Inter-comparison of wind measurements in the atmospheric boundary layer and the lower troposphere with Aeolus and a ground-based coherent Doppler lidar network over China

Wu, Songhua; Sun, Kangwen; Dai, Guangyao; Wang, Xiaoye; Liu, Xiaoying; Liu, Bingyi; Song, Xiaoquan; Reitebuch, Oliver; Li, Rongzhong; Yin, Jiaping; Wang, Xitao

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-131-2022

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-131-2022

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05 Jan 2022

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Inter-comparison of wind measurements in the atmospheric boundary layer and the lower troposphere with Aeolus and a ground-based coherent Doppler lidar network over China

Songhua Wu, Kangwen Sun, Guangyao Dai, Xiaoye Wang, Xiaoying Liu, Bingyi Liu, Xiaoquan Song, Oliver Reitebuch, Rongzhong Li, Jiaping Yin, and Xitao Wang

Data sets

ESA Aeolus Online Dissemination System ESA https://aeolus-ds.eo.esa.int/oads/access/collection

Short summary

During the VAL-OUC campaign, we established a coherent Doppler lidar (CDL) network over China to verify the Level 2B (L2B) products from Aeolus. By the simultaneous wind measurements with CDLs at 17 stations, the L2B products from Aeolus are compared with those from CDLs. To our knowledge, the VAL-OUC campaign is the most extensive so far between CDLs and Aeolus in the lower troposphere for different atmospheric scenes. The vertical velocity impact on the HLOS retrieval from Aeolus is evaluated.