Schmithüsen, Holger; Jörss, Anna-Marie; Müller, Katrin (2026): Radiosonde raw data measured during POLARSTERN cruise PS149, links to files [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.989544 (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.
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Schmithüsen, Holger; Jörss, Anna-Marie; Müller, Katrin: Radiosonde measurements during POLARSTERN cruise PS149 [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.989594
Project(s):
Meteorological Long-Term Observations @ AWI (AWI_Meteo)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 83.425559 * Median Longitude: 9.541594 * South-bound Latitude: 73.191000 * West-bound Longitude: -17.996000 * North-bound Latitude: 85.031000 * East-bound Longitude: 34.125000
Date/Time Start: 2025-07-03T10:57:00 * Date/Time End: 2025-08-31T11:00:00
Event(s):
PS149_44010 * Latitude: 73.191080 * Longitude: 17.250210 * Date/Time: 2025-07-03T10:57:58 * Campaign: PS149 (CONTRASTS; ArcWatch 3) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Radiosonde (RADIO)
PS149_44011 * Latitude: 75.521510 * Longitude: 14.168410 * Date/Time: 2025-07-03T22:53:34 * Campaign: PS149 (CONTRASTS; ArcWatch 3) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Radiosonde (RADIO)
PS149_44012 * Latitude: 78.979040 * Longitude: 9.097620 * Date/Time: 2025-07-05T04:32:21 * Campaign: PS149 (CONTRASTS; ArcWatch 3) * 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:
170 data points