Schmithüsen, Holger; Rohleder, Christian; Wenzel, Julia (2026): Radiosonde raw data measured during POLARSTERN cruise PS136, links to files [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.989518 (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; Rohleder, Christian; Wenzel, Julia: Radiosonde measurements during POLARSTERN cruise PS136 [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.989556
Project(s):
Meteorological Long-Term Observations @ AWI (AWI_Meteo)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 77.995767 * Median Longitude: 3.546033 * South-bound Latitude: 67.130000 * West-bound Longitude: -5.369000 * North-bound Latitude: 79.803000 * East-bound Longitude: 16.126000
Date/Time Start: 2023-05-26T10:55:00 * Date/Time End: 2023-06-18T10:55:00
Event(s):
PS136_43245 * Latitude: 67.130260 * Longitude: 3.557270 * Date/Time: 2023-05-26T10:55:00 * Campaign: PS136 (HAUSGARTEN; FRAM) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Radiosonde (RADIO)
PS136_43246 * Latitude: 71.289690 * Longitude: 3.990070 * Date/Time: 2023-05-27T10:50:08 * Campaign: PS136 (HAUSGARTEN; FRAM) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Radiosonde (RADIO)
PS136_43247 * Latitude: 75.742100 * Longitude: 5.102160 * Date/Time: 2023-05-28T10:50:38 * Campaign: PS136 (HAUSGARTEN; FRAM) * 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:
30 data points
Data
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| 1 Event | 2 Date/Time | 3 Latitude | 4 Longitude | 5 Binary (Size) [Bytes] | 6 Binary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS136_43245 | 2023-05-26T10:55 | 67.130 | 3.557 | 15828800 | DBLK_20230526_105500.mwx |
| PS136_43246 | 2023-05-27T10:50 | 71.290 | 3.990 | 15254503 | DBLK_20230527_105008.mwx |
| PS136_43247 | 2023-05-28T10:50 | 75.742 | 5.102 | 15003100 | DBLK_20230528_105038.mwx |
| PS136_43248 | 2023-05-29T10:55 | 78.612 | 5.074 | 17293037 | DBLK_20230529_105526.mwx |
| PS136_43249 | 2023-05-30T10:58 | 79.067 | 4.203 | 15888361 | DBLK_20230530_105832.mwx |
| PS136_43250 | 2023-05-31T10:56 | 79.015 | 4.188 | 17232812 | DBLK_20230531_105604.mwx |
| PS136_43251 | 2023-06-01T04:47 | 78.994 | 4.312 | 10248702 | DBLK_20230601_044705.mwx |
| PS136_43252 | 2023-06-01T10:55 | 79.036 | 4.189 | 16630918 | DBLK_20230601_105510.mwx |
| PS136_43253 | 2023-06-02T10:54 | 79.135 | 6.091 | 16915503 | DBLK_20230602_105420.mwx |
| PS136_43254 | 2023-06-03T10:56 | 79.009 | 7.032 | 14871472 | DBLK_20230603_105657.mwx |
| PS136_43255 | 2023-06-05T10:52 | 79.612 | 5.127 | 16004414 | DBLK_20230605_105254.mwx |
| PS136_43256 | 2023-06-06T04:42 | 79.803 | 4.468 | 10894356 | DBLK_20230606_044243.mwx |
| PS136_43257 | 2023-06-06T10:53 | 79.670 | 5.256 | 17531124 | DBLK_20230606_105348.mwx |
| PS136_43258 | 2023-06-07T10:55 | 79.022 | 6.814 | 16859964 | DBLK_20230607_105516.mwx |
| PS136_43259 | 2023-06-08T10:56 | 79.049 | 3.559 | 18126834 | DBLK_20230608_105631.mwx |
| PS136_43260 | 2023-06-09T04:38 | 79.070 | 3.319 | 10883068 | DBLK_20230609_043806.mwx |
| PS136_43261 | 2023-06-09T11:00 | 79.122 | 2.970 | 14965844 | DBLK_20230609_110006.mwx |
| PS136_43262 | 2023-06-10T04:39 | 79.126 | 2.719 | 11626558 | DBLK_20230610_043947.mwx |
| PS136_43263 | 2023-06-10T10:57 | 79.069 | 3.264 | 16706940 | DBLK_20230610_105706.mwx |
| PS136_43264 | 2023-06-11T10:55 | 78.742 | -2.624 | 15814733 | DBLK_20230611_105524.mwx |
| PS136_43265 | 2023-06-13T04:40 | 78.954 | -4.790 | 11066857 | DBLK_20230613_044041.mwx |
| PS136_43266 | 2023-06-13T11:05 | 78.988 | -5.369 | 16650553 | DBLK_20230613_110546.mwx |
| PS136_43267 | 2023-06-14T04:35 | 78.873 | -3.109 | 9797444 | DBLK_20230614_043548.mwx |
| PS136_43268 | 2023-06-14T10:57 | 78.801 | -3.057 | 11932473 | DBLK_20230614_105714.mwx |
| PS136_43269 | 2023-06-15T04:33 | 79.050 | 3.678 | 11509482 | DBLK_20230615_043359.mwx |
| PS136_43270 | 2023-06-15T10:54 | 79.464 | 5.239 | 15496494 | DBLK_20230615_105453.mwx |
| PS136_43271 | 2023-06-16T04:36 | 79.108 | 3.380 | 11210123 | DBLK_20230616_043646.mwx |
| PS136_43272 | 2023-06-16T10:53 | 79.120 | 3.619 | 16768909 | DBLK_20230616_105342.mwx |
| PS136_43273 | 2023-06-17T10:55 | 75.844 | 8.054 | 15508184 | DBLK_20230617_105510.mwx |
| PS136_43274 | 2023-06-18T10:55 | 72.356 | 16.126 | 15644284 | DBLK_20230618_105529.mwx |