Articles | Volume 15, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-3465-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-3465-2022
Research article
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10 Jun 2022
Research article |  | 10 Jun 2022

On the derivation of zonal and meridional wind components from Aeolus horizontal line-of-sight wind

Isabell Krisch, Neil P. Hindley, Oliver Reitebuch, and Corwin J. Wright

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The Aeolus satellite measures global height resolved profiles of wind along a certain line-of-sight. However, for atmospheric dynamics research, wind measurements along the three cardinal axes are most useful. This paper presents methods to convert the measurements into zonal and meridional wind components. By combining the measurements during ascending and descending orbits, we achieve good derivation of zonal wind (equatorward of 80° latitude) and meridional wind (poleward of 70° latitude).