Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS80
Ambient pressure: 250mb
Ambient temperature: -50C
Ambient RH: 50%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration at time: 27.1s, RS80 T sensor time constants: 6.6
RH equilibration at time: 49.7s, RS80 RH sensor time constants: 4.5
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20180128_202149_P.1 18012820307 WXWXC AR02, 18012820307 WXWXC AR02 AFRC C-130J, ---
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 1
Sonde model: RS904
Thermo sensor: RS904
This file appears to have a early launch detect signal.
The pressure diagnosed launch time will be used instead of the launch time at the launch (LAU) line.
Diagnosed launch time: 2018-01-28 20:31:45.75
LAU launch line time: 2018-01-28 20:21:49.0
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: RS904
Thermo sensor: RS904
This file appears to have a early launch detect signal.
The pressure diagnosed launch time will be used instead of the launch time at the launch (LAU) line.
Diagnosed launch time: 2018-01-28 20:31:45.75
LAU launch line time: 2018-01-28 20:21:49.0
Processing Steps
QC processing completed (in 1.0s)
Levels created (in less than 1.0s)
WMO message coded (in less than 1.0s)
QC Data Recovery Statistics
2603 raw data records
0 ( 0.0%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
0 ( 0.0%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
0 ( 0.0%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 1256 ( 48.3%) values, QC retained 1200 ( 95.5%), overall rate: 46.1%
tdry : input file reported 1260 ( 48.4%) values, QC retained 1202 ( 95.4%), overall rate: 46.2%
RH : input file reported 1256 ( 48.3%) values, QC retained 1155 ( 92.0%), overall rate: 44.4%
winds: input file reported 2438 ( 93.7%) values, QC retained 2381 ( 97.7%), overall rate: 91.5%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
QC for GPS Altitude
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the buddy check: 3
Points which failed the Q/C filter check: 0
QC for GPS Latitude
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the buddy check: 14
Points which failed the Q/C filter check: 0
QC for GPS Longitude
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the buddy check: 8
Points which failed the Q/C filter check: 0
QC for Pressure
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the buddy check: 2
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: 2
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: 4
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: 2
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: 2
Points which failed the wind direction limit check: 0
Points which failed the number of satellites check: 3
Wind error check not applied (sonde is not xRD41)
Points which failed the buddy check: 10
Outlier check disabled
Q/C filter check disabled
Points which failed the vertical velocity check: 2
Surface Observation
Splash time (time of the last usable frame): 650.25s
Extrapolated surface time: 650.79s
Fall distance from last frame: 5.4m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 1010.0mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 22.6C
Extrapolated surface rh: 84.4%
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)
TD Dry Bias Correction
Not applied
Correction was present in the source data
Number of 0.1% RH values removed: 0