Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 298mb
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
D20220314_011330.1 213620368 22031316302 22WSE IOP24, 22031316302 22WSE IOP24 AFRC C-130J, ---
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 1
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 1
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
2845 raw data records
17 ( 0.6%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
84 ( 3.0%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
3 ( 0.1%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 1399 ( 49.2%) values, QC retained 1371 ( 98.0%), overall rate: 48.2%
tdry : input file reported 1399 ( 49.2%) values, QC retained 1371 ( 98.0%), overall rate: 48.2%
RH : input file reported 1396 ( 49.1%) values, QC retained 1287 ( 92.2%), overall rate: 45.2%
winds: input file reported 2790 ( 98.1%) values, QC retained 2592 ( 92.9%), overall rate: 91.1%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 9388.8m
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: 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: 74
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 44
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: 129
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): 710.75s
Extrapolated surface time: 711.29s
Fall distance from last frame: 6.0m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 1018.9mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 12.4C
Extrapolated surface rh: 90.7%
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)