Schmithüsen, Holger; Otte, Frank; Suter, Patrick (2026): Radiosonde raw data measured during POLARSTERN cruise PS143/1, links to files [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.989526 (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; Suter, Patrick: Radiosonde measurements during POLARSTERN cruise PS143/1 [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.989573
Project(s):
Meteorological Long-Term Observations @ AWI (AWI_Meteo)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 77.796905 * Median Longitude: 3.294476 * South-bound Latitude: 66.825000 * West-bound Longitude: -5.310000 * North-bound Latitude: 79.810000 * East-bound Longitude: 9.861000
Date/Time Start: 2024-06-11T10:56:00 * Date/Time End: 2024-07-07T10:57:00
Event(s):
PS143/1_43598 * Latitude: 66.825000 * Longitude: 3.528520 * Date/Time: 2024-06-11T10:56:39 * Campaign: PS143/1 (FRAM2024) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Radiosonde (RADIO)
PS143/1_43599 * Latitude: 71.080610 * Longitude: 4.159920 * Date/Time: 2024-06-12T10:55:16 * Campaign: PS143/1 (FRAM2024) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Radiosonde (RADIO)
PS143/1_43600 * Latitude: 75.145730 * Longitude: 4.997640 * Date/Time: 2024-06-13T10:54:03 * Campaign: PS143/1 (FRAM2024) * 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:
21 data points
Data
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| 1 Event | 2 Date/Time | 3 Latitude | 4 Longitude | 5 Binary (Size) [Bytes] | 6 Binary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS143/1_43598 | 2024-06-11T10:56 | 66.825 | 3.529 | 13697955 | DBLK_20240611_105639.mwx |
| PS143/1_43599 | 2024-06-12T10:55 | 71.081 | 4.160 | 14594084 | DBLK_20240612_105516.mwx |
| PS143/1_43600 | 2024-06-13T10:54 | 75.146 | 4.998 | 13984390 | DBLK_20240613_105403.mwx |
| PS143/1_43601 | 2024-06-15T10:56 | 79.143 | 2.756 | 14575270 | DBLK_20240615_105648.mwx |
| PS143/1_43602 | 2024-06-16T10:59 | 79.034 | 4.323 | 14229420 | DBLK_20240616_105905.mwx |
| PS143/1_43603 | 2024-06-17T11:01 | 79.142 | 2.762 | 13494328 | DBLK_20240617_110129.mwx |
| PS143/1_43604 | 2024-06-18T11:00 | 79.090 | 3.295 | 12561502 | DBLK_20240618_110010.mwx |
| PS143/1_43605 | 2024-06-19T10:58 | 79.007 | -5.310 | 13540188 | DBLK_20240619_105839.mwx |
| PS143/1_43606 | 2024-06-20T10:58 | 78.815 | -2.800 | 13060969 | DBLK_20240620_105807.mwx |
| PS143/1_43607 | 2024-06-21T10:56 | 78.871 | -1.465 | 12682051 | DBLK_20240621_105610.mwx |
| PS143/1_43608 | 2024-06-22T10:59 | 79.065 | 4.183 | 14792215 | DBLK_20240622_105925.mwx |
| PS143/1_43609 | 2024-06-26T10:54 | 79.810 | 4.285 | 13511617 | DBLK_20240626_105416.mwx |
| PS143/1_43610 | 2024-06-27T10:56 | 79.108 | 4.605 | 13836786 | DBLK_20240627_105631.mwx |
| PS143/1_43611 | 2024-06-28T10:59 | 79.134 | 4.872 | 14607046 | DBLK_20240628_105943.mwx |
| PS143/1_43612 | 2024-06-29T10:53 | 79.099 | 4.523 | 14330073 | DBLK_20240629_105349.mwx |
| PS143/1_43613 | 2024-07-01T10:58 | 79.079 | 4.145 | 12997027 | DBLK_20240701_105804.mwx |
| PS143/1_43614 | 2024-07-02T10:55 | 79.075 | 4.122 | 13828748 | DBLK_20240702_105513.mwx |
| PS143/1_43615 | 2024-07-04T14:25 | 79.076 | 4.130 | 11422779 | DBLK_20240704_142501.mwx |
| PS143/1_43616 | 2024-07-05T10:55 | 79.079 | 4.114 | 13740048 | DBLK_20240705_105545.mwx |
| PS143/1_43617 | 2024-07-06T10:58 | 79.076 | 4.096 | 13469252 | DBLK_20240706_105825.mwx |
| PS143/1_43618 | 2024-07-07T10:57 | 75.980 | 9.861 | 13743497 | DBLK_20240707_105740.mwx |