Validation of Aeolus Level 2B wind products using wind profilers, ground-based Doppler wind lidars, and radiosondes in Japan

Iwai, Hironori; Aoki, Makoto; Oshiro, Mitsuru; Ishii, Shoken

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-7255-2021

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17 Nov 2021

Research article |

| 17 Nov 2021

Validation of Aeolus Level 2B wind products using wind profilers, ground-based Doppler wind lidars, and radiosondes in Japan

Hironori Iwai, Makoto Aoki, Mitsuru Oshiro, and Shoken Ishii

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

RC1:
'Comment on amt-2021-243', Anonymous Referee #1, 23 Aug 2021

The comment was uploaded in the form of a supplement: https://amt.copernicus.org/preprints/amt-2021-243/amt-2021-243-RC1-supplement.pdf

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2021-243-RC1
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', H. Iwai, 13 Oct 2021
  
  We would like to thank the referee #1 for your constructive comments that helped us improve our manuscript.
  
  Please check the attached pdf.
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2021-243-AC1
RC2:
'Comment on amt-2021-243', Anonymous Referee #2, 07 Sep 2021

Please find my comments in the attached pdf file.

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2021-243-RC2
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', H. Iwai, 13 Oct 2021
  
  We would like to thank the referee #2 for your constructive comments that helped us improve our manuscript.
  
  Please check the attached pdf.
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2021-243-AC2

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload

AR by H. Iwai on behalf of the Authors (13 Oct 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (13 Oct 2021) by Oliver Reitebuch

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (19 Oct 2021)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (22 Oct 2021)

ED: Publish as is (22 Oct 2021) by Oliver Reitebuch

AR by H. Iwai on behalf of the Authors (23 Oct 2021)

Short summary

The first space-based Doppler wind lidar on board the Aeolus satellite was launched on 22 August 2018 to obtain global horizontal wind profiles. In this study, wind profilers, ground-based coherent Doppler wind lidars, and GPS radiosondes were used to validate the quality of Aeolus Level 2B wind products over Japan during three different periods. The results show that Aeolus can measure the horizontal winds over Japan accurately.