Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 691mb
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: -5.1s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: -0.2
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20220921_011026.4 212730523 Hurricane Fiona, 20220920I1 WP-3D, N43RF
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: 2022-09-21 01:10:25.50
Fast Fall Test
Number of points with excessive fall rate: 17
Percentage of points with excessive fall rate: 2
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: 2022-09-21 01:10:25.50
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
1207 raw data records
5 ( 0.4%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
19 ( 1.6%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
2 ( 0.2%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 600 ( 49.7%) values, QC retained 588 ( 98.0%), overall rate: 48.7%
tdry : input file reported 600 ( 49.7%) values, QC retained 586 ( 97.7%), overall rate: 48.6%
RH : input file reported 599 ( 49.6%) values, QC retained 538 ( 89.8%), overall rate: 44.6%
winds: input file reported 1191 ( 98.7%) values, QC retained 1147 ( 96.3%), overall rate: 95.0%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 3000.1m
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: 5
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: 57
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: 384
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 103
QC for Temperature
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
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: 1
Points which failed the wind error check: 0
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): 301.25s
Extrapolated surface time: 301.79s
Fall distance from last frame: 5.7m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 979.3mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 25.5C
Extrapolated surface rh: 98.8%
Surface Wind Determination
Surface wind coded for an adjusted altitude of 12.0m
PTU/wind offset is 0.00s (PTU observations lead wind observations by 0.00s)