First Results from the German Cal/Val Activities for Aeolus
- Author(s)
- Holger Baars, Alexander Geiss, Ulla Wandinger, Alina Herzog, Ronny Engelmann, Johannes Bühl, Martin Radenz, Patric Seifert, Albert Ansmann, Anne Martin, Ronny Leinweber, Volker Lehmann, Martin Weissmann, Alexander Cress, Maria Filioglou, Mika Komppula, Oliver Reitebuch
- Abstract
On 22nd August 2018, the European Space Agency (ESA) launched the first direct detection Doppler wind lidar into space. Operating at 355 nm and acquiring signals with a dual channel receiver, it allows wind observations in clear air and particle-laden regions of the atmosphere. Furthermore, particle optical properties can be obtained using the High Spectral Resolution Technique Lidar (HSRL) technique. Measuring with 87 km horizontal and 0.25-2 km vertical resolution between ground and up to 30 km in the stratosphere, the global coverage of Aeolus observations shall fill gaps in the global observing system and thus help improving numerical weather prediction. Within this contribution, first results from the German initiative for experimental Aeolus validation are presented and discussed. Ground-based wind and aerosol measurements from tropospheric radar wind profilers, Doppler wind lidars, radiosondes, aerosol lidars and cloud radars are utilized for that purpose.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Meteorology and Geophysics
- External organisation(s)
- Leibniz-Institut für Troposphärenforschung, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Meteorological Service of Germany, Finnish Meteorological Institute
- Journal
- The European physical journal. Web of conferences : proceedings
- Volume
- 237
- ISSN
- 2100-014X
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202023701008
- Publication date
- 2020
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 105206 Meteorology
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/33918610-6a4c-4ff4-80b5-a64a5ad3f4d9