Airborne lidar observations of wind, water vapor, and aerosol profiles during the NASA Aeolus calibration and validation (Cal/Val) test flight campaign

Bedka, Kristopher M.; Nehrir, Amin R.; Kavaya, Michael; Barton-Grimley, Rory; Beaubien, Mark; Carroll, Brian; Collins, James; Cooney, John; Emmitt, G. David; Greco, Steven; Kooi, Susan; Lee, Tsengdar; Liu, Zhaoyan; Rodier, Sharon; Skofronick-Jackson, Gail

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-4305-2021

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10 Jun 2021

Research article |

| 10 Jun 2021

Airborne lidar observations of wind, water vapor, and aerosol profiles during the NASA Aeolus calibration and validation (Cal/Val) test flight campaign

Kristopher M. Bedka, Amin R. Nehrir, Michael Kavaya, Rory Barton-Grimley, Mark Beaubien, Brian Carroll, James Collins, John Cooney, G. David Emmitt, Steven Greco, Susan Kooi, Tsengdar Lee, Zhaoyan Liu, Sharon Rodier, and Gail Skofronick-Jackson

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RC1: 'Review - Airborne Lidar Observations of Wind, Water Vapor, and Aerosol Profiles During The NASA Aeolus Cal/Val Test Flight Campaign', Anonymous Referee #1, 14 Dec 2020
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Kristopher M. Bedka, 05 Mar 2021
RC2: 'Review of "Airborne Lidar Observations of Wind, Water Vapor, and Aerosol Profiles During The NASA Aeolus Cal/Val Test Flight Campaign"', Anonymous Referee #2, 03 Feb 2021
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Kristopher M. Bedka, 05 Mar 2021

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

AR by Kristopher M. Bedka on behalf of the Authors (05 Mar 2021) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (09 Mar 2021) by Oliver Reitebuch

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (15 Mar 2021)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (19 Mar 2021)

ED: Publish as is (19 Mar 2021) by Oliver Reitebuch

AR by Kristopher M. Bedka on behalf of the Authors (22 Mar 2021)

Short summary

This paper demonstrates the Doppler Aerosol WiNd (DAWN) lidar and High Altitude Lidar Observatory (HALO) measurement capabilities across a range of atmospheric conditions, compares DAWN and HALO measurements with Aeolus satellite Doppler wind lidar to gain an initial perspective of Aeolus performance, and discusses how atmospheric dynamic processes can be resolved and better understood through simultaneous observations of wind, water vapour, and aerosol profile observations.