Calibrations and Wind Observations of an Airborne Direct-Detection Wind LiDAR Supporting ESA’s Aeolus Mission

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Uwe Marksteiner, Christian Lemmerz, Oliver Lux, Stephan Rahm, Andreas Schäfler, Benjamin Witschas, Oliver Reitebuch
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2018
• Subjects: lidar; wind; Doppler; direct detection; Mie; Rayleigh; fringe imaging; double-edge; A2D; Aeolus; Science; Q; Greenland; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10122056; https://doaj.org/article/f770d33aa65b4422acdb97a133d1ec19

The Aeolus satellite mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) has brought the first wind LiDAR to space to satisfy the long-existing need for global wind profile observations. Until the successful launch on 22 August 2018, pre-launch campaign activities supported the validation of the measurement...