Upper-air measurements at King George Island, Antarctica

Time of interest: 20th - 24th January 2020, 14th February - 6th March 2022.Area of interest: King George Island, Antarctica (58.96°W, 62.20°S; Fig. 1), a polar region site over the Antarctic Peninsula.Data frequency: 2 times per day during normal operations (00 and 12 UTC) and 4 times a day during Intensive Observation Periods (00, 06, 12, 18 UTC).Spatial type of data: point, in situ measurements.Dataset description summary: the dataset presented here contains sounding measurements collected at King George Island, Antarctica (58.96°W, 62.20°S) during the Colombian scientific expedition to Antarctica, 2020 and 2022 campaigns using a Vaisala DigiCORA MW41 Sounding System. The observations were carried out between 20th January and 25th January 2020, and 14th February and 6th March 2022, launching twice-daily soundings (00 UTC and 12 UTC) during regular days, and 4 soundings per day (00 UTC, 06 UTC, 12 UTC and 18 UTC) during Intensive Observing Periods (IOPs), for a total of 53 soundings.