Attention:
The observatory is always manned with a weather radio technician and a meteorologist during scientific cruises. The facilities of the meteorological observatory can be co-used by scientists for special measurements.
Summary
The weather station at Polarstern consists of several devices which measure standard parameters such as temperature, wind, humidity, barometric pressure, radiation and precipitation. Satellite images are received with a dedicated antenna which, together with the data, are used for forecast purposes. The station is operated by a weather technician-observer from the German Weather Service (DWD) who is responsible for the routine 3-hourly synoptic observations and the daily upper air soundings.
Manufacturer | AWI |
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Model | AWI |
Serial No. | n/a |
Type | small scale facility |
Contacts
Name | Institution | Role |
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Bernd Loose | Alfred-Wegener-Institute | Engineer In Charge |
Holger Schmithüsen | Alfred-Wegener-Institute | Principal Investigator |
Holger Schmithüsen | Alfred-Wegener-Institute | Data Scientist |
Components
Subdevices
Name | Model | Type |
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Barometric Pressure Sensor | setra B270 | meteorological package |
Cloud Height Detector | CL51 | meteorological package |
Global Radiation Sensor | Pyranometer CM 11 | meteorological package |
Ship Rain Gauge | SRM 450 H | meteorological package |
Sunshine Detector | SONI e3 | meteorological package |
Temperature and Humidity | HMP155 | meteorological package |
Visibility Sensor | FS11 | meteorological package |
Wind Sensors (anemometer) | Ultrasonic Anemometer Sonic 2D | meteorological package |
Position
Origin Description: | no xyz-position given, the weather station is located on deck A |
Data logging, storage and archiving
Logged parameters
Parameter | Sensor Output Type | Unit |
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true wind direction | wind direction | degree |
true wind velocity | wind speed | m/s |
air pressure | pressure | hPa |
air temperature | air temperature | °C |
rel. humidity | humidity, relative | % |
global radiation | global radiation | W/m^2 |
precipitation | precipitation | mm/min |
ceiling | cloud ceiling | ft |
direct radiation | direct radiation | W/m^2 |
sunshine indicator | UV radiation | unknown |
visibility | visibility | m |
max rel. wind velocity last min | wind speed | m/s |
rel. wind velocity | wind speed | m/s |
rel. wind direction | wind direction | degree |
Central geographical ship's position and time standard
Geographical ship's position via DShip.
Rawdata storage on board
Dship
Device name |
weatherstation |
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Parameters |
air pressure [hPa]; air temperature [°C]; ceiling [ft]; dewpoint rows nest [°C]; direct radiation [W/m2]; global radiation [W/m2]; max rel. wind velocity last min [m/s]; precipitation [mm/min]; rel. humidity [%]; rel. wind direction [deg]; rel. wind velocity [m/s]; sunshine indicator; true wind direction [deg]; true wind velocity [m/s]; true wind velocity [Beaufort]; true wind velocity [Knots] [Kn]; visibility [m]; water temperature [°C] |
Data archiving on land
DShip data set can be extracted from https://dms.awi.de.
File format(s) |
stored in DShip System |
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Calibration certificates |
YES |
Location of certificates |
Reederei Laeisz, T. Liebe |