Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 329mb
Ambient temperature: -40C
Ambient RH: 50%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration at time: 6.0s, RS41 T sensor time constants: 6.5
RH equilibration at time: 45.3s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: 1.5
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20190223_204326.1 183330772 19022320301 WXWXE AR04A, 19022320301 WXWXE AR04A AFRC C-130J, ---
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 1
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 1
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
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
2838 raw data records
28 ( 1.0%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
119 ( 4.2%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
7 ( 0.2%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 1392 ( 49.0%) values, QC retained 1353 ( 97.2%), overall rate: 47.7%
tdry : input file reported 1392 ( 49.0%) values, QC retained 1344 ( 96.6%), overall rate: 47.4%
RH : input file reported 1386 ( 48.8%) values, QC retained 1268 ( 91.5%), overall rate: 44.7%
winds: input file reported 2764 ( 97.4%) values, QC retained 2679 ( 96.9%), overall rate: 94.4%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 8679.4m
QC for GPS Altitude
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the buddy check: 0
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: 0
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: 0
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: 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: 1
Points which failed the outlier check: 0
Points which failed the Q/C filter check: 6
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: 6
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: 9
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): 709.15s
Extrapolated surface time: 709.69s
Fall distance from last frame: 5.1m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 1027.2mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 11.8C
Extrapolated surface rh: 73.9%
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)