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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-1465-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-1465-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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16 Mar 2022
Research article |
| 16 Mar 2022
| 16 Mar 2022
Spectral performance analysis of the Aeolus Fabry–Pérot and Fizeau interferometers during the first years of operation
Benjamin Witschas
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), 82234 Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Christian Lemmerz
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), 82234 Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Oliver Lux
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), 82234 Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Uwe Marksteiner
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), 82234 Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Oliver Reitebuch
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), 82234 Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Fabian Weiler
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), 82234 Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Frederic Fabre
Les Myriades SAS, Consultancy for Optical Systems, 31000 Toulouse, France
Alain Dabas
Groupe d'etude de l'Atmosphere Meteorologique, Centre National de Recherche Meteorologique, Météo-France, CNRS, 31057 Toulouse, France
Thomas Flament
Groupe d'etude de l'Atmosphere Meteorologique, Centre National de Recherche Meteorologique, Météo-France, CNRS, 31057 Toulouse, France
Dorit Huber
DoRIT, 82256 Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany
Michael Vaughan
Optical & Lidar Associates (OLA), Buckinghamshire, HP14 3PF, UK
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- Quality control and error assessment of the Aeolus L2B wind results from the Joint Aeolus Tropical Atlantic Campaign O. Lux et al.
- Five years of Aeolus wind profiling: global coverage and data quality O. Lux et al.
- Diode-laser-based direct-detection Doppler wind lidar: design and initial results L. Colberg et al.
- High sensitivity of Aeolus UV surface returns to surface reflectivity L. Labzovskii et al.
- Verification of different peak centroid analysis algorithms based on airborne wind lidar data in support of ESA's Aeolus mission B. Witschas et al.
- Challenges and achievements of the first wind lidar in space on ESA's Aeolus mission O. Reitebuch
- First assessment of Aeolus Standard Correct Algorithm particle backscatter coefficient retrievals in the eastern Mediterranean A. Gkikas et al.
- Spectral performance analysis of the Fizeau interferometer on board ESA's Aeolus wind lidar satellite M. Vaughan et al.
- Optimization of a direct-detection UV wind lidar architecture for 3D wind reconstruction at high altitude T. Boulant et al.
- On the representativeness of the ground-based lidar observations for satellite calibration/validation – the example of the archipelago of Cabo Verde A. Floutsi et al.
- Long-Term Validation of Aeolus Level-2B Winds in the Brazilian Amazon A. Yoshida et al.
- Verification of different Fizeau fringe analysis algorithms based on airborne wind lidar data in support of ESA’s Aeolus mission B. Witschas et al.
- Performance of the ultraviolet laser transmitter during ESA’s Doppler wind lidar mission Aeolus O. Lux et al.
- Aeolus validation with the DLR airborne Doppler wind lidars: 2-µm heterodyne detection and 355 nm ALADIN Demonstrator C. Lemmerz et al.
14 citations as recorded by crossref.
- Quality control and error assessment of the Aeolus L2B wind results from the Joint Aeolus Tropical Atlantic Campaign O. Lux et al.
- Five years of Aeolus wind profiling: global coverage and data quality O. Lux et al.
- Diode-laser-based direct-detection Doppler wind lidar: design and initial results L. Colberg et al.
- High sensitivity of Aeolus UV surface returns to surface reflectivity L. Labzovskii et al.
- Verification of different peak centroid analysis algorithms based on airborne wind lidar data in support of ESA's Aeolus mission B. Witschas et al.
- Challenges and achievements of the first wind lidar in space on ESA's Aeolus mission O. Reitebuch
- First assessment of Aeolus Standard Correct Algorithm particle backscatter coefficient retrievals in the eastern Mediterranean A. Gkikas et al.
- Spectral performance analysis of the Fizeau interferometer on board ESA's Aeolus wind lidar satellite M. Vaughan et al.
- Optimization of a direct-detection UV wind lidar architecture for 3D wind reconstruction at high altitude T. Boulant et al.
- On the representativeness of the ground-based lidar observations for satellite calibration/validation – the example of the archipelago of Cabo Verde A. Floutsi et al.
- Long-Term Validation of Aeolus Level-2B Winds in the Brazilian Amazon A. Yoshida et al.
- Verification of different Fizeau fringe analysis algorithms based on airborne wind lidar data in support of ESA’s Aeolus mission B. Witschas et al.
- Performance of the ultraviolet laser transmitter during ESA’s Doppler wind lidar mission Aeolus O. Lux et al.
- Aeolus validation with the DLR airborne Doppler wind lidars: 2-µm heterodyne detection and 355 nm ALADIN Demonstrator C. Lemmerz et al.
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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.
In August 2018, the ESA launched the first Doppler wind lidar into space. In order to calibrate...
