Schmithüsen, Holger; Raeke, Andreas; Wenzel, Julia (2026): Radiosonde raw data measured during POLARSTERN cruise PS135/2, links to files [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.989517 (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 PS135/2 [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.989554
Project(s):
Meteorological Long-Term Observations @ AWI (AWI_Meteo)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 30.085800 * Median Longitude: -16.888700 * South-bound Latitude: 17.583000 * West-bound Longitude: -24.283000 * North-bound Latitude: 45.752000 * East-bound Longitude: -7.984000
Date/Time Start: 2023-03-29T06:43:00 * Date/Time End: 2023-04-07T10:55:00
Event(s):
PS135/2_43235 * Latitude: 17.583400 * Longitude: -24.282680 * Date/Time: 2023-03-29T06:43:37 * Campaign: PS135/2 (WASCAL-II; Floating-Uni) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Radiosonde (RADIO)
PS135/2_43236 * Latitude: 17.932540 * Longitude: -24.239130 * Date/Time: 2023-03-29T10:56:11 * Campaign: PS135/2 (WASCAL-II; Floating-Uni) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Radiosonde (RADIO)
PS135/2_43237 * Latitude: 21.259540 * Longitude: -22.234190 * Date/Time: 2023-03-30T10:54:55 * Campaign: PS135/2 (WASCAL-II; Floating-Uni) * 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:
10 data points
Data
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| 1 Event | 2 Date/Time | 3 Latitude | 4 Longitude | 5 Binary (Size) [Bytes] | 6 Binary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS135/2_43235 | 2023-03-29T06:43 | 17.583 | -24.283 | 11385899 | DBLK_20230329_064337.mwx |
| PS135/2_43236 | 2023-03-29T10:56 | 17.933 | -24.239 | 14782184 | DBLK_20230329_105611.mwx |
| PS135/2_43237 | 2023-03-30T10:54 | 21.260 | -22.234 | 14721514 | DBLK_20230330_105455.mwx |
| PS135/2_43238 | 2023-03-30T18:25 | 21.960 | -21.674 | 13083202 | DBLK_20230330_182555.mwx |
| PS135/2_43239 | 2023-03-31T10:54 | 23.883 | -20.128 | 16000008 | DBLK_20230331_105448.mwx |
| PS135/2_43240 | 2023-04-03T10:55 | 32.892 | -13.932 | 14224669 | DBLK_20230403_105533.mwx |
| PS135/2_43241 | 2023-04-04T10:57 | 36.567 | -12.625 | 15181611 | DBLK_20230404_105736.mwx |
| PS135/2_43242 | 2023-04-05T10:53 | 40.263 | -11.253 | 14573958 | DBLK_20230405_105344.mwx |
| PS135/2_43243 | 2023-04-06T10:55 | 42.765 | -10.535 | 12780250 | DBLK_20230406_105529.mwx |
| PS135/2_43244 | 2023-04-07T10:55 | 45.752 | -7.984 | 13664966 | DBLK_20230407_105543.mwx |