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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-4731-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-4731-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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24 Sep 2025
Research article |
| 24 Sep 2025
| 24 Sep 2025
Validation of the Aeolus L2A products with the eVe reference lidar measurements from the ASKOS/JATAC campaign
Institute for Astronomy Astrophysics Space Applications and Remote Sensing, National Observatory of Athens, Athens, Greece
Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Physics Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Nikolaos Siomos
Meteorological Institute, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany
Eleni Marinou
Institute for Astronomy Astrophysics Space Applications and Remote Sensing, National Observatory of Athens, Athens, Greece
Antonis Gkikas
Research Centre for Atmospheric Physics and Climatology, Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece
Institute for Astronomy Astrophysics Space Applications and Remote Sensing, National Observatory of Athens, Athens, Greece
Samira M. Idrissa
African Youth Initiative on Climate Change-Niger (RJNCC/AYICC-Niger), Niamey, Niger
Daniel T. Quaye
Atmospheric Chemistry Department, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Leipzig, Germany
Désiré D. Fiogbe Attannon
West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use, Atlantic Technical University, Sao Vicente, Cabo Verde
Kalliopi Artemis Voudouri
Institute for Astronomy Astrophysics Space Applications and Remote Sensing, National Observatory of Athens, Athens, Greece
Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Physics Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Charikleia Meleti
Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Physics Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
David P. Donovan
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, De Bilt, the Netherlands
George Georgoussis
Raymetrics S.A., Athens, Greece
Tommaso Parrinello
Centre for Earth Observation, European Space Agency (ESA–ESRIN), Frascati, Italy
Thorsten Fehr
European Space Research and Technology Centre, European Space Agency (ESA–ESTEC), Noordwijk, the Netherlands
Jonas von Bismarck
European Space Research and Technology Centre, European Space Agency (ESA–ESTEC), Noordwijk, the Netherlands
Vassilis Amiridis
Institute for Astronomy Astrophysics Space Applications and Remote Sensing, National Observatory of Athens, Athens, Greece
Data sets
Aeolus Level 2A - Baseline 16 European Space Agency https://doi.org/10.60621/jatac.campaign.2021.2022.caboverde
Short summary
This study presents the results from a validation study on the Level 2A products (aerosol optical properties) of the ESA's (European Space Agency) Aeolus mission. Measurements from the eVe lidar, a combined linear/circular polarization and Raman lidar and ESA's ground reference system, that have been collected during the Joint Aeolus Tropical Atlantic Campaign are compared with collocated Aeolus Level 2A profiles obtained from the latest version (Baseline 16) of the Aeolus algorithms.
This study presents the results from a validation study on the Level 2A products (aerosol...
