Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 329mb
Ambient temperature: -22C
Ambient RH: 15%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration at time: 5.6s, RS41 T sensor time constants: 6.2
RH equilibration at time: 29.5s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: 1.0
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20240116_220842.1 230530300 24011617302 06WSW IOP18, 24011617302 06WSW IOP18 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
2443 raw data records
38 ( 1.6%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
149 ( 6.1%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
11 ( 0.5%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 1182 ( 48.4%) values, QC retained 1141 ( 96.5%), overall rate: 46.7%
tdry : input file reported 1189 ( 48.7%) values, QC retained 1139 ( 95.8%), overall rate: 46.6%
RH : input file reported 1176 ( 48.1%) values, QC retained 1078 ( 91.7%), overall rate: 44.1%
winds: input file reported 2359 ( 96.6%) values, QC retained 2253 ( 95.5%), overall rate: 92.2%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 8836.8m
QC for GPS Altitude
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the number of satellites check: 1
Points which failed the buddy check: 0
Points which failed the Q/C filter check: 0
QC for GPS Position
Points which failed the latitude limit check: 0
Points which failed the longitude limit check: 0
Points which failed the number of satellites check: 4
Points which failed the latitude buddy check: 0
Points which failed the longitude buddy check: 0
Points which failed the latitude Q/C filter check: 2
Points which failed the longitude Q/C filter check: 1
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: 15
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: 88
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 45
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: 1
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): 610.25s
Extrapolated surface time: 610.79s
Fall distance from last frame: 6.7m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 1006.3mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 19.4C
Extrapolated surface rh: 73.9%
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)