Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 696mb
Ambient temperature: 15C
Ambient RH: 100%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration at time: 3.2s, RS41 T sensor time constants: 4.6
RH equilibration at time: -10.7s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: -0.5
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20230912_113251_P.8 221540687 Hurricane Lee, 20230912I1 WP-3D, N43RF
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 8
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2023-09-12 11:32:51.0
Fast Fall Test
Number of points with excessive fall rate: 7
Percentage of points with excessive fall rate: 1
Sounding diagnosed as a fast fall: No
File Processing
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 8
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2023-09-12 11:32:51.0
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
1053 raw data records
5 ( 0.5%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
31 ( 2.9%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
0 ( 0.0%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 517 ( 49.1%) values, QC retained 505 ( 97.7%), overall rate: 48.0%
tdry : input file reported 517 ( 49.1%) values, QC retained 505 ( 97.7%), overall rate: 48.0%
RH : input file reported 515 ( 48.9%) values, QC retained 512 ( 99.4%), overall rate: 48.6%
winds: input file reported 1032 ( 98.0%) values, QC retained 981 ( 95.1%), overall rate: 93.2%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 2859.6m
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: 1
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: 1
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 were forced to 0% or 100%: 67
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
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: 19
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: 1
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): 262.75s
Extrapolated surface time: 263.29s
Fall distance from last frame: 5.2m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 965.5mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 26.4C
Extrapolated surface rh: 94.0%
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)