Articles | Volume 15, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-1465-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-1465-2022
Research article
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16 Mar 2022
Research article |  | 16 Mar 2022

Spectral performance analysis of the Aeolus Fabry–Pérot and Fizeau interferometers during the first years of operation

Benjamin Witschas, Christian Lemmerz, Oliver Lux, Uwe Marksteiner, Oliver Reitebuch, Fabian Weiler, Frederic Fabre, Alain Dabas, Thomas Flament, Dorit Huber, and Michael Vaughan

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on amt-2021-357', Anonymous Referee #1, 29 Nov 2021
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Benjamin Witschas, 22 Dec 2021
  • RC2: 'Comment on amt-2021-357', Anonymous Referee #2, 15 Jan 2022
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Benjamin Witschas, 28 Jan 2022

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision
AR by Benjamin Witschas on behalf of the Authors (31 Jan 2022)  Author's response    Author's tracked changes    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (04 Feb 2022) by Ulla Wandinger
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Short summary
In August 2018, the ESA launched the first Doppler wind lidar into space. In order to calibrate the instrument and to monitor the overall instrument conditions, instrument spectral registration measurements have been performed with Aeolus on a weekly basis. Based on these measurements, the alignment drift of the Aeolus satellite instrument is estimated by applying tools and mathematical model functions to analyze the spectrometer transmission curves.