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: 45.7s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: 1.5
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20190223_211601_P.3 183330773 19022320301 WXWXE AR04A, 19022320301 WXWXE AR04A AFRC C-130J, ---
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 3
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 3
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
2750 raw data records
25 ( 0.9%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
84 ( 3.1%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
5 ( 0.2%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 1352 ( 49.2%) values, QC retained 1316 ( 97.3%), overall rate: 47.9%
tdry : input file reported 1352 ( 49.2%) values, QC retained 1316 ( 97.3%), overall rate: 47.9%
RH : input file reported 1351 ( 49.1%) values, QC retained 1236 ( 91.5%), overall rate: 44.9%
winds: input file reported 2697 ( 98.1%) values, QC retained 2606 ( 96.6%), overall rate: 94.8%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 8704.1m
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: 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: 44
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 16
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: 20
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): 687.24s
Extrapolated surface time: 687.78s
Fall distance from last frame: 5.2m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 1024.4mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 13.6C
Extrapolated surface rh: 67.9%
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)