Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 301mb
Ambient temperature: -37C
Ambient RH: 42%
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
D20240129_211036.2 231110553 24012918305 18WSE IOP28, 24012918305 18WSE IOP28 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
2501 raw data records
29 ( 1.2%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
152 ( 6.1%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
2 ( 0.1%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 1208 ( 48.3%) values, QC retained 1167 ( 96.6%), overall rate: 46.7%
tdry : input file reported 1208 ( 48.3%) values, QC retained 1166 ( 96.5%), overall rate: 46.6%
RH : input file reported 1202 ( 48.1%) values, QC retained 1091 ( 90.8%), overall rate: 43.6%
winds: input file reported 2377 ( 95.0%) values, QC retained 2308 ( 97.1%), overall rate: 92.3%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 9449.7m
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: 17
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: 2
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: 31
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 21
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): 624.75s
Extrapolated surface time: 625.29s
Fall distance from last frame: 6.4m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 1013.5mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 18.1C
Extrapolated surface rh: 89.5%
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)