Schmithüsen, Holger; Rohleder, Christian; Sievers, Oliver (2026): Radiosonde raw data measured during POLARSTERN cruise PS139/2, links to files [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.989524 (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; Sievers, Oliver: Radiosonde measurements during POLARSTERN cruise PS139/2 [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.989564
Project(s):
Meteorological Long-Term Observations @ AWI (AWI_Meteo)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -3.971471 * Median Longitude: -7.479176 * South-bound Latitude: -32.188000 * West-bound Longitude: -21.049000 * North-bound Latitude: 25.265000 * East-bound Longitude: 14.574000
Date/Time Start: 2023-11-05T10:57:00 * Date/Time End: 2023-11-21T10:55:00
Event(s):
PS139/2_43400 * Latitude: 25.264770 * Longitude: -19.065170 * Date/Time: 2023-11-05T10:57:27 * Campaign: PS139/2 * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Radiosonde (RADIO)
PS139/2_43401 * Latitude: 21.457420 * Longitude: -21.043570 * Date/Time: 2023-11-06T10:53:10 * Campaign: PS139/2 * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Radiosonde (RADIO)
PS139/2_43402 * Latitude: 16.853840 * Longitude: -21.049030 * Date/Time: 2023-11-07T10:55:17 * Campaign: PS139/2 * 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:
17 data points
Data
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| 1 Event | 2 Date/Time | 3 Latitude | 4 Longitude | 5 Binary (Size) [Bytes] | 6 Binary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS139/2_43400 | 2023-11-05T10:57 | 25.265 | -19.065 | 14703184 | DBLK_20231105_105727.mwx |
| PS139/2_43401 | 2023-11-06T10:53 | 21.457 | -21.044 | 17102551 | DBLK_20231106_105310.mwx |
| PS139/2_43402 | 2023-11-07T10:55 | 16.854 | -21.049 | 15499546 | DBLK_20231107_105517.mwx |
| PS139/2_43403 | 2023-11-08T10:53 | 12.680 | -21.026 | 15213080 | DBLK_20231108_105352.mwx |
| PS139/2_43404 | 2023-11-09T10:56 | 9.282 | -19.509 | 17377273 | DBLK_20231109_105607.mwx |
| PS139/2_43405 | 2023-11-10T10:54 | 5.967 | -17.060 | 14277519 | DBLK_20231110_105433.mwx |
| PS139/2_43406 | 2023-11-11T10:55 | 2.671 | -14.570 | 17594460 | DBLK_20231111_105529.mwx |
| PS139/2_43407 | 2023-11-12T10:55 | -0.050 | -12.499 | 17916256 | DBLK_20231112_105516.mwx |
| PS139/2_43408 | 2023-11-13T10:54 | -3.924 | -9.581 | 15635766 | DBLK_20231113_105415.mwx |
| PS139/2_43409 | 2023-11-14T10:55 | -7.308 | -6.974 | 15372449 | DBLK_20231114_105527.mwx |
| PS139/2_43410 | 2023-11-15T10:55 | -10.661 | -3.911 | 13790344 | DBLK_20231115_105546.mwx |
| PS139/2_43411 | 2023-11-16T10:59 | -14.231 | -1.011 | 14849007 | DBLK_20231116_105919.mwx |
| PS139/2_43412 | 2023-11-17T11:00 | -17.878 | 1.957 | 14525828 | DBLK_20231117_110013.mwx |
| PS139/2_43413 | 2023-11-18T10:58 | -21.444 | 4.904 | 14276063 | DBLK_20231118_105815.mwx |
| PS139/2_43414 | 2023-11-19T10:59 | -25.155 | 7.868 | 15262740 | DBLK_20231119_105912.mwx |
| PS139/2_43415 | 2023-11-20T10:55 | -28.852 | 10.850 | 16070709 | DBLK_20231120_105540.mwx |
| PS139/2_43416 | 2023-11-21T10:55 | -32.188 | 14.574 | 16502591 | DBLK_20231121_105522.mwx |