Schmithüsen, Holger; Köhler, Raphael (2026): Radiosonde raw data measured during POLARSTERN cruise PS148, links to files [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.989543 (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, Raphael: Radiosonde measurements during POLARSTERN cruise PS148 [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.989592
Project(s):
Meteorological Long-Term Observations @ AWI (AWI_Meteo)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 76.175700 * Median Longitude: 2.508625 * South-bound Latitude: 56.720000 * West-bound Longitude: -5.449000 * North-bound Latitude: 79.945000 * East-bound Longitude: 15.884000
Date/Time Start: 2025-05-30T10:58:00 * Date/Time End: 2025-06-28T10:55:00
Event(s):
PS148_43970 * Latitude: 56.720170 * Longitude: 5.675860 * Date/Time: 2025-05-30T10:58:03 * Campaign: PS148 (FRAM2025) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Radiosonde (RADIO)
PS148_43971 * Latitude: 59.638730 * Longitude: 3.543780 * Date/Time: 2025-05-31T04:56:04 * Campaign: PS148 (FRAM2025) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Radiosonde (RADIO)
PS148_43972 * Latitude: 60.704770 * Longitude: 3.151340 * Date/Time: 2025-05-31T10:55:57 * Campaign: PS148 (FRAM2025) * 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:
40 data points