Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 301mb
Ambient temperature: -42C
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: 47.4s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: 1.5
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20220129_004517.3 212340147 22012819306 06WSE I0P06, 22012819306 06WSE I0P06 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
2829 raw data records
35 ( 1.2%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
132 ( 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 1379 ( 48.7%) values, QC retained 1333 ( 96.7%), overall rate: 47.1%
tdry : input file reported 1379 ( 48.7%) values, QC retained 1333 ( 96.7%), overall rate: 47.1%
RH : input file reported 1372 ( 48.5%) values, QC retained 1250 ( 91.1%), overall rate: 44.2%
winds: input file reported 2742 ( 96.9%) values, QC retained 2453 ( 89.5%), overall rate: 86.7%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 9264.5m
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: 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: 298
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 134
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: 204
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): 706.75s
Extrapolated surface time: 707.29s
Fall distance from last frame: 5.7m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 1012.5mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 12.1C
Extrapolated surface rh: 93.5%
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)