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König-Langlo, Gert (2006): Standard meteorological measurements on board of POLARSTERN during expedition ANT-IV (PS08, 4 legs, south summer 1985/86) in the Atlantic and Weddell Sea, Antarctica. Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.472287

Reference(s):

Fütterer, Dieter K (1986): Die Expedition ANTARKTIS-IV mit FS POLARSTERN 1985/86, Bericht von den Fahrtabschnitten ANT-IV/1a-c, ANT-IV/2. Reports on Polar Research, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, 32, 114 pp, hdl:10013/epic.10032.d001

Fütterer, Dieter K (1987): Die Expedition ANTARKTIS-IV mit FS Polarstern 1985/1986, Bericht von den Fahrtabschnitten ANT-IV/3-4 (The Expedition ANTARKTIS-IV of RV POLARSTERN 1985/86 Report of Legs ANT-IV/3-4). Reports on Polar Research, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, 33, 204 pp, hdl:10013/epic.10033.d001

Abstract:

During the fourth Antarctic voyage ANT-IV of the research icebreaker POLARSTERN standard meteorological measurements have been performed. The measurements include 3-hourly synoptic observations as well as daily upper air soundings. The measurements started on September 6 1985 at Bremerhaven and were terminated at April 28 1986 in Punta Arenas.

The 3-hourly synoptic observations are performed following the instructions of the FM 13 ships code defined by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The datasets include automatic measurements such as mean ship´s speed, wind velocity, wind direction, air temperature, water temperature as well as visual observations such as total cloud amount, present weather, clouds, height and period of swell waves, ice classification. The visual observation are not performed during night time.

For the upper air soundings VAISALA RS80 radiosondes, carried by helium-filled balloons (TOTEX 350 - 1500) were used. Data reception and evaluation were carried out by a MicroCora System (VAISALA). The upper air soundings include profile measurements of pressure, temperature, relative humidity and wind vector. Usually the soundings started at the heliport (10 m above sea level) and terminated between 15 and 37 km. The height of the measurements was calculated by applying the barometric formula. The wind vector was determined with the aid of the OMEGA navigation system.

Project(s):

Meteorological Long-Term Observations @ AWI (AWI_Meteo)

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Median Latitude: -37.640890 * Median Longitude: -23.563482 * South-bound Latitude: -77.650000 * West-bound Longitude: -69.770000 * North-bound Latitude: 48.800000 * East-bound Longitude: 16.600000

Date/Time Start: 1985-09-06T06:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1986-04-28T18:00:00

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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported

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