: 4.9
RH equilibration at time: -5.4s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: -0.2
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20220926_220857_P.6 213321002 Hurricane IAN, 20220926I1 WP-3D, N43RF
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: 2022-09-26 22:08:57.25
Fast Fall Test
Number of points with excessive fall rate: 9
Percentage of points with excessive fall rate: 2
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: 2022-09-26 22:08:57.25
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
927 raw data records
2 ( 0.2%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
11 ( 1.2%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
0 ( 0.0%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 461 ( 49.7%) values, QC retained 383 ( 83.1%), overall rate: 41.3%
tdry : input file reported 461 ( 49.7%) values, QC retained 382 ( 82.9%), overall rate: 41.2%
RH : input file reported 461 ( 49.7%) values, QC retained 374 ( 81.1%), overall rate: 40.3%
winds: input file reported 764 ( 82.4%) values, QC retained 646 ( 84.6%), overall rate: 69.7%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 2998.6m
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: 25
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: 9
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: 5
Points which failed the wind error check: 24
Points which failed the buddy check: 0
Outlier check disabled
Q/C filter check disabled
Points which failed the vertical velocity check: 43
Surface Observation
Splash time (time of the last usable frame): 230.00s
Extrapolated surface time: 230.54s
Fall distance from last frame: 5.9m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 983.3mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 25.4C
Extrapolated surface rh: 94.3%
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)