https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201817604007
ESA’s spaceborne lidar mission ADM-Aeolus; project status and preparations for launch
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European Space Agency (ESA/ESTEC), PO Box 299, 2200 AG Noordwijk, Netherlands
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European Space Agency (ESA/ESRIN), Casella Postale 64, 00044 Frascati (Roma), Italy
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Airbus Defense and Space, 5 rue des Satellites, 31030 Toulouse, France
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Airbus Defense Defense and Space, Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage, SG1 2AS, United Kingdom
* Email: anne.straume@esa.int
Published online: 13 April 2018
ESA’s Doppler Wind lidar mission, the Atmospheric Dynamics Mission (ADM-Aeolus, hereafter abbreviated to Aeolus), was chosen as an Earth Explorer Core mission within the Living Planet Programme in 1999. It shall demonstrate the potential of space-based Doppler Wind lidars for operational measurements of wind profiles and their use in Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) and climate research. Spin-off products are profiles of cloud and aerosol optical properties. Aeolus carries the novel Doppler Wind lidar instrument ALADIN. The mission prime is Airbus Defence & Space UK (ADS-UK), and the instrument prime is Airbus Defence & Space France (ADS-F).
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