Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 464mb
Ambient temperature: -7C
Ambient RH: 68%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration at time: 4.6s, RS41 T sensor time constants: 5.8
RH equilibration at time: 15.2s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: 0.6
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20221031_010350.3 210731139 Invest 15L, 20221030I2 WP-3D, N43RF
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 3
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
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 3
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Processing Steps
QC processing completed (in less than 1.0s)
Levels created (in 1.0s)
WMO message coded (in less than 1.0s)
QC Data Recovery Statistics
2133 raw data records
12 ( 0.6%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
45 ( 2.1%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
3 ( 0.1%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 1058 ( 49.6%) values, QC retained 1038 ( 98.1%), overall rate: 48.7%
tdry : input file reported 1058 ( 49.6%) values, QC retained 1037 ( 98.0%), overall rate: 48.6%
RH : input file reported 1056 ( 49.5%) values, QC retained 1002 ( 94.9%), overall rate: 47.0%
winds: input file reported 2099 ( 98.4%) values, QC retained 2047 ( 97.5%), overall rate: 96.0%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 6446.7m
QC for GPS Altitude
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the number of satellites check: 1
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: 7
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: 14
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: 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): 532.75s
Extrapolated surface time: 533.29s
Fall distance from last frame: 5.5m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 1009.6mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 28.6C
Extrapolated surface rh: 67.0%
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)