Marksteiner, Uwe (2013) Airborne wind lidar observations for the validation of the ADM-Aeolus instrument. DLR-Forschungsbericht. DLR-FB--2013-25. Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt. 176 S.
PDF
- Only accessible within DLR
20MB |
Abstract
In order to measure vertical wind profiles globally, the European Space Agency (ESA) implemented the Atmospheric Dynamics Mission Aeolus (ADM-Aeolus), carrying the first wind Lidar worldwide into space. For the validation of the measurement principle and the verification of the calibration and wind measurement strategies of this satellite mission, the DLR operates an airborne prototype of the instrument, the A2D (ALADIN Airborne Demonstrator). In this thesis new methods and algorithms are developed focusing on the evaluation of the ground return signal and the calibration as well as on the application of the zero wind correction and the implementation of quality control schemes. Based on a unique dataset obtained from an airborne campaign in the North Atlantic, statistical comparisons of the first A2D wind speed profiles against measurements of a 2-µm reference Lidar yield random errors of less than 2.5 m/s and 1.5 m/s, respectively, for the Rayleigh and the Mie channel.
Item URL in elib: | https://elib.dlr.de/84701/ | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Document Type: | Monograph (DLR-Forschungsbericht) | ||||||||
Title: | Airborne wind lidar observations for the validation of the ADM-Aeolus instrument | ||||||||
Authors: |
| ||||||||
Date: | October 2013 | ||||||||
Refereed publication: | Yes | ||||||||
Open Access: | No | ||||||||
Number of Pages: | 176 | ||||||||
ISSN: | 1434-8454 | ||||||||
Status: | Published | ||||||||
Keywords: | Lidar, wind, Doppler, direct detection, Mie, Rayleigh, fringe imaging, double edge, Fizeau, Fabry Perot, ADM, Aeolus, A2D, wind speed, atmosphere | ||||||||
Institution: | Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt | ||||||||
Department: | Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre | ||||||||
HGF - Research field: | Aeronautics, Space and Transport | ||||||||
HGF - Program: | Space | ||||||||
HGF - Program Themes: | Earth Observation | ||||||||
DLR - Research area: | Raumfahrt | ||||||||
DLR - Program: | R EO - Earth Observation | ||||||||
DLR - Research theme (Project): | R - Projekt ADM (old) | ||||||||
Location: | Oberpfaffenhofen | ||||||||
Institutes and Institutions: | Institute of Atmospheric Physics > Lidar | ||||||||
Deposited By: | Marksteiner, Dr. Uwe | ||||||||
Deposited On: | 04 Nov 2013 09:27 | ||||||||
Last Modified: | 28 Mar 2023 23:41 |
Repository Staff Only: item control page