Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 300mb
Ambient temperature: -44C
Ambient RH: 50%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration at time: 6.3s, RS41 T sensor time constants: 6.5
RH equilibration at time: 48.8s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: 1.5
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20190223_234429_P.1 183320980 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 less than 1.0s)
Levels created (in less than 1.0s)
WMO message coded (in less than 1.0s)
QC Data Recovery Statistics
3001 raw data records
26 ( 0.9%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
163 ( 5.4%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
4 ( 0.1%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 1459 ( 48.6%) values, QC retained 1422 ( 97.5%), overall rate: 47.4%
tdry : input file reported 1460 ( 48.7%) values, QC retained 1422 ( 97.4%), overall rate: 47.4%
RH : input file reported 1459 ( 48.6%) values, QC retained 1332 ( 91.3%), overall rate: 44.4%
winds: input file reported 2899 ( 96.6%) values, QC retained 2795 ( 96.4%), overall rate: 93.1%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 9316.9m
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: 3
Points which failed the outlier check: 0
Points which failed the Q/C filter check: 1
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 46
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 22
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: 3
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): 749.76s
Extrapolated surface time: 750.30s
Fall distance from last frame: 5.3m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 1014.4mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 16.9C
Extrapolated surface rh: 90.1%
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)