Köhler, Laura; Herber, Andreas (2026): Portable Atmospheric Measurement box On Sea (PAMOS001) measurements of meteorological parameters and aerosols gathered during Polarstern cruise PS147 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.993115 (DOI registration in progress), In: Köhler, Laura; Bosser, Pierre; Herber, Andreas; Müller, Tim; Schmithüsen, Holger; Windmiller, Julia (2026): Atmospheric measurements gathered during Polarstern cruise PS147 [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.992628 (DOI registration in progress)
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Published: 2026-03-19
Abstract:
The ship campaign PS147 (Atlantic Transit) with the German research vessel Polarstern took place from 12 March to 14 April 2025. The transit proceeded from Stanley, Falkland Islands, to Bremerhaven, Germany, with a stopover in Mindelo, Cape Verde, dividing the campaign into two sections, PS147/1 and PS147/2. During the voyage, several climate zones were crossed, including the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ).
Here, we present data from the Portable Atmospheric Measurement box On Sea (PAMOS) with serial number 001. The PAMOS is a fully automated instrument designed for air monitoring on commercial vessels. During PS147, two PAMOS prototypes were operated and tested across the different climate zones encountered during the cruise. The dataset includes GPS positions (from both PAMOS and RV Polarstern), meteorological parameters (air temperature, pressure, relative humidity, relative wind speed and direction, and precipitation measured with a Vaisala WXT536), aerosol properties (particle number concentration from a naneos Partector 2, black carbon from a MA350, and particulate matter from an OPC-R2), and trace gases (CO₂, CO, CH₄, and SO₂ from smartgas sensors). Quality flags are provided for all parameter groups and should be taken into account when using the data. These data form part of a series of standardized datasets of atmospheric observations collected during the PS147 campaign.
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Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung (2017): Polar Research and Supply Vessel POLARSTERN operated by the Alfred-Wegener-Institute. Journal of large-scale research facilities JLSRF, 3, A119, https://doi.org/10.17815/jlsrf-3-163
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Köhler, Laura; Herber, Andreas (2026): Portable Atmospheric Measurement box On Sea (PAMOS001) measurements in NetCDF format of meteorological parameters and aerosols gathered during Polarstern cruise PS147 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.988262
References:
Köhler, Laura (2025): GitHub - LauraKoehler/ps147_processing: Atmospheric data processing of the Polarstern PS147 ship campaign (Version v1.0.0) [Computer software] [software]. https://github.com/LauraKoehler/ps147_processing
Köhler, Laura (2025): shipspy (Version 1.1.0) [Computer software]. https://github.com/shipspy-development/shipspy
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Funding:
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven (AWI), grant/award no. AWI_PS147_00: PAMOS
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 10.268168 * Median Longitude: -23.434580 * South-bound Latitude: -43.888854 * West-bound Longitude: -53.678746 * North-bound Latitude: 52.656640 * East-bound Longitude: 3.971292
Date/Time Start: 2025-03-14T23:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2025-04-13T05:22:00
Minimum Elevation: -5703.9 m * Maximum Elevation: -10.7 m
Event(s):
PS147/1_0_Underway-14 * Latitude Start: -44.312960 * Longitude Start: -53.897821 * Latitude End: 16.897115 * Longitude End: -25.019213 * Date/Time Start: 2025-03-14T20:30:00 * Date/Time End: 2025-04-01T08:00:00 * Elevation Start: -5703.9 m * Elevation End: -33.9 m * O2A Registry URI: https://registry.o2a-data.de/items/11907 * Campaign: PS147/1 (BATHY-LTO) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Atmospheric measurement box PAMOS 1 (PAMOS_001) * Comment: Profiles stopped within Brazilian EEZ and ECS zones
PS147/2_0_Underway-3 * Latitude Start: 16.889774 * Longitude Start: -25.007607 * Latitude End: 53.483929 * Longitude End: 5.076303 * Date/Time Start: 2025-04-01T08:08:00 * Date/Time End: 2025-04-13T11:49:00 * Elevation Start: -10.7 m * Elevation End: -15.2 m * O2A Registry URI: https://registry.o2a-data.de/items/11907 * Campaign: PS147/2 (WASCAL-III; Floating-Uni) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Atmospheric measurement box PAMOS 1 (PAMOS_001)
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
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Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
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1068933 data points
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