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Persistent EarthCARE underflight studies of the ITCZ and organized convection (PERCUSION): contribution to EarthCARE validation
Institue of Atmospheric Physics (PA), German Aerospace Center (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Florian Ewald
Institue of Atmospheric Physics (PA), German Aerospace Center (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Bjorn Stevens
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M), Hamburg, Germany
Martin Wirth
Institue of Atmospheric Physics (PA), German Aerospace Center (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Georgios Dekoutsidis
Institue of Atmospheric Physics (PA), German Aerospace Center (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
André Ehrlich
Leipzig Institute for Meteorology (LIM), Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
Dimitra Kouklaki
National Observatory of Athens (NOA), Athens, Greece
Konstantin Krüger
Institue of Atmospheric Physics (PA), German Aerospace Center (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Sophie Rosenburg
Leipzig Institute for Meteorology (LIM), Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
Lea Volkmer
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Munich, Germany
Jonas von Bismark
European Space Agency (ESA), Noordwijk, the Netherlands
Lutz Hirsch
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M), Hamburg, Germany
Anna E. Luebke
Leipzig Institute for Meteorology (LIM), Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
Eleni Marinou
National Observatory of Athens (NOA), Athens, Greece
Bernhard Mayer
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Munich, Germany
Montserrat Pinol Sole
European Space Agency (ESA), Noordwijk, the Netherlands
Manfred Wendisch
Leipzig Institute for Meteorology (LIM), Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
Julia Windmiller
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M), Hamburg, Germany
Vassilis Amiridis
National Observatory of Athens (NOA), Athens, Greece
Rob Koopman
European Space Agency (ESA), Noordwijk, the Netherlands
Takuji Kubota
Earth Observation Research Center, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Tsukuba-city, Japan
Markus Rapp
Institue of Atmospheric Physics (PA), German Aerospace Center (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
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2 citations as recorded by crossref.
- Validation of cloud macrophysical properties from the ATLID Level 2a products A-TC, A-FM, A-CTH using airborne lidar observations during the HALO missions PERCUSION, ASCCI and NAWDIC K. Krüger et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-19-5923-2026
- Summary of the EarthCARE science and validation workshop 2025 -Early achievements and future perspectives for the Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) satellite mission- T. Kubota et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemets.2026.100037
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Short summary
In May 2024 the joint European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) mission EarthCARE was launched. A similar payload as on the satellite was set up on the German research aircraft HALO, and deployed during an extensive measurement campaign to validated the satellite. We present our instrumentation, the measurements, and its potential for the validation of EarthCARE. We show first validation results and assessments of the EarthCARE data quality.
In May 2024 the joint European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency...
