Citation:

PANGAEA.989504 (dataset in review)

Name: Radiosonde raw data measured during POLARSTERN cruise PS145/1, links to files
Published: 2026-01-20
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Published: 2026-01-20

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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 PS145/1 [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.989587

Project(s):

Meteorological Long-Term Observations @ AWI (AWI_Meteo)

Coverage:

Median Latitude: 40.053800 * Median Longitude: -11.631600 * South-bound Latitude: 31.359000 * West-bound Longitude: -14.878000 * North-bound Latitude: 47.699000 * East-bound Longitude: -7.085000

Date/Time Start: 2024-11-29T10:56:00 * Date/Time End: 2024-12-04T10:49:00

Event(s):

PS145/1_43803 * Latitude: 47.698650 * Longitude: -7.085190 * Date/Time: 2024-11-29T10:56:55 * Campaign: (POLMAR) * Basis: * Method/Device: Radiosonde (RADIO)

PS145/1_43804 * Latitude: 44.601750 * Longitude: -10.382810 * Date/Time: 2024-11-30T10:56:28 * Campaign: (POLMAR) * Basis: * Method/Device: Radiosonde (RADIO)

PS145/1_43805 * Latitude: 41.539430 * Longitude: -11.956350 * Date/Time: 2024-12-01T10:56:44 * Campaign: (POLMAR) * Basis: * 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:

5 data points

Data

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1 Event	2 Date/Time	3 Latitude	4 Longitude	5 Binary (Size) [Bytes]	6 Binary
PS145/1_43803	2024-11-29T10:56	47.699	-7.085	14068081	2TDJJ8J_20241129_105655.mwx
PS145/1_43804	2024-11-30T10:56	44.602	-10.383	13120367	2TDJJ8J_20241130_105628.mwx
PS145/1_43805	2024-12-01T10:56	41.539	-11.956	13718071	2TDJJ8J_20241201_105644.mwx
PS145/1_43806	2024-12-03T11:09	35.070	-13.856	12391040	2TDJJ8J_20241203_110904.mwx
PS145/1_43807	2024-12-04T10:49	31.359	-14.878	13900018	2TDJJ8J_20241204_104948.mwx