Airborne wind lidar observations over the North Atlantic in 2016 for the pre-launch validation of the satellite mission Aeolus

Lux, Oliver; Lemmerz, Christian; Weiler, Fabian; Marksteiner, Uwe; Witschas, Benjamin; Rahm, Stephan; Schäfler, Andreas; Reitebuch, Oliver

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3297-2018

Articles | Volume 11, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3297-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3297-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 6

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11 Jun 2018

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Airborne wind lidar observations over the North Atlantic in 2016 for the pre-launch validation of the satellite mission Aeolus

Oliver Lux, Christian Lemmerz, Fabian Weiler, Uwe Marksteiner, Benjamin Witschas, Stephan Rahm, Andreas Schäfler, and Oliver Reitebuch

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Paper Review', Gert-Jan Marseille, 01 Feb 2018
- AC1: 'Response to Referee Comment 1', Oliver Lux, 14 Feb 2018
RC2: 'Airborne Doppler lidar wind measurements', Mike Hardesty, 12 Apr 2018
- AC2: 'Response to Referee Comment 2', Oliver Lux, 16 Apr 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Oliver Lux on behalf of the Authors (07 May 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (08 May 2018) by Ad Stoffelen

RR by Mike Hardesty (14 May 2018)

RR by Gert-Jan Marseille (23 May 2018)

ED: Publish as is (23 May 2018) by Ad Stoffelen

AR by Oliver Lux on behalf of the Authors (24 May 2018)

Short summary

This work reports airborne wind lidar observations performed in a recent field campaign. The deployed lidar system serves as a demonstrator for the satellite instrument ALADIN on board Aeolus, which is scheduled for launch in 2018 and will become the first wind lidar in space. After presenting the measurement principle, operation procedures and wind retrieval algorithm, the obtained wind results are validated and discussed, providing valuable information in preparation for the satellite mission.