First validation of Aeolus wind observations by airborne Doppler wind lidar measurements

Witschas, Benjamin; Lemmerz, Christian; Geiß, Alexander; Lux, Oliver; Marksteiner, Uwe; Rahm, Stephan; Reitebuch, Oliver; Weiler, Fabian

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-2381-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-2381-2020

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15 May 2020

Research article |

| 15 May 2020

First validation of Aeolus wind observations by airborne Doppler wind lidar measurements

Benjamin Witschas, Christian Lemmerz, Alexander Geiß, Oliver Lux, Uwe Marksteiner, Stephan Rahm, Oliver Reitebuch, and Fabian Weiler

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RC1: 'Comments on “First validation of Aeolus wind observations by airborne Doppler Wind Lidar”', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 Jan 2020
- AC1: 'Replies to comments given by RC1', Benjamin Witschas, 19 Feb 2020
RC2: 'Comments on “First validation of Aeolus wind observations by airborne Doppler Wind Lidar”', Anonymous Referee #3, 10 Mar 2020
- AC2: 'Replies to comments given by RC3', Benjamin Witschas, 22 Mar 2020

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AR by Benjamin Witschas on behalf of the Authors (22 Mar 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (24 Mar 2020) by Gerd Baumgarten

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AA by Benjamin Witschas on behalf of the Authors (30 Apr 2020) Author's adjustment Manuscript

EA: Adjustments approved (05 May 2020) by Gerd Baumgarten

Short summary

Aeolus, the first ever wind lidar in space, has been providing wind profiles on a global scale since its launch. In order to validate the quality of Aeolus wind observations, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) recently performed two airborne campaigns over central Europe deploying two different Doppler wind lidars. A total of 10 satellite underflights were performed and used to validate the early-stage wind data product of Aeolus by means of collocated airborne wind lidar observations.