Schmithüsen, Holger; Otte, Frank; Stöckle, Sonja (2026): Radiosonde raw data measured during POLARSTERN cruise PS140, links to files [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.989522 (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; Otte, Frank; Stöckle, Sonja: Radiosonde measurements during POLARSTERN cruise PS140 [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.989566
Project(s):
Meteorological Long-Term Observations @ AWI (AWI_Meteo)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -59.402915 * Median Longitude: 80.808028 * South-bound Latitude: -69.304000 * West-bound Longitude: 21.168000 * North-bound Latitude: -35.887000 * East-bound Longitude: 142.236000
Date/Time Start: 2023-11-29T10:55:00 * Date/Time End: 2024-01-28T22:55:00
Event(s):
PS140_43417 * Latitude: -35.887140 * Longitude: 21.167550 * Date/Time: 2023-11-29T10:55:09 * Campaign: PS140 (EASI-2) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Radiosonde (RADIO)
PS140_43418 * Latitude: -38.904950 * Longitude: 27.304540 * Date/Time: 2023-11-30T10:59:05 * Campaign: PS140 (EASI-2) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Radiosonde (RADIO)
PS140_43419 * Latitude: -39.873920 * Longitude: 29.513220 * Date/Time: 2023-12-01T10:55:40 * Campaign: PS140 (EASI-2) * 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:
71 data points