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The system is operated by staff from the German weather service (DWD). Scientific co-use is possible according to prior agreement with AWI Logistics and Principal Investigator of the Polarstern Meteorological Observatory (Holger Schmithüsen). Helium is calculated to supply one 600 gramm balloon per day. If additional radio sonde ascents are planned, the user has to organize the additional sondes, balloons and helium. 

Summary

The radiosonde sounding system gathers meteorological data (pressure, temperature, humidity, wind, position) from a mandatory radiosonde and data from additional sensors like ozonesonde (ozone), cryogenic frostpoint hygrometer (CFH; stratospheric water vapour) and COBALD (aerosol) as well as from ground based sensors (standard humidity chamber, and others)

Manufacturer
Model
Serial No. n/a
Type radiosonde
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Contacts

Name Institution Role
Alexander Schulz Alfred-Wegener-Institute Data Provider
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholz Centre for Polar and Marine Research Owner
Holger Deckelmann Alfred-Wegener-Institute Data Provider
Marion Maturilli Alfred-Wegener-Institute Principal Investigator, Data Provider, Editor
Ralf Jaiser Alfred-Wegener-Institute Data Provider
Jürgen Graeser Alfred-Wegener-Institut Data Provider
Anja Sommerfeld Alfred-Wegener-Institute Data Provider
Sandro Dahlke Alfred-Wegener-Institute Data Provider
Benjamin Segger Alfred-Wegener-Institute Data Provider
Markus Rex Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research Data Provider

Components

The system consists of a sounding PC, electronic unit "DigiCora", ground check set, GPS antenna, telemtry antenna, Helium filling unit.

Position

No local frame definition available.

Data logging, storage and archiving

Logged parameters

No parameters available.

Central geographical ship's position and time standard

Time synchronising is regulated via onboard NTP server.
Geographical ship's position via unit's GPS receiver.

Rawdata storage on board

Mass data: The data acquisition software creates rawdata on the local drive of the sounding computer and in the mass storage.

root directory

data01

directory name

CruiseNo
e.g.
ANT25_3

file name

DBLK_YYYYMMDD_hhmmss.mwx

Data volume (MB per day) ca

16 or 32

Number of files per day ca

1 or 2

Data archiving on land

After the cruise, the operator transfers the measurement data along with required meta data to AWI after consultaion with the data scientist and AWI Logistics. Then, the data (including meta data) can be extracted from https://www.pangaea.de/ (for authorized users only).

File format(s)

*.txt

Calibration certificates

NO

Documentation

No resources available.

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