Schmithüsen, Holger; Otte, Frank; Knobelsdorf, Michael (2026): Radiosonde raw data measured during POLARSTERN cruise PS133/2, links to files [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.989510 (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; Knobelsdorf, Michael: Radiosonde measurements during POLARSTERN cruise PS133/2 [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.989549
Project(s):
Meteorological Long-Term Observations @ AWI (AWI_Meteo)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -48.010800 * Median Longitude: -22.872667 * South-bound Latitude: -54.448000 * West-bound Longitude: -65.971000 * North-bound Latitude: -35.869000 * East-bound Longitude: 13.997000
Date/Time Start: 2022-11-21T10:55:00 * Date/Time End: 2022-12-18T10:55:00
Event(s):
PS133/2_43084 * Latitude: -52.881790 * Longitude: -65.971110 * Date/Time: 2022-11-21T10:55:32 * Campaign: PS133/2 (Island Impact) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Radiosonde (RADIO)
PS133/2_43085 * Latitude: -53.307190 * Longitude: -59.178440 * Date/Time: 2022-11-22T10:56:58 * Campaign: PS133/2 (Island Impact) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Radiosonde (RADIO)
PS133/2_43086 * Latitude: -53.687590 * Longitude: -52.166420 * Date/Time: 2022-11-23T10:57:42 * Campaign: PS133/2 (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:
15 data points
Data
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| 1 Event | 2 Date/Time | 3 Latitude | 4 Longitude | 5 Binary (Size) [Bytes] | 6 Binary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS133/2_43084 | 2022-11-21T10:55 | -52.882 | -65.971 | 13061276 | DBLK_20221121_105532.mwx |
| PS133/2_43085 | 2022-11-22T10:56 | -53.307 | -59.178 | 13448528 | DBLK_20221122_105658.mwx |
| PS133/2_43086 | 2022-11-23T10:57 | -53.688 | -52.166 | 13141710 | DBLK_20221123_105742.mwx |
| PS133/2_43087 | 2022-11-24T10:58 | -54.448 | -45.199 | 12593944 | DBLK_20221124_105811.mwx |
| PS133/2_43088 | 2022-11-25T10:57 | -53.448 | -42.306 | 13613875 | DBLK_20221125_105700.mwx |
| PS133/2_43089 | 2022-12-09T10:57 | -53.837 | -31.026 | 13505120 | DBLK_20221209_105737.mwx |
| PS133/2_43090 | 2022-12-10T10:56 | -52.419 | -25.532 | 15114666 | DBLK_20221210_105626.mwx |
| PS133/2_43091 | 2022-12-11T11:08 | -50.656 | -20.626 | 12737922 | DBLK_20221211_110830.mwx |
| PS133/2_43092 | 2022-12-12T10:57 | -48.569 | -15.174 | 12264027 | DBLK_20221212_105741.mwx |
| PS133/2_43093 | 2022-12-13T10:59 | -46.435 | -9.824 | 12439207 | DBLK_20221213_105907.mwx |
| PS133/2_43094 | 2022-12-14T10:58 | -44.308 | -4.700 | 12252631 | DBLK_20221214_105805.mwx |
| PS133/2_43095 | 2022-12-15T10:54 | -42.176 | 0.253 | 14799891 | DBLK_20221215_105451.mwx |
| PS133/2_43096 | 2022-12-16T10:55 | -40.092 | 4.933 | 14510756 | DBLK_20221216_105516.mwx |
| PS133/2_43097 | 2022-12-17T10:57 | -38.028 | 9.429 | 12602515 | DBLK_20221217_105730.mwx |
| PS133/2_43098 | 2022-12-18T10:55 | -35.869 | 13.997 | 12834258 | DBLK_20221218_105543.mwx |