Schmithüsen, Holger; Otte, Frank; Suter, Patrick (2025): Radiosonde raw data measured during POLARSTERN cruise PS129, links to files [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.987950 (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; Suter, Patrick (2025): Radiosonde measurements during POLARSTERN cruise PS129 [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.974541
Project(s):
Meteorological Long-Term Observations @ AWI (AWI_Meteo)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -64.315491 * Median Longitude: -19.200698 * South-bound Latitude: -70.994000 * West-bound Longitude: -62.847000 * North-bound Latitude: -37.195000 * East-bound Longitude: 16.489000
Date/Time Start: 2022-03-05T10:58:00 * Date/Time End: 2022-04-26T10:54:00
Event(s):
PS129_42792 * Latitude: -37.195120 * Longitude: 16.489220 * Date/Time: 2022-03-05T10:58:28 * Campaign: PS129 (HAFOS) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Radiosonde (RADIO)
PS129_42793 * Latitude: -40.451400 * Longitude: 14.475570 * Date/Time: 2022-03-06T10:55:07 * Campaign: PS129 (HAFOS) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Radiosonde (RADIO)
PS129_42794 * Latitude: -43.593070 * Longitude: 12.396570 * Date/Time: 2022-03-07T10:56:11 * Campaign: PS129 (HAFOS) * 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:
53 data points
Data
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| 1 Event | 2 Date/Time | 3 Latitude | 4 Longitude | 5 Binary (Size) [Bytes] | 6 Binary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS129_42792 | 2022-03-05T10:58 | -37.195 | 16.489 | 12125883 | DBLK_20220305_105828.mwx |
| PS129_42793 | 2022-03-06T10:55 | -40.451 | 14.476 | 14087743 | DBLK_20220306_105507.mwx |
| PS129_42794 | 2022-03-07T10:56 | -43.593 | 12.397 | 12102742 | DBLK_20220307_105611.mwx |
| PS129_42795 | 2022-03-08T10:58 | -46.952 | 10.058 | 4880195 | DBLK_20220308_105838.mwx |
| PS129_42796 | 2022-03-09T10:55 | -49.842 | 7.924 | 14144960 | DBLK_20220309_105558.mwx |
| PS129_42797 | 2022-03-10T10:54 | -52.281 | 6.073 | 13560114 | DBLK_20220310_105459.mwx |
| PS129_42798 | 2022-03-11T10:50 | -55.943 | 2.936 | 13461959 | DBLK_20220311_105009.mwx |
| PS129_43013 | 2022-03-12T10:56 | -59.048 | 0.108 | 11155839 | DBLK_20220312_105637.mwx |
| PS129_42799 | 2022-03-13T10:55 | -59.340 | 0.002 | 13455035 | DBLK_20220313_105539.mwx |
| PS129_42800 | 2022-03-14T10:55 | -61.000 | 0.006 | 13269483 | DBLK_20220314_105514.mwx |
| PS129_42801 | 2022-03-15T10:55 | -64.024 | 0.000 | 13030395 | DBLK_20220315_105535.mwx |
| PS129_42802 | 2022-03-16T10:55 | -64.913 | -0.023 | 13974031 | DBLK_20220316_105554.mwx |
| PS129_42803 | 2022-03-17T10:56 | -66.517 | -0.076 | 15322616 | DBLK_20220317_105657.mwx |
| PS129_42804 | 2022-03-18T10:55 | -66.325 | -7.339 | 13034809 | DBLK_20220318_105541.mwx |
| PS129_42805 | 2022-03-19T10:55 | -65.961 | -12.187 | 13121189 | DBLK_20220319_105536.mwx |
| PS129_42806 | 2022-03-20T10:55 | -69.836 | -8.813 | 12927096 | DBLK_20220320_105513.mwx |
| PS129_42807 | 2022-03-21T10:57 | -70.762 | -10.876 | 13489845 | DBLK_20220321_105706.mwx |
| PS129_42808 | 2022-03-22T10:56 | -70.745 | -10.818 | 13049425 | DBLK_20220322_105601.mwx |
| PS129_42809 | 2022-03-23T10:55 | -70.538 | -9.593 | 13419016 | DBLK_20220323_105541.mwx |
| PS129_42810 | 2022-03-24T10:55 | -70.855 | -10.702 | 12411323 | DBLK_20220324_105521.mwx |
| PS129_42811 | 2022-03-25T11:01 | -70.741 | -10.870 | 15199887 | DBLK_20220325_110118.mwx |
| PS129_42812 | 2022-03-26T10:55 | -70.762 | -10.795 | 14294322 | DBLK_20220326_105512.mwx |
| PS129_42813 | 2022-03-27T10:56 | -70.994 | -10.623 | 14499490 | DBLK_20220327_105615.mwx |
| PS129_42814 | 2022-03-28T10:57 | -70.872 | -10.481 | 13708718 | DBLK_20220328_105759.mwx |
| PS129_42815 | 2022-03-29T10:56 | -70.804 | -10.643 | 12826629 | DBLK_20220329_105630.mwx |
| PS129_42816 | 2022-03-30T10:56 | -70.863 | -10.520 | 13207337 | DBLK_20220330_105642.mwx |
| PS129_42817 | 2022-03-31T10:55 | -70.861 | -10.505 | 13215563 | DBLK_20220331_105549.mwx |
| PS129_42818 | 2022-04-01T10:56 | -70.860 | -10.511 | 12466693 | DBLK_20220401_105620.mwx |
| PS129_42819 | 2022-04-02T11:07 | -70.886 | -11.290 | 11389171 | DBLK_20220402_110712.mwx |
| PS129_42820 | 2022-04-03T10:56 | -70.298 | -13.446 | 12515886 | DBLK_20220403_105603.mwx |
| PS129_42821 | 2022-04-04T10:56 | -69.059 | -17.389 | 12314428 | DBLK_20220404_105628.mwx |
| PS129_42822 | 2022-04-05T10:56 | -68.016 | -20.578 | 12433207 | DBLK_20220405_105616.mwx |
| PS129_42823 | 2022-04-07T10:55 | -68.717 | -27.052 | 13928121 | DBLK_20220407_105542.mwx |
| PS129_42824 | 2022-04-08T10:55 | -70.564 | -28.572 | 14847767 | DBLK_20220408_105552.mwx |
| PS129_42825 | 2022-04-09T08:12 | -70.788 | -29.392 | 9750706 | DBLK_20220409_081215.mwx |
| PS129_42826 | 2022-04-09T10:56 | -70.787 | -29.412 | 12734870 | DBLK_20220409_105651.mwx |
| PS129_42827 | 2022-04-10T10:56 | -70.104 | -31.044 | 12907717 | DBLK_20220410_105613.mwx |
| PS129_42828 | 2022-04-11T10:57 | -68.989 | -31.942 | 13922715 | DBLK_20220411_105721.mwx |
| PS129_42829 | 2022-04-12T10:56 | -67.230 | -28.474 | 14741389 | DBLK_20220412_105612.mwx |
| PS129_42830 | 2022-04-13T10:57 | -66.204 | -30.874 | 11202305 | DBLK_20220413_105711.mwx |
| PS129_42831 | 2022-04-14T10:55 | -65.699 | -36.684 | 14575163 | DBLK_20220414_105555.mwx |
| PS129_42832 | 2022-04-15T10:56 | -65.042 | -41.137 | 13397153 | DBLK_20220415_105634.mwx |
| PS129_42833 | 2022-04-16T10:56 | -66.285 | -42.100 | 13390718 | DBLK_20220416_105654.mwx |
| PS129_42834 | 2022-04-17T10:56 | -65.868 | -43.975 | 13294704 | DBLK_20220417_105614.mwx |
| PS129_42835 | 2022-04-18T10:55 | -64.740 | -43.508 | 13231365 | DBLK_20220418_105555.mwx |
| PS129_42836 | 2022-04-19T10:56 | -64.300 | -46.671 | 13228633 | DBLK_20220419_105615.mwx |
| PS129_42837 | 2022-04-20T10:57 | -64.077 | -48.300 | 12891609 | DBLK_20220420_105741.mwx |
| PS129_42838 | 2022-04-21T10:55 | -63.790 | -49.664 | 12030762 | DBLK_20220421_105550.mwx |
| PS129_42839 | 2022-04-22T10:56 | -63.615 | -51.074 | 14081988 | DBLK_20220422_105602.mwx |
| PS129_42840 | 2022-04-23T10:55 | -63.385 | -52.452 | 14321999 | DBLK_20220423_105551.mwx |
| PS129_42841 | 2022-04-24T10:56 | -61.643 | -55.993 | 14564101 | DBLK_20220424_105626.mwx |
| PS129_42842 | 2022-04-25T10:59 | -59.214 | -58.861 | 14756897 | DBLK_20220425_105935.mwx |
| PS129_42843 | 2022-04-26T10:54 | -56.543 | -62.847 | 12992120 | DBLK_20220426_105449.mwx |