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EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 362, 2026
31st International Laser Radar Conference (ILRC 31) Held Together with the 22nd Coherent Laser Radar Conference (CLRC 22)
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| Article Number | 08013 | |
| Number of page(s) | 4 | |
| Section | Current and Future Space Lidar Missions | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202636208013 | |
| Published online | 09 April 2026 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202636208013
Validation of the MERLIN Data Products by the Airborne Demonstrator CHARM-F
1 Meteorologisches Institut München, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU), Munich, Germany
2 Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) D-82234 Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany Lead Author e-mail address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Published online: 9 April 2026
Abstract
Validation of the MERLIN data products by the airborne demonstrator CHARM-F is regarded a key mission element. Deployment of this instrument on the German HALO or French ATR aircrafts during several scientific campaigns enabled to improve the measurement performance and data reduction capability, enormously. Thus CHARM-F is on the right track to meet the stringent measurement requirements for MERLIN. It is found that the systematic error of CHARM-F can be kept smaller than 3 ppb which is the target performance requirement for MERLIN. Preliminary direct comparisons to WMO certified In-Situ measurements, however, show still an almost constant bias of about 1.5 % which is subject to further investigations.
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