Schmithüsen, Holger; Otte, Frank; Stöckle, Sonja (2025): Radiosonde raw data measured during POLARSTERN cruise PS127, links to files [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.987947 (DOI registration in progress)
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Published: 2025-12-09
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 published here is left "as recorded", no quality control was applied.
Other version:
Schmithüsen, Holger; Otte, Frank; Stöckle, Sonja (2025): Radiosonde measurements during POLARSTERN cruise PS127 [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.974599
Project(s):
Meteorological Long-Term Observations @ AWI (AWI_Meteo)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 10.206033 * Median Longitude: -9.512233 * South-bound Latitude: -30.004000 * West-bound Longitude: -20.977000 * North-bound Latitude: 46.552000 * East-bound Longitude: 11.919000
Date/Time Start: 2021-12-10T10:59:00 * Date/Time End: 2022-01-02T10:55:00
Event(s):
PS127_42689 * Latitude: 46.551760 * Longitude: -7.891050 * Date/Time: 2021-12-10T10:59:07 * Campaign: PS127 (GPF 21-2_023, Atlantic Transfer) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Radiosonde (RADIO)
PS127_42690 * Latitude: 46.346190 * Longitude: -8.121610 * Date/Time: 2021-12-10T17:03:07 * Campaign: PS127 (GPF 21-2_023, Atlantic Transfer) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Radiosonde (RADIO)
PS127_42691 * Latitude: 43.789440 * Longitude: -10.754220 * Date/Time: 2021-12-11T10:53:05 * Campaign: PS127 (GPF 21-2_023, Atlantic Transfer) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Radiosonde (RADIO)
Comment:
Data files were produced by a proprietary radiosounding system from Vaisala. The format is referred to as "mwx". Technically, the files are zip files comprising several xml-documents.
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 | Geocode | ||
| 4 | LONGITUDE | Longitude | Schmithüsen, Holger | Geocode | ||
| 5 | Binary Object (File Size) | Binary (Size) | Bytes | Schmithüsen, Holger | Radiosonde, Vaisala, DigiCora | |
| 6 | Binary Object | Binary | Schmithüsen, Holger | Radiosonde, Vaisala, DigiCora |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC) * Processing Level: PANGAEA data processing level 1 (ProcLevel1)
Size:
30 data points
Data
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| 1 Event | 2 Date/Time | 3 Latitude | 4 Longitude | 5 Binary (Size) [Bytes] | 6 Binary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS127_42689 | 2021-12-10T10:59 | 46.552 | -7.891 | 13290642 | DBLK_20211210_105907.mwx |
| PS127_42690 | 2021-12-10T17:03 | 46.346 | -8.122 | 11760766 | DBLK_20211210_170307.mwx |
| PS127_42691 | 2021-12-11T10:53 | 43.789 | -10.754 | 11656325 | DBLK_20211211_105305.mwx |
| PS127_42692 | 2021-12-12T05:49 | 40.589 | -11.994 | 11955119 | DBLK_20211212_054908.mwx |
| PS127_42693 | 2021-12-12T10:55 | 39.713 | -12.266 | 13317748 | DBLK_20211212_105509.mwx |
| PS127_42694 | 2021-12-12T17:35 | 38.595 | -12.607 | 13495785 | DBLK_20211212_173538.mwx |
| PS127_42695 | 2021-12-13T10:55 | 36.177 | -13.318 | 12175435 | DBLK_20211213_105525.mwx |
| PS127_42696 | 2021-12-14T10:57 | 33.264 | -14.156 | 13523119 | DBLK_20211214_105714.mwx |
| PS127_42697 | 2021-12-15T10:55 | 31.166 | -14.731 | 13529692 | DBLK_20211215_105523.mwx |
| PS127_42698 | 2021-12-17T10:55 | 26.089 | -17.528 | 12804059 | DBLK_20211217_105519.mwx |
| PS127_42699 | 2021-12-18T10:55 | 23.132 | -20.658 | 11772255 | DBLK_20211218_105504.mwx |
| PS127_42700 | 2021-12-19T10:55 | 18.605 | -20.977 | 11631700 | DBLK_20211219_105546.mwx |
| PS127_42701 | 2021-12-20T06:16 | 14.932 | -20.942 | 12336181 | DBLK_20211220_061659.mwx |
| PS127_42702 | 2021-12-20T10:57 | 14.134 | -20.934 | 12134606 | DBLK_20211220_105718.mwx |
| PS127_42703 | 2021-12-21T10:58 | 9.871 | -19.828 | 13480330 | DBLK_20211221_105846.mwx |
| PS127_42704 | 2021-12-22T10:56 | 6.447 | -17.278 | 13057000 | DBLK_20211222_105658.mwx |
| PS127_42705 | 2021-12-22T18:07 | 5.391 | -16.503 | 12204088 | DBLK_20211222_180738.mwx |
| PS127_42706 | 2021-12-23T10:54 | 2.971 | -14.674 | 14253847 | DBLK_20211223_105445.mwx |
| PS127_42707 | 2021-12-24T05:33 | 0.638 | -12.907 | 13537733 | DBLK_20211224_053352.mwx |
| PS127_42708 | 2021-12-24T10:55 | -0.043 | -12.386 | 12291335 | DBLK_20211224_105533.mwx |
| PS127_42709 | 2021-12-25T10:55 | -3.215 | -9.963 | 12769393 | DBLK_20211225_105521.mwx |
| PS127_42710 | 2021-12-26T10:55 | -6.790 | -7.356 | 11560717 | DBLK_20211226_105518.mwx |
| PS127_42711 | 2021-12-27T10:56 | -9.952 | -4.354 | 13231945 | DBLK_20211227_105642.mwx |
| PS127_42712 | 2021-12-28T10:56 | -13.410 | -1.529 | 11987998 | DBLK_20211228_105610.mwx |
| PS127_42713 | 2021-12-29T10:55 | -16.757 | 1.242 | 12584037 | DBLK_20211229_105523.mwx |
| PS127_42714 | 2021-12-30T10:54 | -19.944 | 3.811 | 12907226 | DBLK_20211230_105458.mwx |
| PS127_42715 | 2021-12-31T04:02 | -22.301 | 5.712 | 12370976 | DBLK_20211231_040245.mwx |
| PS127_42716 | 2021-12-31T10:56 | -23.251 | 6.477 | 13206089 | DBLK_20211231_105625.mwx |
| PS127_42717 | 2022-01-01T10:54 | -26.553 | 9.128 | 12644159 | DBLK_20220101_105424.mwx |
| PS127_42718 | 2022-01-02T10:55 | -30.004 | 11.919 | 13470717 | DBLK_20220102_105559.mwx |