Schmithüsen, Holger; Rohleder, Christian; Wiese, Anne (2026): Radiosonde raw data measured during POLARSTERN cruise PS142, links to files [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.989523 (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; Wiese, Anne: Radiosonde measurements during POLARSTERN cruise PS142 [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.989572
Project(s):
Meteorological Long-Term Observations @ AWI (AWI_Meteo)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 5.140118 * Median Longitude: -9.287000 * South-bound Latitude: -20.157000 * West-bound Longitude: -20.828000 * North-bound Latitude: 33.605000 * East-bound Longitude: 11.429000
Date/Time Start: 2024-04-17T10:58:00 * Date/Time End: 2024-05-05T11:00:00
Event(s):
PS142_43581 * Latitude: -20.156580 * Longitude: 11.429010 * Date/Time: 2024-04-17T10:58:00 * Campaign: PS142 * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Radiosonde (RADIO)
PS142_43582 * Latitude: -16.796260 * Longitude: 7.645610 * Date/Time: 2024-04-18T10:55:40 * Campaign: PS142 * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Radiosonde (RADIO)
PS142_43583 * Latitude: -13.604680 * Longitude: 4.154900 * Date/Time: 2024-04-19T10:53:18 * Campaign: PS142 * 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:
17 data points
Data
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| 1 Event | 2 Date/Time | 3 Latitude | 4 Longitude | 5 Binary (Size) [Bytes] | 6 Binary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS142_43581 | 2024-04-17T10:58 | -20.157 | 11.429 | 13068421 | DBLK_20240417_105800.mwx |
| PS142_43582 | 2024-04-18T10:55 | -16.796 | 7.646 | 14352637 | DBLK_20240418_105540.mwx |
| PS142_43583 | 2024-04-19T10:53 | -13.605 | 4.155 | 16146828 | DBLK_20240419_105318.mwx |
| PS142_43584 | 2024-04-20T10:54 | -11.051 | 1.396 | 15075300 | DBLK_20240420_105404.mwx |
| PS142_43585 | 2024-04-21T10:57 | -8.081 | -1.782 | 13806016 | DBLK_20240421_105720.mwx |
| PS142_43586 | 2024-04-22T10:55 | -5.000 | -5.054 | 17870560 | DBLK_20240422_105537.mwx |
| PS142_43587 | 2024-04-23T10:54 | -2.278 | -7.931 | 17856552 | DBLK_20240423_105440.mwx |
| PS142_43588 | 2024-04-24T10:57 | 0.371 | -10.755 | 22058315 | DBLK_20240424_105719.mwx |
| PS142_43589 | 2024-04-25T10:56 | 3.145 | -13.729 | 16916718 | DBLK_20240425_105642.mwx |
| PS142_43590 | 2024-04-26T10:56 | 5.865 | -16.608 | 16381512 | DBLK_20240426_105604.mwx |
| PS142_43591 | 2024-04-27T10:57 | 8.830 | -18.939 | 16402625 | DBLK_20240427_105731.mwx |
| PS142_43592 | 2024-04-28T10:57 | 12.053 | -20.391 | 15920193 | DBLK_20240428_105700.mwx |
| PS142_43593 | 2024-04-30T10:56 | 19.788 | -20.760 | 16631640 | DBLK_20240430_105610.mwx |
| PS142_43594 | 2024-05-01T10:58 | 23.687 | -20.828 | 18103003 | DBLK_20240501_105837.mwx |
| PS142_43595 | 2024-05-02T10:55 | 26.250 | -18.035 | 19325760 | DBLK_20240502_105542.mwx |
| PS142_43596 | 2024-05-04T10:56 | 30.756 | -14.595 | 15593257 | DBLK_20240504_105601.mwx |
| PS142_43597 | 2024-05-05T11:00 | 33.605 | -13.098 | 15893975 | DBLK_20240505_110046.mwx |