Validation of wind measurements of two mesosphere–stratosphere–troposphere radars  in northern Sweden and in Antarctica

Belova, Evgenia; Voelger, Peter; Kirkwood, Sheila; Hagelin, Susanna; Lindskog, Magnus; Körnich, Heiner; Chatterjee, Sourav; Satheesan, Karathazhiyath

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-2813-2021

Articles | Volume 14, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-2813-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-2813-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 4

Research article

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12 Apr 2021

Research article |

| 12 Apr 2021

Validation of wind measurements of two mesosphere–stratosphere–troposphere radars in northern Sweden and in Antarctica

Evgenia Belova, Peter Voelger, Sheila Kirkwood, Susanna Hagelin, Magnus Lindskog, Heiner Körnich, Sourav Chatterjee, and Karathazhiyath Satheesan

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RC1: 'Reviewer's report', Anonymous Referee #1, 20 Nov 2020
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Evgenia Belova, 02 Feb 2021
RC2: 'Review on: Validation of wind measurements of two MST radars in northern Sweden and in Antarctica', Anonymous Referee #2, 05 Jan 2021
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Evgenia Belova, 02 Feb 2021

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Short summary

We validate horizontal wind measurements at altitudes of 0.5–14 km made with atmospheric radars: ESRAD located near Kiruna in the Swedish Arctic and MARA at the Indian research station Maitri in Antarctica, by comparison with radiosondes, the regional model HARMONIE-AROME and the ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis. Good agreement was found in general, and radar bias and uncertainty were estimated. These radars are planned to be used for validation of winds measured by lidar by the ESA satellite Aeolus.