Upper air soundings during POLARSTERN cruise ANT-XXII/2

• Main Author: König-Langlo, Gert
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2007
• 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.849228; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.849228

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 RS90 radiosondes. Whenever possible, the launches were performed about 10...