ESA’s Lidar Missions Aeolus and EarthCARE

Thomas Kanitz; Alessandra Ciapponi; Alessia Mondello; Alessandro D’Ottavi; Ana Baselga Mateo; Anne-Grete Straume; Christoph Voland; Didier Bon; Elena Checa; Emilio Alvarez; Ida Bellucci; Joao Pereira Do Carmo; John Brewster; Jon Marshall; Marc Schillinger; Mark Hannington; Michael Rennie; Oliver Reitebuch; Olivier Lecrenier; Paolo Bravetti; Valentina Sacchieri; Valeria De Sanctis; Alain Lefebvre; Tommaso Parrinello; Denny Wernham

doi:10.1051/epjconf/202023701006

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Volume 237 (2020)

EPJ Web Conf., 237 (2020) 01006

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Issue		EPJ Web Conf. Volume 237, 2020 The 29^th International Laser Radar Conference (ILRC 29)


Article Number		01006
Number of page(s)		4
Section		Space Lidars
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202023701006
Published online		07 July 2020

EPJ Web of Conferences 237, 01006 (2020)
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202023701006

ESA’s Lidar Missions Aeolus and EarthCARE

Thomas Kanitz¹^*, Alessandra Ciapponi¹, Alessia Mondello⁴, Alessandro D’Ottavi⁴, Ana Baselga Mateo¹, Anne-Grete Straume¹, Christoph Voland¹, Didier Bon³, Elena Checa¹, Emilio Alvarez¹, Ida Bellucci⁴, Joao Pereira Do Carmo¹, John Brewster², Jon Marshall², Marc Schillinger³, Mark Hannington², Michael Rennie⁷, Oliver Reitebuch⁶, Olivier Lecrenier³, Paolo Bravetti⁵, Valentina Sacchieri⁴, Valeria De Sanctis⁴, Alain Lefebvre¹, Tommaso Parrinello⁸ and Denny Wernham¹

¹ ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
² ADS, Airbus Defense and Space, Stevenage, United Kingdom
³ ADS, Airbus Defense and Space, Toulouse, France
⁴ Leonardo, Pomezia, Italy
⁵ ADS, Airbus Defense and Space, Rome, Italy
⁶ DLR, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
⁷ ECMWF, Reading, United Kingdom
⁸ ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy

^* Email: thomas.kanitz@esa.int

Published online: 7 July 2020

Abstract

ESAs Earth Explorer Aeolus was launched in August 2018. Aboard the first spaceborne wind lidar ALADIN (Atmospheric LAser Doppler INstrument) was switched on in early September 2018 and demonstrated the capability to provide atmospheric wind profiles globally from particle and molecular backscatter. In doing so, it will contribute to the improvement in numerical weather prediction (NWP) and the understanding of global dynamics. At the same, it is a major step for powerful and frequency stabilized ultraviolet (UV) lasers for space applications. In parallel, ESA and its partners continue the development of this technology by setting up further ground tests based on Aeolus, and preparing the next milestone with ATLID (ATmospheric LIDar) for the Earth Cloud, Aerosol and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) mission. ATLID is currently fully integrated and getting prepared for its on-ground testing.

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