Airborne direct-detection and coherent wind lidar measurements over the North Atlantic in 2015 supporting ESA’s aeolus mission

The launch of the Aeolus mission by the European Space Agency (ESA) is planned for 2018. The satellite will carry the first wind lidar in space, ALADIN (Atmospheric Laser Doppler INstrument). Its prototype instrument, the ALADIN Airborne Demonstrator (A2D), was deployed during several airborne campa...

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Published in:EPJ Web of Conferences
Main Authors: Marksteiner Uwe, Reitebuch Oliver, Lemmerz Christian, Lux Oliver, Rahm Stephan, Witschas Benjamin, Schäfler Andreas, Emmitt Dave, Greco Steve, Kavaya Michael J., Gentry Bruce, Neely Ryan R., Kendall Emma, Schüttemeyer Dirk
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2018
Subjects:
Physics
QC1-999
Aeolus
North Atlantic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201817602011
https://doaj.org/article/8b9a62c25cd343428bb3d4528a75e709
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Summary:The launch of the Aeolus mission by the European Space Agency (ESA) is planned for 2018. The satellite will carry the first wind lidar in space, ALADIN (Atmospheric Laser Doppler INstrument). Its prototype instrument, the ALADIN Airborne Demonstrator (A2D), was deployed during several airborne campaigns aiming at the validation of the measurement principle and optimization of algorithms. In 2015, flights of two aircraft from DLR & NASA provided the chance to compare parallel wind measurements from four airborne wind lidars for the first time.

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