Articles | Volume 16, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-997-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-997-2023
Research article
 | 
28 Feb 2023
Research article |  | 28 Feb 2023

Validation of Aeolus wind profiles using ground-based lidar and radiosonde observations at Réunion island and the Observatoire de Haute-Provence

Mathieu Ratynski, Sergey Khaykin, Alain Hauchecorne, Robin Wing, Jean-Pierre Cammas, Yann Hello, and Philippe Keckhut

Related authors

Long-term studies of the summer wind in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere at middle and high latitudes over Europe
Juliana Jaen, Toralf Renkwitz, Huixin Liu, Christoph Jacobi, Robin Wing, Aleš Kuchař, Masaki Tsutsumi, Njål Gulbrandsen, and Jorge L. Chau
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23, 14871–14887, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-14871-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-14871-2023, 2023
Short summary
The Doppler wind, temperature, and aerosol RMR lidar system at Kühlungsborn/Germany – Part 1: technical specifications and capabilities
Michael Gerding, Robin Wing, Eframir Franco-Diaz, Gerd Baumgarten, Jens Fiedler, Torsten Köpnick, and Reik Ostermann
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2733,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2733, 2023
This preprint is open for discussion and under review for Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (AMT).
Short summary
A comparative analysis of in situ measurements of high-altitude cirrus in the tropics
Francesco Cairo, Martina Krämer, Armin Afchine, Guido Di Donfrancesco, Luca Di Liberto, Sergey Khaykin, Lorenza Lucaferri, Valentin Mitev, Max Port, Christian Rolf, Marcel Snels, Nicole Spelten, Ralf Weigel, and Stephan Borrmann
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 16, 4899–4925, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-4899-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-4899-2023, 2023
Short summary
Derivation of aerosol fluorescence and water vapor Raman depolarization ratios from lidar measurements
Igor Veselovskii, Qiaoyun Hu, Philippe Goloub, Thierry Podvin, William Boissiere, Mikhail Korenskiy, Nikita Kasianik, Sergey Khaykyn, and Robin Miri
Atmos. Meas. Tech. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2023-210,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2023-210, 2023
Preprint under review for AMT
Short summary
The dehydration carousel of stratospheric water vapor in the Asian summer monsoon anticyclone
Paul Konopka, Christian Rolf, Marc von Hobe, Sergey M. Khaykin, Benjamin Clouser, Elisabeth Moyer, Fabrizio Ravegnani, Francesco D'Amato, Silvia Viciani, Nicole Spelten, Armin Afchine, Martina Krämer, Fred Stroh, and Felix Ploeger
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23, 12935–12947, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-12935-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-12935-2023, 2023
Short summary

Related subject area

Subject: Others (Wind, Precipitation, Temperature, etc.) | Technique: Remote Sensing | Topic: Data Processing and Information Retrieval
Performance evaluation of three bio-optical models in aerosol and ocean color joint retrievals
Neranga K. Hannadige, Peng-Wang Zhai, Meng Gao, Yongxiang Hu, P. Jeremy Werdell, Kirk Knobelspiesse, and Brian Cairns
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 16, 5749–5770, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-5749-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-5749-2023, 2023
Short summary
Observation of horizontal temperature variations by a spatial heterodyne interferometer using single-sided interferograms
Konstantin Ntokas, Jörn Ungermann, Martin Kaufmann, Tom Neubert, and Martin Riese
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 16, 5681–5696, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-5681-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-5681-2023, 2023
Short summary
Version 8 IMK–IAA MIPAS temperatures from 12–15 µm spectra: Middle and Upper Atmosphere modes
Maya García-Comas, Bernd Funke, Manuel López-Puertas, Norbert Glatthor, Udo Grabowski, Sylvia Kellmann, Michael Kiefer, Andrea Linden, Belén Martínez-Mondéjar, Gabriele P. Stiller, and Thomas von Clarmann
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 16, 5357–5386, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-5357-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-5357-2023, 2023
Short summary
GNSS radio occultation excess-phase processing for climate applications including uncertainty estimation
Josef Innerkofler, Gottfried Kirchengast, Marc Schwärz, Christian Marquardt, and Yago Andres
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 16, 5217–5247, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-5217-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-5217-2023, 2023
Short summary
Impact analysis of processing strategies for long-term GPS zenith tropospheric delay (ZTD)
Jingna Bai, Yidong Lou, Weixing Zhang, Yaozong Zhou, Zhenyi Zhang, Chuang Shi, and Jingnan Liu
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 16, 5249–5259, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-5249-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-5249-2023, 2023
Short summary

Cited articles

Albertema, S.: Validation of Aeolus satellite wind observations with aircraft-derived wind data and the ECMWF NWP model for an enhanced understanding of atmospheric dynamics, Master thesis Utrecht Un., the Netherlands, https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/383392 (last access: 9 February 2022), 2019. 
Anderson, P. S., Ladkin, R. S., and Renfrew, I. A.: An autonomous Doppler sodar wind profiling system, J. Atmos. Ocean. Technol., 22, 1309–1325, https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH1779.1, 2005. 
Baars, H., Herzog, A., Heese, B., Ohneiser, K., Hanbuch, K., Hofer, J., Yin, Z., Engelmann, R., and Wandinger, U.: Validation of Aeolus wind products above the Atlantic Ocean, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 6007–6024, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-6007-2020, 2020. 
Baron, A., Chazette, P., Khaykin, S., Payen, G., Marquestaut, N., Bègue, N., and Duflot, V.: Early Evolution of the Hunga-Tonga Stratospheric Aerosol Plume observed by Lidar at La Réunion (21 S, 55 E), ESS Open Archive, 6 September 2022, https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10512319.1, 2022. 
Baumgarten, G.: Doppler Rayleigh/Mie/Raman lidar for wind and temperature measurements in the middle atmosphere up to 80 km, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 3, 1509–1518, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-3-1509-2010, 2010. 
Download
Short summary
Aeolus is the first spaceborne wind lidar providing global wind measurements since 2018. This study offers a comprehensive analysis of Aeolus instrument performance, using ground-based wind lidars and meteorological radiosondes, at tropical and mid-latitudes sites. The analysis allows assessing the long-term evolution of the satellite's performance for more than 3 years. The results will help further elaborate the understanding of the error sources and the behavior of the Doppler wind lidar.