Attention:
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 | |
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Model | |
Serial No. | n/a |
Type | radiosonde |
SENSOR-Link | ↪ |
Contacts
Name | Institution | Role |
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Alexander Schulz | Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research | Data Provider |
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research | Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research | Owner |
Holger Deckelmann | Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research | Data Provider |
Marion Maturilli | Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research | Principal Investigator, Data Provider, Editor |
Ralf Jaiser | Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research | Data Provider |
Jürgen Graeser | Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research | Data Provider |
Anja Sommerfeld | Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research | Data Provider |
Sandro Dahlke | Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research | Data Provider |
Benjamin Segger | Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research | Data Provider |
Markus Rex | Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research | Data Provider |
Components
Position
Info | no xyz-position given, antenna located on upper observation deck, receiving station located in A112 |
Data logging, storage and archiving
Logged parameters
Parameter | Sensor Output Type | Unit |
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Atmospheric Temperature | temperature | K |
Relative Humidity | relative humidity | % |
pressure | pressure | hPa |
wind speed | wind speed | m/s |
wind direction | wind direction | deg |
Central geographical ship's position and time standard
Geographical ship's position via unit's GPS receiver.
Rawdata storage on board
root directory |
data01 |
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directory name |
CruiseNo |
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
File format(s) |
*.txt |
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Calibration certificates |
NO |