Schmithüsen, Holger; Raeke, Andreas; Wenzel, Julia (2026): Radiosonde raw data measured during POLARSTERN cruise PS135/1, links to files [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.989516 (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: 2026-01-20
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; Raeke, Andreas; Wenzel, Julia: Radiosonde measurements during POLARSTERN cruise PS135/1 [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.989555
Project(s):
Meteorological Long-Term Observations @ AWI (AWI_Meteo)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -11.105812 * Median Longitude: -32.219969 * South-bound Latitude: -48.977000 * West-bound Longitude: -62.558000 * North-bound Latitude: 15.891000 * East-bound Longitude: -24.943000
Date/Time Start: 2023-03-12T10:57:00 * Date/Time End: 2023-03-28T10:55:00
Event(s):
PS135/1_43203 * Latitude: -48.977490 * Longitude: -62.558130 * Date/Time: 2023-03-12T10:57:09 * Campaign: PS135/1 (AtlanticTransit) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Radiosonde (RADIO)
PS135/1_43204 * Latitude: -45.352310 * Longitude: -56.925410 * Date/Time: 2023-03-13T10:56:26 * Campaign: PS135/1 (AtlanticTransit) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Radiosonde (RADIO)
PS135/1_43205 * Latitude: -42.051290 * Longitude: -51.736850 * Date/Time: 2023-03-14T10:56:27 * Campaign: PS135/1 (AtlanticTransit) * 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:
32 data points
Data
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| 1 Event | 2 Date/Time | 3 Latitude | 4 Longitude | 5 Binary (Size) [Bytes] | 6 Binary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS135/1_43203 | 2023-03-12T10:57 | -48.977 | -62.558 | 15788718 | DBLK_20230312_105709.mwx |
| PS135/1_43204 | 2023-03-13T10:56 | -45.352 | -56.925 | 15596370 | DBLK_20230313_105626.mwx |
| PS135/1_43205 | 2023-03-14T10:56 | -42.051 | -51.737 | 16475833 | DBLK_20230314_105627.mwx |
| PS135/1_43206 | 2023-03-15T10:56 | -38.260 | -47.149 | 16475109 | DBLK_20230315_105617.mwx |
| PS135/1_43207 | 2023-03-16T10:58 | -34.558 | -42.709 | 16156473 | DBLK_20230316_105823.mwx |
| PS135/1_43208 | 2023-03-17T10:56 | -30.512 | -38.507 | 14455848 | DBLK_20230317_105617.mwx |
| PS135/1_43209 | 2023-03-17T19:09 | -29.113 | -37.804 | 9841299 | DBLK_20230317_190919.mwx |
| PS135/1_43210 | 2023-03-18T10:56 | -26.143 | -36.352 | 14597199 | DBLK_20230318_105612.mwx |
| PS135/1_43211 | 2023-03-19T10:56 | -21.528 | -34.235 | 13955705 | DBLK_20230319_105639.mwx |
| PS135/1_43212 | 2023-03-20T10:55 | -17.522 | -32.526 | 13642260 | DBLK_20230320_105525.mwx |
| PS135/1_43213 | 2023-03-21T10:57 | -13.434 | -30.796 | 14494846 | DBLK_20230321_105702.mwx |
| PS135/1_43214 | 2023-03-21T16:55 | -12.693 | -30.489 | 10754782 | DBLK_20230321_165549.mwx |
| PS135/1_43215 | 2023-03-21T19:38 | -12.215 | -30.291 | 9533252 | DBLK_20230321_193830.mwx |
| PS135/1_43216 | 2023-03-21T22:55 | -11.640 | -30.053 | 10861473 | DBLK_20230321_225537.mwx |
| PS135/1_43217 | 2023-03-22T10:56 | -9.467 | -29.160 | 13915056 | DBLK_20230322_105644.mwx |
| PS135/1_43218 | 2023-03-22T16:56 | -8.376 | -28.714 | 13701641 | DBLK_20230322_165611.mwx |
| PS135/1_43219 | 2023-03-22T22:55 | -7.283 | -28.268 | 11101118 | DBLK_20230322_225543.mwx |
| PS135/1_43220 | 2023-03-23T10:56 | -5.298 | -27.457 | 14984708 | DBLK_20230323_105602.mwx |
| PS135/1_43221 | 2023-03-23T16:56 | -4.355 | -27.081 | 11160378 | DBLK_20230323_165620.mwx |
| PS135/1_43222 | 2023-03-23T21:58 | -3.429 | -26.707 | 9832823 | DBLK_20230323_215837.mwx |
| PS135/1_43223 | 2023-03-24T10:56 | -1.280 | -25.865 | 14294479 | DBLK_20230324_105649.mwx |
| PS135/1_43224 | 2023-03-24T16:36 | -0.240 | -25.458 | 10946125 | DBLK_20230324_163650.mwx |
| PS135/1_43225 | 2023-03-24T22:56 | 0.867 | -25.025 | 12596226 | DBLK_20230324_225636.mwx |
| PS135/1_43226 | 2023-03-25T10:57 | 2.734 | -24.943 | 15907938 | DBLK_20230325_105712.mwx |
| PS135/1_43227 | 2023-03-25T16:56 | 3.622 | -24.954 | 10892841 | DBLK_20230325_165627.mwx |
| PS135/1_43228 | 2023-03-25T19:01 | 4.042 | -24.961 | 16326253 | DBLK_20230325_190107.mwx |
| PS135/1_43229 | 2023-03-25T22:57 | 4.820 | -24.974 | 10214357 | DBLK_20230325_225743.mwx |
| PS135/1_43230 | 2023-03-26T10:57 | 7.123 | -25.012 | 15427818 | DBLK_20230326_105741.mwx |
| PS135/1_43231 | 2023-03-26T16:57 | 8.273 | -25.031 | 10995780 | DBLK_20230326_165724.mwx |
| PS135/1_43232 | 2023-03-26T22:55 | 9.412 | -25.050 | 11600485 | DBLK_20230326_225544.mwx |
| PS135/1_43233 | 2023-03-27T10:56 | 11.556 | -25.088 | 14863801 | DBLK_20230327_105621.mwx |
| PS135/1_43234 | 2023-03-28T10:55 | 15.891 | -25.160 | 14488389 | DBLK_20230328_105520.mwx |