Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 300mb
Ambient temperature: -43C
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: 47.9s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: 1.5
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20190224_005212_P.2 184020795 19022320301 WXWXE AR04A, 19022320301 WXWXE AR04A AFRC C-130J, ---
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 2
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 2
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
3042 raw data records
33 ( 1.1%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
162 ( 5.3%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
6 ( 0.2%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 1482 ( 48.7%) values, QC retained 1437 ( 97.0%), overall rate: 47.2%
tdry : input file reported 1482 ( 48.7%) values, QC retained 1437 ( 97.0%), overall rate: 47.2%
RH : input file reported 1476 ( 48.5%) values, QC retained 1353 ( 91.7%), overall rate: 44.5%
winds: input file reported 2943 ( 96.7%) values, QC retained 2833 ( 96.3%), overall rate: 93.1%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 9395.5m
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: 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: 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: 7
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): 760.01s
Extrapolated surface time: 760.55s
Fall distance from last frame: 5.0m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 1018.8mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 17.8C
Extrapolated surface rh: 75.8%
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)