Upper air soundings during POLARSTERN cruise ANT-XVII/3

• Main Author: König-Langlo, Gert
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2001
• 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.849422; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.849422

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 RS80 radiosondes. Whenever possible, the launches were performed about 10...