Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 751mb
Ambient temperature: 14C
Ambient RH: 85%
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: -10.3s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: -0.4
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20230829_211025_P.1 221950412 Hurricane Idalia, 20230829I2 WP-3D, N43RF
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 1
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2023-08-29 21:10:24.75
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 1
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2023-08-29 21:10:24.75
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
913 raw data records
6 ( 0.7%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
23 ( 2.5%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
0 ( 0.0%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 453 ( 49.6%) values, QC retained 440 ( 97.1%), overall rate: 48.2%
tdry : input file reported 453 ( 49.6%) values, QC retained 440 ( 97.1%), overall rate: 48.2%
RH : input file reported 453 ( 49.6%) values, QC retained 440 ( 97.1%), overall rate: 48.2%
winds: input file reported 903 ( 98.9%) values, QC retained 841 ( 93.1%), overall rate: 92.1%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 2526.4m
QC for GPS Altitude
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the number of satellites check: 3
Points which failed the buddy check: 0
Points which failed the Q/C filter check: 4
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: 3
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 RawSats
Points which failed the limit check: 0
QC for RawWe
Points which failed the limit check: 0
QC for Relative Humidity
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the buddy check: 7
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: 9
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): 227.75s
Extrapolated surface time: 228.29s
Fall distance from last frame: 5.5m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 1005.6mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 27.3C
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)