Citation:

PANGAEA.974768

Name: Radiosonde measurements during POLARSTERN cruise PS131
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: Atmospheric soundings; Radiosonde; upper air profiles

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Abstract:

The meteorological observatory Polarstern continuously performs radiosoundings during times of ship operation. Typically, there is one launch to full altitude at 12 UTC every day. Additionally, there often is a launch with a smaller balloon for forecasting purposes (helicopter operations) around 6 UTC. All data reports are distributed via global networks of the World Meteorological Organisation. All data published here is generally as recorded. Data affected by known technical issues are not contained in this record.

Keyword(s):

Atmospheric soundings; Radiosonde; upper air profiles

Project(s):

Meteorological Long-Term Observations @ AWI (AWI_Meteo)

Coverage:

Median Latitude: 78.817836 * Median Longitude: -0.032484 * South-bound Latitude: 55.899580 * West-bound Longitude: -25.334160 * North-bound Latitude: 83.132470 * East-bound Longitude: 12.304750

Date/Time Start: 2022-06-29T10:55:25 * Date/Time End: 2022-08-16T12:55:01

Minimum ALTITUDE: 10 m * Maximum ALTITUDE: 36220 m

Event(s):

PS131_42867 * Latitude: 56.936790 * Longitude: 5.537990 * Date/Time: 2022-06-29T10:55:25 * Campaign: (ATWAICE) * Basis: * Method/Device: Radiosonde (RADIO)

PS131_42868 * Latitude: 64.590010 * Longitude: 3.455810 * Date/Time: 2022-07-01T10:54:47 * Campaign: (ATWAICE) * Basis: * Method/Device: Radiosonde (RADIO)

PS131_42869 * Latitude: 68.042530 * Longitude: 4.544070 * Date/Time: 2022-07-02T10:58:32 * Campaign: (ATWAICE) * Basis: * Method/Device: Radiosonde (RADIO)

Comment:

The launch site is located 10m above sea level. The first row of each sounding holds surface data for TTT, RH, ff and dd, which is not acquired by the radiosonde. The measuring height of TTT and RH is 29m, and 39m for dd and ff. The first pressure value of each profile is derived from surface pressure measurements, reduced to the indicated altitude.

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Method/Device	Comment
1	Event label	Event		Schmithüsen, Holger
2	DATE/TIME	Date/Time		Schmithüsen, Holger		Geocode
3	LATITUDE	Latitude		Schmithüsen, Holger	Radiosonde, Vaisala, RS41-SGP	Geocode
4	LONGITUDE	Longitude		Schmithüsen, Holger	Radiosonde, Vaisala, RS41-SGP	Geocode
5	ALTITUDE	Altitude	m	Schmithüsen, Holger	Radiosonde, Vaisala, RS41-SGP	Geocode – Geopotential height above sea level integrated from pressure, temperature and humidity
6	Geopotential height above sea level	hhh	m	Schmithüsen, Holger	Radiosonde, Vaisala, RS41-SGP	Geopotential height above sea level derived from GPS receiver mounted on radiosonde
7	Height, geometric	h geom	m	Schmithüsen, Holger	Radiosonde, Vaisala, RS41-SGP	derived from GPS receiver mounted on radiosonde with respect to WGS84 reference ellipsoid
8	Height, geometric	h geom	m	Schmithüsen, Holger	Radiosonde, Vaisala, RS41-SGP	derived from GPS receiver mounted on radiosonde with respect to WGS84 including geoid height correction
9	Pressure, at given altitude	PPPP	hPa	Schmithüsen, Holger	Radiosonde, Vaisala, RS41-SGP
10	Temperature, air	TTT	°C	Schmithüsen, Holger	Radiosonde, Vaisala, RS41-SGP
11	Humidity, relative	RH	%	Schmithüsen, Holger	Radiosonde, Vaisala, RS41-SGP
12	Wind direction	dd	deg	Schmithüsen, Holger	Radiosonde, Vaisala, RS41-SGP
13	Wind speed	ff	m/s	Schmithüsen, Holger	Radiosonde, Vaisala, RS41-SGP

License:

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0) (License comes into effect after moratorium ends)

Status:

Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)

Size:

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