Köhler, Laura; Schmithüsen, Holger: DavisShip system (DShip) measurements in NetCDF format including weather station, thermosalinograph, ferrybox and navigation system gathered during Polarstern cruise PS147 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.988253 (dataset in review)
Abstract:
The ship campaign PS147 (Atlantic Transit) with the German research vessel Polarstern took place from 12 March to 14 April 2025. The transit proceeded from Stanley, Falkland Islands, to Bremerhaven, Germany, with a stopover in Mindelo, Cape Verde, dividing the campaign into two sections, PS147/1 and PS147/2. During the voyage, several climate zones were crossed, including the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ).
Here, we present data from the ship-integrated instruments within the DavisShip system (DShip), including meteorological parameters from the weather station as well as ship position and orientation from the navigation system. These data form part of a series of standardized datasets of atmospheric observations collected during the PS147 campaign.
Related to:
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung (2017): Polar Research and Supply Vessel POLARSTERN operated by the Alfred-Wegener-Institute. Journal of large-scale research facilities JLSRF, 3, A119, https://doi.org/10.17815/jlsrf-3-163
Fiedler, Björn (2025): Master track of POLARSTERN cruise PS147/2 in 1 sec resolution (zipped, 48 MB) [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.982375
Schulze Tenberge, Yvonne (2025): Master track of POLARSTERN cruise PS147/1 in 1 sec resolution (zipped, 76 MB) [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.982367
References:
Köhler, Laura (2025): GitHub - LauraKoehler/ps147_processing: Atmospheric data processing of the Polarstern PS147 ship campaign (Version v1.0.0) [Computer software] [software]. https://github.com/LauraKoehler/ps147_processing
Köhler, Laura (2025): shipspy (Version 1.1.0) [Computer software]. https://github.com/shipspy-development/shipspy
Project(s):
Funding:
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven (AWI), grant/award no. AWI_PS147_00: PAMOS
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 9.338637 * Median Longitude: -25.027149 * South-bound Latitude: -51.666320 * West-bound Longitude: -57.769414 * North-bound Latitude: 53.563949 * East-bound Longitude: 8.558960
Date/Time Start: 2025-03-12T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2025-04-14T03:59:59
Minimum Elevation: -2349.8 m * Maximum Elevation: -10.7 m
Event(s):
PS147/1_0_Underway-3 * Latitude Start: -48.256622 * Longitude Start: -56.013950 * Latitude End: 16.897115 * Longitude End: -25.019213 * Date/Time Start: 2025-03-13T19:46:00 * Date/Time End: 2025-04-01T08:00:00 * Elevation Start: -2349.8 m * Elevation End: -33.9 m * O2A Registry URI: https://registry.o2a-data.de/items/22 * Campaign: PS147/1 (BATHY-LTO) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Ship Weather Station (SWEAS) * Comment: Profiles stopped within Brazilian EEZ and ECS zones
PS147/1-track * Latitude Start: -51.666320 * Longitude Start: -57.769414 * Latitude End: 16.898650 * Longitude End: -25.021152 * Date/Time Start: 2025-03-12T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2025-04-01T07:59:59 * Campaign: PS147/1 (BATHY-LTO) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Stanley - Mindelo
PS147/2_0_Underway-22 * Latitude Start: 16.889774 * Longitude Start: -25.007607 * Latitude End: 53.483929 * Longitude End: 5.076303 * Date/Time Start: 2025-04-01T08:08:00 * Date/Time End: 2025-04-13T11:49:00 * Elevation Start: -10.7 m * Elevation End: -15.2 m * O2A Registry URI: https://registry.o2a-data.de/items/22 * Campaign: PS147/2 (WASCAL-III; Floating-Uni) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Ship Weather Station (SWEAS)
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | netCDF file | netCDF | Köhler, Laura | |||
| 2 | netCDF file (Media Type) | netCDF (Type) | Köhler, Laura | |||
| 3 | netCDF file (File Size) | netCDF (Size) | Bytes | Köhler, Laura | ||
| 4 | File content | Content | Köhler, Laura | |||
| 5 | Documentation file | DOCS | Köhler, Laura | extracted with ncdump |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0) (License comes into effect after moratorium ends)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC) * Processing Level: PANGAEA data processing level 3 (ProcLevel3)
Size:
3 data points