Upper air soundings during POLARSTERN cruise ANT-XXVII/2

• Main Author: König-Langlo, Gert
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2011
• Subjects: AWI_Meteo; Meteorological Long-Term Observations @ AWI; Berichte zur Polar- und Meeresforschung; Reports on Polar and Marine Research
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.849045; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.849045

The upper air soundings are normally performed once a day to measure vertical profiles of air pressure, temperature, relative humidity and the wind vector. Helium filled balloons (TOTEX 600 g, 800 g) were used to carry Vaisala RS92-SGPW radiosondes. Whenever possible, the launches were performed abo...