Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 329mb
Ambient temperature: -30C
Ambient RH: 50%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration at time: 5.8s, RS41 T sensor time constants: 6.3
RH equilibration at time: 36.6s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: 1.2
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20200301_233731_P.3 185130205 20030120301 12WSE TRACK98, 20030120301 12WSE TRACK98 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
2893 raw data records
35 ( 1.2%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
136 ( 4.7%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
9 ( 0.3%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 1416 ( 48.9%) values, QC retained 1371 ( 96.8%), overall rate: 47.4%
tdry : input file reported 1415 ( 48.9%) values, QC retained 1371 ( 96.9%), overall rate: 47.4%
RH : input file reported 1407 ( 48.6%) values, QC retained 1307 ( 92.9%), overall rate: 45.2%
winds: input file reported 2814 ( 97.3%) values, QC retained 2717 ( 96.6%), overall rate: 93.9%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 8883.4m
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: 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: 1
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): 722.75s
Extrapolated surface time: 723.29s
Fall distance from last frame: 5.1m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 1021.9mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 16.8C
Extrapolated surface rh: 60.1%
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)