Schmithüsen, Holger; Rohleder, Christian (2026): Radiosonde raw data measured during POLARSTERN cruise PS132, links to files [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.989508 (DOI registration in progress), In: Schmithüsen, Holger: Radiosonde raw data measured during POLARSTERN cruises (PS110 et seq) [dataset publication series]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.989504 (dataset in review)
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Published: 2026-01-19
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; Rohleder, Christian: Radiosonde measurements during POLARSTERN cruise PS132 [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.989550
Project(s):
Meteorological Long-Term Observations @ AWI (AWI_Meteo)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 6.216308 * Median Longitude: -7.850385 * South-bound Latitude: -31.961000 * West-bound Longitude: -20.990000 * North-bound Latitude: 48.107000 * East-bound Longitude: 15.174000
Date/Time Start: 2022-09-03T10:56:00 * Date/Time End: 2022-09-28T10:56:00
Event(s):
PS132_43013 * Latitude: 48.107440 * Longitude: -8.219000 * Date/Time: 2022-09-03T10:56:16 * Campaign: PS132 (OceanCapX) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Radiosonde (RADIO)
PS132_43014 * Latitude: 44.709860 * Longitude: -10.753930 * Date/Time: 2022-09-04T10:55:13 * Campaign: PS132 (OceanCapX) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Radiosonde (RADIO)
PS132_43015 * Latitude: 41.452270 * Longitude: -12.159570 * Date/Time: 2022-09-05T10:54:31 * Campaign: PS132 (OceanCapX) * 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:
26 data points
Data
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| 1 Event | 2 Date/Time | 3 Latitude | 4 Longitude | 5 Binary (Size) [Bytes] | 6 Binary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS132_43013 | 2022-09-03T10:56 | 48.107 | -8.219 | 15350048 | DBLK_20220903_105616.mwx |
| PS132_43014 | 2022-09-04T10:55 | 44.710 | -10.754 | 13727799 | DBLK_20220904_105513.mwx |
| PS132_43015 | 2022-09-05T10:54 | 41.452 | -12.160 | 14038925 | DBLK_20220905_105431.mwx |
| PS132_43016 | 2022-09-06T10:54 | 37.378 | -13.364 | 15196963 | DBLK_20220906_105443.mwx |
| PS132_43017 | 2022-09-07T10:54 | 34.021 | -14.220 | 14993674 | DBLK_20220907_105446.mwx |
| PS132_43018 | 2022-09-08T10:56 | 30.095 | -14.986 | 16477205 | DBLK_20220908_105637.mwx |
| PS132_43019 | 2022-09-09T10:56 | 26.880 | -16.978 | 15902869 | DBLK_20220909_105630.mwx |
| PS132_43020 | 2022-09-10T10:55 | 23.410 | -19.782 | 16191050 | DBLK_20220910_105518.mwx |
| PS132_43021 | 2022-09-11T10:56 | 18.757 | -20.812 | 14188291 | DBLK_20220911_105628.mwx |
| PS132_43022 | 2022-09-12T10:55 | 14.559 | -20.990 | 16133382 | DBLK_20220912_105511.mwx |
| PS132_43023 | 2022-09-13T10:56 | 11.929 | -20.418 | 15124960 | DBLK_20220913_105617.mwx |
| PS132_43024 | 2022-09-14T10:56 | 8.547 | -19.494 | 18158699 | DBLK_20220914_105619.mwx |
| PS132_43025 | 2022-09-15T10:54 | 5.560 | -17.799 | 16344993 | DBLK_20220915_105415.mwx |
| PS132_43026 | 2022-09-16T10:55 | 1.866 | -15.966 | 15694544 | DBLK_20220916_105558.mwx |
| PS132_43027 | 2022-09-17T10:55 | -0.736 | -13.898 | 16586650 | DBLK_20220917_105540.mwx |
| PS132_43028 | 2022-09-18T10:59 | -3.141 | -10.411 | 14500833 | DBLK_20220918_105926.mwx |
| PS132_43029 | 2022-09-19T10:56 | -5.258 | -6.974 | 16586308 | DBLK_20220919_105624.mwx |
| PS132_43030 | 2022-09-20T10:56 | -7.579 | -3.483 | 16530295 | DBLK_20220920_105601.mwx |
| PS132_43031 | 2022-09-21T10:55 | -9.944 | -0.076 | 15583289 | DBLK_20220921_105541.mwx |
| PS132_43032 | 2022-09-22T10:57 | -12.607 | 1.652 | 17190415 | DBLK_20220922_105706.mwx |
| PS132_43033 | 2022-09-23T11:00 | -16.258 | 3.882 | 14482805 | DBLK_20220923_110045.mwx |
| PS132_43034 | 2022-09-24T10:55 | -19.773 | 5.981 | 14756323 | DBLK_20220924_105519.mwx |
| PS132_43035 | 2022-09-25T10:57 | -22.859 | 7.904 | 15084587 | DBLK_20220925_105724.mwx |
| PS132_43036 | 2022-09-26T10:57 | -26.058 | 9.855 | 15113723 | DBLK_20220926_105736.mwx |
| PS132_43037 | 2022-09-27T10:56 | -29.473 | 12.226 | 15576012 | DBLK_20220927_105632.mwx |
| PS132_43038 | 2022-09-28T10:56 | -31.961 | 15.174 | 14992298 | DBLK_20220928_105630.mwx |