Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 288mb
Ambient temperature: -39C
Ambient RH: 100%
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: 44.4s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: 1.4
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20240216_010150.2 234310839 24021518308 25WSE IOP35, 24021519308 25WSE IOP35 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 less than 1.0s)
Levels created (in 1.0s)
WMO message coded (in less than 1.0s)
QC Data Recovery Statistics
2675 raw data records
71 ( 2.7%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
307 (11.5%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
20 ( 0.7%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 1266 ( 47.3%) values, QC retained 1184 ( 93.5%), overall rate: 44.3%
tdry : input file reported 1267 ( 47.4%) values, QC retained 1183 ( 93.4%), overall rate: 44.2%
RH : input file reported 1261 ( 47.1%) values, QC retained 1104 ( 87.5%), overall rate: 41.3%
winds: input file reported 2513 ( 93.9%) values, QC retained 2328 ( 92.6%), overall rate: 87.0%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 9773.5m
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: 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: 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: 3
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): 668.25s
Extrapolated surface time: 668.79s
Fall distance from last frame: 5.8m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 1009.2mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 20.5C
Extrapolated surface rh: 81.0%
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)