Schmithüsen, Holger; Köhler, Laura; Müller, Tim (2026): Radiosonde raw data measured during POLARSTERN cruise PS147/2, links to files [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.989542 (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; Köhler, Laura; Müller, Tim: Radiosonde measurements during POLARSTERN cruise PS147/2 [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.989588
Project(s):
Meteorological Long-Term Observations @ AWI (AWI_Meteo)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 35.277000 * Median Longitude: -12.574000 * South-bound Latitude: 19.254000 * West-bound Longitude: -22.974000 * North-bound Latitude: 53.414000 * East-bound Longitude: 4.778000
Date/Time Start: 2025-04-02T10:57:00 * Date/Time End: 2025-04-13T10:56:00
Event(s):
PS147/2_43959 * Latitude: 19.253910 * Longitude: -22.973790 * Date/Time: 2025-04-02T10:57:51 * Campaign: PS147/2 (WASCAL-III; Floating-Uni) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Radiosonde (RADIO)
PS147/2_43960 * Latitude: 22.007560 * Longitude: -21.118690 * Date/Time: 2025-04-03T10:57:52 * Campaign: PS147/2 (WASCAL-III; Floating-Uni) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Radiosonde (RADIO)
PS147/2_43961 * Latitude: 25.537820 * Longitude: -18.569440 * Date/Time: 2025-04-04T10:55:03 * Campaign: PS147/2 (WASCAL-III; Floating-Uni) * 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 | 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:
11 data points
Data
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| 1 Event | 2 Date/Time | 3 Latitude | 4 Longitude | 5 Binary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS147/2_43959 | 2025-04-02T10:57 | 19.254 | -22.974 | 2TDJJ8J_20250402_105751.mwx |
| PS147/2_43960 | 2025-04-03T10:57 | 22.008 | -21.119 | 2TDJJ8J_20250403_105752.mwx |
| PS147/2_43961 | 2025-04-04T10:55 | 25.538 | -18.569 | 2TDJJ8J_20250404_105503.mwx |
| PS147/2_43962 | 2025-04-05T10:55 | 28.381 | -15.871 | 2TDJJ8J_20250405_105535.mwx |
| PS147/2_43963 | 2025-04-06T10:54 | 31.245 | -14.701 | 2TDJJ8J_20250406_105457.mwx |
| PS147/2_43964 | 2025-04-07T10:55 | 34.557 | -13.391 | 2TDJJ8J_20250407_105500.mwx |
| PS147/2_43965 | 2025-04-08T10:53 | 38.202 | -11.573 | 2TDJJ8J_20250408_105352.mwx |
| PS147/2_43966 | 2025-04-09T10:54 | 41.408 | -10.329 | 2TDJJ8J_20250409_105449.mwx |
| PS147/2_43967 | 2025-04-10T10:58 | 45.340 | -8.902 | 2TDJJ8J_20250410_105814.mwx |
| PS147/2_43968 | 2025-04-11T10:56 | 48.700 | -5.663 | 2TDJJ8J_20250411_105643.mwx |
| PS147/2_43969 | 2025-04-13T10:56 | 53.414 | 4.778 | 2TDJJ8J_20250413_105647.mwx |