Validation of Aeolus winds using radiosonde observations and numerical weather prediction model equivalents

Martin, Anne; Weissmann, Martin; Reitebuch, Oliver; Rennie, Michael; Geiß, Alexander; Cress, Alexander

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-2167-2021

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18 Mar 2021

Research article |

| 18 Mar 2021

Validation of Aeolus winds using radiosonde observations and numerical weather prediction model equivalents

Anne Martin, Martin Weissmann, Oliver Reitebuch, Michael Rennie, Alexander Geiß, and Alexander Cress

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RC1: 'Minor revision', Anonymous Referee #1, 08 Nov 2020
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Anne Martin, 17 Jan 2021
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 09 Nov 2020
- RC3: 'Minor revision', Anonymous Referee #2, 09 Nov 2020
  - AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Anne Martin, 17 Jan 2021
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Anne Martin, 17 Jan 2021

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AR by Anne Martin on behalf of the Authors (18 Jan 2021) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (21 Jan 2021) by Ad Stoffelen

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (26 Jan 2021)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (31 Jan 2021)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (01 Feb 2021) by Ad Stoffelen

Short summary

This study provides an overview of validation activities to determine the Aeolus HLOS wind errors and to understand the biases by investigating possible dependencies and testing bias correction approaches. To ensure meaningful validation statistics, collocated radiosondes and two different global NWP models, the ECMWF IFS and the ICON model (DWD), are used as reference data. To achieve an estimate for the Aeolus instrumental error the representativeness errors for the comparisons are evaluated.