Schmithüsen, Holger; Otte, Frank; Stöckle, Sonja (2026): Radiosonde raw data measured during POLARSTERN cruise PS133/1, links to files [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.989509 (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; Otte, Frank; Stöckle, Sonja: Radiosonde measurements during POLARSTERN cruise PS133/1 [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.989551
Project(s):
Meteorological Long-Term Observations @ AWI (AWI_Meteo)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -50.099489 * Median Longitude: -25.800000 * South-bound Latitude: -56.251000 * West-bound Longitude: -59.587000 * North-bound Latitude: -35.379000 * East-bound Longitude: 15.667000
Date/Time Start: 2022-10-03T10:56:00 * Date/Time End: 2022-11-15T10:56:00
Event(s):
PS133/1_43039 * Latitude: -35.378530 * Longitude: 15.667200 * Date/Time: 2022-10-03T10:56:52 * Campaign: PS133/1 (Island Impact) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Radiosonde (RADIO)
PS133/1_43040 * Latitude: -37.392760 * Longitude: 12.063040 * Date/Time: 2022-10-04T10:58:47 * Campaign: PS133/1 (Island Impact) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Radiosonde (RADIO)
PS133/1_43041 * Latitude: -39.578810 * Longitude: 8.011210 * Date/Time: 2022-10-05T10:56:12 * Campaign: PS133/1 (Island Impact) * 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:
45 data points
Data
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| 1 Event | 2 Date/Time | 3 Latitude | 4 Longitude | 5 Binary (Size) [Bytes] | 6 Binary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS133/1_43039 | 2022-10-03T10:56 | -35.379 | 15.667 | 12278322 | DBLK_20221003_105652.mwx |
| PS133/1_43040 | 2022-10-04T10:58 | -37.393 | 12.063 | 12208203 | DBLK_20221004_105847.mwx |
| PS133/1_43041 | 2022-10-05T10:56 | -39.579 | 8.011 | 12083046 | DBLK_20221005_105612.mwx |
| PS133/1_43042 | 2022-10-06T10:56 | -41.423 | 4.492 | 12455901 | DBLK_20221006_105619.mwx |
| PS133/1_43043 | 2022-10-07T09:57 | -43.560 | 0.285 | 11648185 | DBLK_20221007_095720.mwx |
| PS133/1_43044 | 2022-10-08T07:46 | -45.625 | -3.925 | 8629372 | DBLK_20221008_074632.mwx |
| PS133/1_43045 | 2022-10-08T10:57 | -45.809 | -4.297 | 13778198 | DBLK_20221008_105739.mwx |
| PS133/1_43046 | 2022-10-09T10:56 | -47.339 | -8.074 | 14013187 | DBLK_20221009_105609.mwx |
| PS133/1_43047 | 2022-10-10T10:57 | -44.883 | -9.332 | 12600991 | DBLK_20221010_105750.mwx |
| PS133/1_43048 | 2022-10-11T10:58 | -43.639 | -11.656 | 12752022 | DBLK_20221011_105802.mwx |
| PS133/1_43049 | 2022-10-12T10:56 | -44.486 | -13.111 | 14330331 | DBLK_20221012_105620.mwx |
| PS133/1_43050 | 2022-10-13T10:57 | -48.063 | -10.698 | 13384187 | DBLK_20221013_105726.mwx |
| PS133/1_43051 | 2022-10-14T11:00 | -49.059 | -9.978 | 12349045 | DBLK_20221014_110001.mwx |
| PS133/1_43052 | 2022-10-15T10:59 | -49.402 | -11.239 | 12865373 | DBLK_20221015_105914.mwx |
| PS133/1_43053 | 2022-10-16T11:13 | -50.392 | -15.092 | 13634889 | DBLK_20221016_111343.mwx |
| PS133/1_43054 | 2022-10-17T10:56 | -50.898 | -19.072 | 13645041 | DBLK_20221017_105656.mwx |
| PS133/1_43055 | 2022-10-18T10:55 | -51.158 | -24.046 | 13506766 | DBLK_20221018_105538.mwx |
| PS133/1_43056 | 2022-10-19T11:04 | -50.448 | -24.998 | 13216453 | DBLK_20221019_110404.mwx |
| PS133/1_43057 | 2022-10-20T10:57 | -53.416 | -25.000 | 13626741 | DBLK_20221020_105725.mwx |
| PS133/1_43058 | 2022-10-21T11:10 | -52.399 | -24.980 | 11990523 | DBLK_20221021_111002.mwx |
| PS133/1_43059 | 2022-10-22T06:38 | -52.332 | -24.968 | 8440633 | DBLK_20221022_063817.mwx |
| PS133/1_43060 | 2022-10-22T10:55 | -52.326 | -24.970 | 8242801 | DBLK_20221022_105521.mwx |
| PS133/1_43061 | 2022-10-23T10:55 | -52.273 | -25.006 | 11373349 | DBLK_20221023_105510.mwx |
| PS133/1_43062 | 2022-10-24T10:56 | -52.145 | -31.888 | 12191458 | DBLK_20221024_105628.mwx |
| PS133/1_43063 | 2022-10-25T10:58 | -51.977 | -40.181 | 12472135 | DBLK_20221025_105849.mwx |
| PS133/1_43064 | 2022-10-26T10:58 | -51.806 | -48.856 | 6614953 | DBLK_20221026_105856.mwx |
| PS133/1_43065 | 2022-10-27T07:22 | -51.669 | -55.830 | 8722148 | DBLK_20221027_072204.mwx |
| PS133/1_43066 | 2022-10-27T10:53 | -51.655 | -56.602 | 12373779 | DBLK_20221027_105342.mwx |
| PS133/1_43067 | 2022-10-30T10:57 | -51.324 | -53.645 | 13298280 | DBLK_20221030_105725.mwx |
| PS133/1_43068 | 2022-10-31T10:56 | -51.027 | -49.256 | 14554860 | DBLK_20221031_105614.mwx |
| PS133/1_43069 | 2022-11-01T10:58 | -50.635 | -43.489 | 13616282 | DBLK_20221101_105813.mwx |
| PS133/1_43070 | 2022-11-02T10:54 | -51.167 | -40.293 | 12708180 | DBLK_20221102_105422.mwx |
| PS133/1_43071 | 2022-11-03T10:55 | -51.289 | -40.000 | 12103512 | DBLK_20221103_105545.mwx |
| PS133/1_43072 | 2022-11-04T10:55 | -51.795 | -39.040 | 13482550 | DBLK_20221104_105535.mwx |
| PS133/1_43073 | 2022-11-05T10:55 | -54.195 | -35.908 | 11624400 | DBLK_20221105_105516.mwx |
| PS133/1_43074 | 2022-11-06T10:55 | -54.444 | -33.624 | 13578812 | DBLK_20221106_105531.mwx |
| PS133/1_43075 | 2022-11-07T10:54 | -55.231 | -26.172 | 12436610 | DBLK_20221107_105449.mwx |
| PS133/1_43076 | 2022-11-08T10:54 | -55.800 | -24.839 | 12100045 | DBLK_20221108_105454.mwx |
| PS133/1_43077 | 2022-11-09T10:55 | -56.251 | -24.937 | 11552897 | DBLK_20221109_105551.mwx |
| PS133/1_43078 | 2022-11-10T10:56 | -56.051 | -27.622 | 12181600 | DBLK_20221110_105620.mwx |
| PS133/1_43079 | 2022-11-11T10:56 | -55.775 | -35.088 | 11828849 | DBLK_20221111_105617.mwx |
| PS133/1_43080 | 2022-11-12T10:52 | -55.517 | -42.046 | 13025409 | DBLK_20221112_105234.mwx |
| PS133/1_43081 | 2022-11-13T10:58 | -55.144 | -48.485 | 12160122 | DBLK_20221113_105845.mwx |
| PS133/1_43082 | 2022-11-14T10:55 | -54.518 | -53.688 | 12991614 | DBLK_20221114_105531.mwx |
| PS133/1_43083 | 2022-11-15T10:56 | -53.781 | -59.587 | 13978052 | DBLK_20221115_105626.mwx |