Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station Radiosonde Data

Radiosonde data is available from Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. The following files are ASCII text with slight variations in their convention over the record:

  • aYYMM.1st (1977-1990)

  • MMYY.aud (1991-2004)

  • MMDDTTTT.dat/DAT (1993-2004)

  • MMDDTTTT.gps/dat, and a few MMYY.aud (2002-2004)

  • MMDDTTTT.dat.txt (2005-present)

There are also messages in TTAA, TTBB, PPBB, etc. format from 2005-present. MMDDYYTTmsg.txt

Data

  • 1977.zip

    Size: 136.9 KiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 1978.zip

    Size: 589.5 KiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 1979.zip

    Size: 603.1 KiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 1980.zip

    Size: 551.1 KiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 1981.zip

    Size: 674.6 KiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 1982.zip

    Size: 497.6 KiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 1983.zip

    Size: 423.5 KiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 1984.zip

    Size: 480.8 KiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 1985.zip

    Size: 457 KiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 1986.zip

    Size: 400 KiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 1987.zip

    Size: 505.2 KiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 1988.zip

    Size: 586.5 KiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 1989.zip

    Size: 560.8 KiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 1990.zip

    Size: 610.4 KiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 1991.zip

    Size: 771.8 KiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 1992.zip

    Size: 888.6 KiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 1993.zip

    Size: 51.8 MiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 1994.zip

    Size: 27.5 MiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 1995.zip

    Size: 60 MiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 1996.zip

    Size: 30.6 MiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 1997.zip

    Size: 46.2 MiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 1998.zip

    Size: 49.1 MiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 1999.zip

    Size: 56.2 MiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 2000.zip

    Size: 59.7 MiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 2001.zip

    Size: 48.5 MiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 2002.zip

    Size: 35.1 MiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 2003.zip

    Size: 42.6 MiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 2004.zip

    Size: 32.4 MiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 2005.zip

    Size: 18.2 MiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 2006.zip

    Size: 21.6 MiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 2007.zip

    Size: 22.6 MiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 2008.zip

    Size: 22.5 MiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 2009.zip

    Size: 16.7 MiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 2010.zip

    Size: 18 MiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 2011.zip

    Size: 18.7 MiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 2012.zip

    Size: 17 MiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 2013.zip

    Size: 15.7 MiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 2014.zip

    Size: 16.6 MiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 2015.zip

    Size: 18.2 MiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 2016.zip

    Size: 29.4 MiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 2017.zip

    Size: 26.9 MiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 2018.zip

    Size: 27.6 MiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 2019.zip

    Size: 27.1 MiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 2020.zip

    Size: 24.5 MiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 2021.zip

    Size: 25.2 MiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 2022.zip

    Size: 25.2 MiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 2023.zip

    Size: 27.3 MiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 2024.zip

    Size: 25.7 MiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 2025.zip

    Size: 24.1 MiB, Format: ZIP

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  • 2026.zip

    Size: 14 MiB, Format: ZIP

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  • misc.zip

    Size: 2.7 KiB, Format: ZIP

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  • ua_readme.zip

    Size: 20.4 KiB, Format: ZIP

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  • All resource data

    Size: 979.2 MiB, Format: ZIP

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Additional Information

Author South Pole Meteorology Office
Maintainer Antarctic Meteorological Research and Data Center
Version 1.0
Last Updated October 13, 2026, 16:18 (UTC)
Created August 13, 2026, 16:03 (UTC)
Citation South Pole Meteorology Office: Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station Radiosonde Data. AMRDC Data Repository, accessed DD-MM-YYYY, https://doi.org/10.48567/2kw8-y305.
Collection Begin Date 1977-01-01
Collection End Date Ongoing
DOI https://doi.org/10.48567/2kw8-y305
Format txt