Validation of the Aeolus L2B wind product with airborne wind lidar measurements in the polar North Atlantic region and in the tropics

• Published in: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
• Main Authors: B. Witschas, C. Lemmerz, A. Geiß, O. Lux, U. Marksteiner, S. Rahm, O. Reitebuch, A. Schäfler, F. Weiler
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2022
• Subjects: Environmental engineering; TA170-171; Earthwork. Foundations; TA715-787; Aeolus; Iceland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-7049-2022; https://doaj.org/article/de54ce6bccc2494f9b7e64576b2f63de

During the first 3 years of the European Space Agency's Aeolus mission, the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, DLR) performed four airborne campaigns deploying two different Doppler wind lidars (DWL) on board the DLR Falcon aircraft, aiming to validate the quali...