Rayleigh wind retrieval for the ALADIN airborne demonstrator of the Aeolus mission using simulated response calibration

Zhai, Xiaochun; Marksteiner, Uwe; Weiler, Fabian; Lemmerz, Christian; Lux, Oliver; Witschas, Benjamin; Reitebuch, Oliver

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-445-2020

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05 Feb 2020

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| 05 Feb 2020

Rayleigh wind retrieval for the ALADIN airborne demonstrator of the Aeolus mission using simulated response calibration

Xiaochun Zhai, Uwe Marksteiner, Fabian Weiler, Christian Lemmerz, Oliver Lux, Benjamin Witschas, and Oliver Reitebuch

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RC1: 'A2D calibration', Anonymous Referee #1, 22 Aug 2019
- AC3: 'Response to Referee Comment 2 on “Rayleigh wind retrieval for the ALADIN airborne demonstrator of the Aeolus mission using simulated response calibration”', Xiaochun Zhai, 27 Nov 2019
RC2: 'Comment on amt-2019-274, “Rayleigh wind retrieval for the ALADIN airborne demonstrator of the Aeolus mission using simulated response calibration” by Xiaochun Zhai et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 12 Oct 2019
- AC4: 'Response to Referee Comment 2 on “Rayleigh wind retrieval for the ALADIN airborne demonstrator of the Aeolus mission using simulated response calibration”', Xiaochun Zhai, 27 Nov 2019

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ED: Publish as is (09 Jan 2020) by Ulla Wandinger

AR by Xiaochun Zhai on behalf of the Authors (11 Jan 2020)

Short summary

An airborne prototype called A2D was developed for validating the Aeolus measurement principle based on realistic atmospheric signals. However, the atmospheric and instrumental variability currently limit the reliability and repeatability of the measured Rayleigh response calibration (MRRC), which is a prerequisite for accurate wind retrieval. A procedure for a simulated Rayleigh response calibration (SRRC) is developed and presented to resolve these limitations of the A2D Rayleigh channel MRRC.