Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 298mb
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: 49.2s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: 1.6
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20200223_231330_P.4 182940827 20022318307 11WSC TRACK 99, 20022318307 11WSC TRACK 99 AFRC C-130J, ---
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 4
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 4
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
2915 raw data records
32 ( 1.1%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
216 ( 7.4%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
7 ( 0.2%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 1405 ( 48.2%) values, QC retained 1363 ( 97.0%), overall rate: 46.8%
tdry : input file reported 1406 ( 48.2%) values, QC retained 1362 ( 96.9%), overall rate: 46.7%
RH : input file reported 1399 ( 48.0%) values, QC retained 1272 ( 90.9%), overall rate: 43.6%
winds: input file reported 2787 ( 95.6%) values, QC retained 2653 ( 95.2%), overall rate: 91.0%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 9229.4m
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: 4
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: 263
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 120
QC for Temperature
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: 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: 1
Points which failed the wind error check: 6
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): 728.25s
Extrapolated surface time: 728.79s
Fall distance from last frame: 5.7m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 1004.9mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 14.3C
Extrapolated surface rh: 86.7%
Surface Wind Determination
Surface wind coded for an adjusted altitude of 12.0m
PTU/wind offset is 0.00s (PTU observations lead wind observations by 0.00s)