Schmithüsen, Holger; Otte, Frank; Elsäßer, Antje; Wenzel, Julia (2025): Radiosonde raw data measured during POLARSTERN cruise PS130/2, links to files [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.987953 (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; Elsäßer, Antje; Wenzel, Julia (2025): Radiosonde measurements during POLARSTERN cruise PS130/2 [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.974543
Project(s):
Meteorological Long-Term Observations @ AWI (AWI_Meteo)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 36.467000 * Median Longitude: -12.187667 * South-bound Latitude: 32.118000 * West-bound Longitude: -13.857000 * North-bound Latitude: 40.956000 * East-bound Longitude: -10.547000
Date/Time Start: 2022-05-23T10:56:00 * Date/Time End: 2022-05-25T10:57:00
Event(s):
PS130/2_42864 * Latitude: 32.118230 * Longitude: -13.856880 * Date/Time: 2022-05-23T10:56:59 * Campaign: PS130/2 (POLMAR-TRAIN) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Radiosonde (RADIO)
PS130/2_42865 * Latitude: 36.327200 * Longitude: -12.158620 * Date/Time: 2022-05-24T10:56:10 * Campaign: PS130/2 (POLMAR-TRAIN) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Radiosonde (RADIO)
PS130/2_42866 * Latitude: 40.955930 * Longitude: -10.546680 * Date/Time: 2022-05-25T10:57:44 * Campaign: PS130/2 (POLMAR-TRAIN) * 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:
3 data points
Data
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| 1 Event | 2 Date/Time | 3 Latitude | 4 Longitude | 5 Binary (Size) [Bytes] | 6 Binary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS130/2_42864 | 2022-05-23T10:56 | 32.118 | -13.857 | 12370162 | DBLK_20220523_105659.mwx |
| PS130/2_42865 | 2022-05-24T10:56 | 36.327 | -12.159 | 12081961 | DBLK_20220524_105610.mwx |
| PS130/2_42866 | 2022-05-25T10:57 | 40.956 | -10.547 | 13572964 | DBLK_20220525_105744.mwx |