Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 300mb
Ambient temperature: -37C
Ambient RH: 70%
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: 42.7s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: 1.4
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20240123_002602.2 230830215 24012220302 21WSC IOP24, 24012220302 21WSC IOP24 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
2507 raw data records
33 ( 1.3%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
99 ( 3.9%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
7 ( 0.3%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 1233 ( 49.2%) values, QC retained 1189 ( 96.4%), overall rate: 47.4%
tdry : input file reported 1233 ( 49.2%) values, QC retained 1188 ( 96.4%), overall rate: 47.4%
RH : input file reported 1227 ( 48.9%) values, QC retained 1115 ( 90.9%), overall rate: 44.5%
winds: input file reported 2444 ( 97.5%) values, QC retained 2367 ( 96.8%), overall rate: 94.4%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 9385.4m
QC for GPS Altitude
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the number of satellites check: 0
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: 2
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: 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: 59
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 29
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): 626.25s
Extrapolated surface time: 626.79s
Fall distance from last frame: 6.1m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 1006.6mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 18.1C
Extrapolated surface rh: 84.5%
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)