Schmithüsen, Holger; Otte, Frank; Wenzel, Julia (2026): Radiosonde raw data measured during POLARSTERN cruise PS143/2, links to files [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.989527 (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; Wenzel, Julia: Radiosonde measurements during POLARSTERN cruise PS143/2 [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.989571
Project(s):
Meteorological Long-Term Observations @ AWI (AWI_Meteo)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 77.205500 * Median Longitude: 4.596583 * South-bound Latitude: 71.890000 * West-bound Longitude: -5.413000 * North-bound Latitude: 79.939000 * East-bound Longitude: 17.220000
Date/Time Start: 2024-07-13T10:54:00 * Date/Time End: 2024-08-05T10:57:00
Event(s):
PS143/2_43619 * Latitude: 72.331660 * Longitude: 16.190180 * Date/Time: 2024-07-13T10:54:43 * Campaign: PS143/2 (FRAM2024) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Radiosonde (RADIO)
PS143/2_43620 * Latitude: 76.292930 * Longitude: 10.677960 * Date/Time: 2024-07-14T10:56:53 * Campaign: PS143/2 (FRAM2024) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Radiosonde (RADIO)
PS143/2_43621 * Latitude: 79.116970 * Longitude: 2.905390 * Date/Time: 2024-07-21T10:55:28 * Campaign: PS143/2 (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:
12 data points
Data
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| 1 Event | 2 Date/Time | 3 Latitude | 4 Longitude | 5 Binary (Size) [Bytes] | 6 Binary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS143/2_43619 | 2024-07-13T10:54 | 72.332 | 16.190 | 14491468 | DBLK_20240713_105443.mwx |
| PS143/2_43620 | 2024-07-14T10:56 | 76.293 | 10.678 | 14171686 | DBLK_20240714_105653.mwx |
| PS143/2_43621 | 2024-07-21T10:55 | 79.117 | 2.905 | 14766477 | DBLK_20240721_105528.mwx |
| PS143/2_43622 | 2024-07-22T10:54 | 79.573 | 5.259 | 15693668 | DBLK_20240722_105422.mwx |
| PS143/2_43623 | 2024-07-23T10:56 | 79.939 | 4.899 | 13822228 | DBLK_20240723_105639.mwx |
| PS143/2_43624 | 2024-07-27T10:54 | 78.998 | -5.413 | 14390403 | DBLK_20240727_105433.mwx |
| PS143/2_43625 | 2024-07-28T11:09 | 79.146 | -5.396 | 12713072 | DBLK_20240728_110918.mwx |
| PS143/2_43626 | 2024-08-01T10:55 | 78.983 | -3.009 | 14155608 | DBLK_20240801_105555.mwx |
| PS143/2_43627 | 2024-08-02T11:01 | 78.835 | -2.798 | 13390803 | DBLK_20240802_110110.mwx |
| PS143/2_43628 | 2024-08-03T10:57 | 76.952 | 3.614 | 14364391 | DBLK_20240803_105719.mwx |
| PS143/2_43629 | 2024-08-04T11:01 | 74.408 | 11.010 | 13264527 | DBLK_20240804_110139.mwx |
| PS143/2_43630 | 2024-08-05T10:57 | 71.890 | 17.220 | 13771233 | DBLK_20240805_105736.mwx |