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<Entry_ID>PANGAEA_993024</Entry_ID>
<Entry_Title>High resolution radiosonde measurements from station Ny-Ålesund (2026-02)</Entry_Title>
<Data_Set_Citation>
<Dataset_Creator>Maturilli, Marion</Dataset_Creator>
<Dataset_Title>High resolution radiosonde measurements from station Ny-Ålesund (2026-02)</Dataset_Title>
<Dataset_Release_Date>2026-03-12</Dataset_Release_Date>
<Dataset_Publisher>PANGAEA</Dataset_Publisher>
<Data_Presentation_Form>Dataset</Data_Presentation_Form>
<Online_Resource>https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.993024</Online_Resource>
</Data_Set_Citation>
<Personnel>
<Role>Investigator</Role>
<First_Name>Marion</First_Name>
<Last_Name>Maturilli</Last_Name>
<Email>Marion.Maturilli@awi.de</Email>
</Personnel>
<Discipline>
<Discipline_Name>Earth Science</Discipline_Name>
</Discipline>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>DATE/TIME</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>LATITUDE</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>LONGITUDE</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>ALTITUDE</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Height, geometric</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Elapsed time</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Pressure, at given altitude</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Temperature, air</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Humidity, relative</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Wind direction</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Wind speed</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<ISO_Topic_Category>geoscientificInformation</ISO_Topic_Category>
<Keyword>AWIPEV_based</Keyword>
<Keyword>Balloon-borne Sonde</Keyword>
<Keyword>NYA_UAS</Keyword>
<Sensor_Name>
<Long_Name>GPS receiver mounted on radiosonde RS41</Long_Name>
</Sensor_Name>
<Sensor_Name>
<Long_Name>integrated from pressure and temperature</Long_Name>
</Sensor_Name>
<Sensor_Name>
<Long_Name>Radiosonde, Vaisala, RS41</Long_Name>
</Sensor_Name>
<Sensor_Name>
<Long_Name>Calculated from GPS</Long_Name>
</Sensor_Name>
<Source_Name>
<Long_Name>AWIPEV</Long_Name>
</Source_Name>
<Temporal_Coverage>
<Start_Date>2026-02-01</Start_Date>
<Stop_Date>2026-02-28</Stop_Date>
</Temporal_Coverage>
<Data_Set_Progress>Complete</Data_Set_Progress>
<Spatial_Coverage>
<Southernmost_Latitude>77.684</Southernmost_Latitude>
<Northernmost_Latitude>79.62</Northernmost_Latitude>
<Westernmost_Longitude>7.041</Westernmost_Longitude>
<Easternmost_Longitude>22.045</Easternmost_Longitude>
<Minimum_Altitude>17.0 m (ALTITUDE)</Minimum_Altitude>
<Maximum_Altitude>33788.0 m (ALTITUDE)</Maximum_Altitude>
</Spatial_Coverage>
<Project>
<Short_Name>AC3</Short_Name>
<Long_Name>Arctic Amplification</Long_Name>
</Project>
<Project>
<Short_Name>AWI_Meteo</Short_Name>
<Long_Name>Meteorological Long-Term Observations @ AWI</Long_Name>
</Project>
<Access_Constraints>unrestricted</Access_Constraints>
<Use_Constraints>CC-BY-4.0: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International</Use_Constraints>
<Data_Set_Language>English</Data_Set_Language>
<Originating_Center>Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam</Originating_Center>
<Data_Center>
<Data_Center_Name>
<Short_Name>PANGAEA</Short_Name>
<Long_Name>Data Publisher for Earth &amp; Environmental Science</Long_Name>
</Data_Center_Name>
<Data_Center_URL>https://www.pangaea.de/</Data_Center_URL>
<Personnel>
<Role>Data Center Contact</Role>
<First_Name>Michael</First_Name>
<Last_Name>Diepenbroek</Last_Name>
<Email>info@pangaea.de</Email>
<Contact_Address>
<Address>Leobener Str.</Address>
<City>Bremen</City>
<Province_or_State>Bremen</Province_or_State>
<Postal_Code>28359</Postal_Code>
<Country>Germany</Country>
</Contact_Address>
</Personnel>
</Data_Center>
<Distribution>
<Distribution_Media>online</Distribution_Media>
<Distribution_Size>1374765 data points</Distribution_Size>
<Distribution_Format>text/tab-separated-values</Distribution_Format>
</Distribution>
<Summary>At AWIPEV research base in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, regular radiosonde launches are operated once per day. The launch frequency may increase to 6-hourly soundings during specific campaign periods. The Vaisala RS41-SGP radiosondes provide data of pressure, temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and wind direction from ground to about 30 km height. The given data set contains vertical profiles with 1-second time resolution data as obtained by the manufacturer's data processing, quality controlled for appropriate physical ranges. ** For all details see the full metadata description at "https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.993024"!</Summary>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altitude</URL>
<Description>ALTITUDE</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_6709</URL>
<Description>LATITUDE</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_6709</URL>
<Description>LONGITUDE</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601</URL>
<Description>DATE/TIME</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.vaisala.com/en/products/soundingsystemsandradiosondes/radiosondes/Pages/RS41.aspx</URL>
<Description>Radiosonde, Vaisala, RS41</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/268020496</URL>
<Description>AC3</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://www.awi.de/en/about-us/organisation/staff/single-view/marion-maturilli.html</URL>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://www.awi.de/en/fleet-stations/stations/awipev-arctic-research-base.html</URL>
<Description>AWIPEV</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://www.awi.de/en/science/long-term-observations.html</URL>
<Description>AWI_Meteo</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Parent_DIF>PANGAEA_914973</Parent_DIF>
<Metadata_Name>DIF</Metadata_Name>
<Metadata_Version>9.4</Metadata_Version>
<DIF_Creation_Date>2026-03-12</DIF_Creation_Date>
<Last_DIF_Revision_Date>2026-03-12</Last_DIF_Revision_Date>
</DIF>
