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Example Output File - Standard Format

number of header lines: 21
number of variables: 8
output filename: TMF_RS92.20091026.055900.dat.corr3
input filename: TMF_RS92_20091026_0559UT.dat
station name: JPL Table Mountain Facility
station latN/lonE/alt(m):       34.3800     -117.680      2285.00
launch time: 05:59:00 UTC
launch date: 26-Oct-2009
filetype: gsfc_rs92
radiosonde manufacturer: Vaisala
humidity sensor type: 92
serial-number: D4613693
sonde age (yrs): 0.956
RH corrections for RHfinal: TL CAL SR
PWV_orig, PWV_corr (cm): 0.4899 0.4660
Datatype, min RH_strat, min/max RH_trop: RAW +0.93 +3.33 +49.55
bias from THref (RHorig, RHcorr, T):    +1.50   -0.02   -0.02
surface RH/T when sonde in THref:    16.26    8.26
DNX, sr_utc, ss_utc, launch_utc, alpha, psi: N -9.82 0.98 5.98 -59.4 309
 
time(s)     T(C)     Z(m)    P(mb)   RHorig RHsmooth   RHtlag  RHfinal
    0.0     8.10  2285.00   778.75    16.10   16.200   16.200   14.669
    2.0     9.03  2295.53   777.76    17.20   17.100   17.100   15.568
    4.0     9.15  2307.18   776.66    17.02   17.108   17.108   15.576
    6.0     9.09  2320.85   775.38    16.99   17.065   17.065   15.534
    8.0     9.14  2331.88   774.35    16.87   16.970   16.970   15.440
   10.0     9.03  2339.93   773.59    16.96   16.860   16.860   15.330
   12.0     9.12  2351.20   772.54    16.77   16.703   16.703   15.174
   14.0     9.19  2362.64   771.47    16.45   16.549   16.549   15.021
   16.0     9.15  2376.59   770.17    16.35   16.447   16.447   14.920
   18.0     9.03  2391.35   768.80    16.46   16.400   16.400   14.874
   20.0     8.92  2402.33   767.78    16.53   16.409   16.409   14.883
...

In addition to the time from launch, temperature, pressure, and altitude profiles, the standard output file contains 4 RH variables showing the different stages of correction: the unaltered original data (RHorig), the filtered and smoothed data that the time-lag correction acts upon (RHsmooth), the time-lag-corrected data (RHtlag), and the final corrected data after the calibration and solar radiation corrections are applied (RHfinal). Header information includes the site location and launch time, radiosonde characteristics, codes for the corrections that were applied, the column-integrated precipitable water vapor (PWV) before and after correction, max and min RH values in the troposphere and stratosphere, and the line beginning "DNX" identifies this as a Nighttime launch and the UTC sunrise, sunset, and launchtime, and the solar elevation and azimuth angles at launch are given. Since this is a nighttime sounding, the solar radiation (SR) correction at launch is zero. The two lines describing the RS92 bias relative to THref before and after correction will not be present unless the site is equipped with a THref for characterizing RS92 accuracy at the surface (THref is described here).