Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 314mb
Ambient temperature: -42C
Ambient RH: 46%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration at time: 6.2s, RS41 T sensor time constants: 6.5
RH equilibration at time: 46.9s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: 1.5
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20240118_231725.4 231210614 24011818305 10WSE IOP20, 24011818305 10WSE IOP20 AFRC C-130J, ---
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 4
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 4
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
2449 raw data records
72 ( 2.9%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
364 (14.9%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
26 ( 1.1%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 1138 ( 46.5%) values, QC retained 1057 ( 92.9%), overall rate: 43.2%
tdry : input file reported 1139 ( 46.5%) values, QC retained 1056 ( 92.7%), overall rate: 43.1%
RH : input file reported 1125 ( 45.9%) values, QC retained 974 ( 86.6%), overall rate: 39.8%
winds: input file reported 2222 ( 90.7%) values, QC retained 2046 ( 92.1%), overall rate: 83.5%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 8931.6m
QC for GPS Altitude
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the number of satellites check: 2
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: 6
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: 0
Points which failed the longitude 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: 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): 611.75s
Extrapolated surface time: 612.29s
Fall distance from last frame: 6.2m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 1000.7mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 19.6C
Extrapolated surface rh: 82.6%
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)