Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 697mb
Ambient temperature: 12C
Ambient RH: 100%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration at time: 3.4s, RS41 T sensor time constants: 4.9
RH equilibration at time: -6.1s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: -0.3
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20230909_230438_P.6 221730006 Lee - St Croix, 20230909H1 WP-3D Orion, N42RF
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: 2023-09-09 23:04:37.75
Fast Fall Test
Number of points with excessive fall rate: 4
Percentage of points with excessive fall rate: 0
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: 2023-09-09 23:04:37.75
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
965 raw data records
5 ( 0.5%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
16 ( 1.7%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
0 ( 0.0%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 479 ( 49.6%) values, QC retained 468 ( 97.7%), overall rate: 48.5%
tdry : input file reported 479 ( 49.6%) values, QC retained 467 ( 97.5%), overall rate: 48.4%
RH : input file reported 479 ( 49.6%) values, QC retained 467 ( 97.5%), overall rate: 48.4%
winds: input file reported 957 ( 99.2%) values, QC retained 901 ( 94.1%), overall rate: 93.4%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 3001.6m
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: 0
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: 6
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 1
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: 7
Surface Observation
Splash time (time of the last usable frame): 240.75s
Extrapolated surface time: 241.29s
Fall distance from last frame: 5.6m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 984.7mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 26.9C
Extrapolated surface rh: 93.0%
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)