Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 297mb
Ambient temperature: -35C
Ambient RH: 50%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration at time: 6.1s, RS41 T sensor time constants: 6.4
RH equilibration at time: 40.9s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: 1.3
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20200215_014725_P.2 184050102 20021417309 08WSC TRACK99, 20021417309 08WSC TRACK99 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
3085 raw data records
53 ( 1.7%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
210 ( 6.8%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
9 ( 0.3%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 1492 ( 48.4%) values, QC retained 1428 ( 95.7%), overall rate: 46.3%
tdry : input file reported 1493 ( 48.4%) values, QC retained 1428 ( 95.6%), overall rate: 46.3%
RH : input file reported 1454 ( 47.1%) values, QC retained 1329 ( 91.4%), overall rate: 43.1%
winds: input file reported 2955 ( 95.8%) values, QC retained 2835 ( 95.9%), overall rate: 91.9%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 9534.0m
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: 1
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: 1
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: 306
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 140
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: 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): 770.75s
Extrapolated surface time: 771.29s
Fall distance from last frame: 5.5m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 1016.0mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 14.8C
Extrapolated surface rh: 96.4%
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)