Validation activities of Aeolus wind products on the southeastern Iberian Peninsula
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Published:2023-07-28
Issue:14
Volume:23
Page:8453-8471
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ISSN:1680-7324
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Container-title:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Atmos. Chem. Phys.
Author:
Abril-Gago JesúsORCID, Ortiz-Amezcua Pablo, Bermejo-Pantaleón Diego, Andújar-Maqueda Juana, Bravo-Aranda Juan AntonioORCID, Granados-Muñoz María JoséORCID, Navas-Guzmán FranciscoORCID, Alados-Arboledas LucasORCID, Foyo-Moreno Inmaculada, Guerrero-Rascado Juan LuisORCID
Abstract
Abstract. In 2018, the European Space Agency launched the first Doppler wind
lidar system into space, providing wind observation profiles from the lower
stratosphere down to the surface in two different channels based on the
scene classification: cloudy or clear. A statistical validation campaign of
Aeolus wind products has been performed with a ground-based Doppler lidar
system and radiosondes at the Aerosol, Clouds and Trace Gases Research Infrastructure (ACTRIS)–Andalusian Global ObseRvatory of the Atmosphere (AGORA) facility in Granada (Spain). The
validation activities with the automatic ground-based lidar system lasted
from July 2019 to the orbit shift of June 2021. Aeolus data from two
different processing baselines (10 and 11) were validated with 30 min
averages of coincident ground-based lidar measurements, using a 100 km
horizontal spatial collocation criterion. This resulted in 109 collocations
and a mean observation distance from the ground-based lidar system of
∼50 km. The comparison did not raise any significant over- or
underestimation of Aeolus horizontal line-of-sight wind speed during that
period for the Rayleigh-clear and Mie-cloudy configurations. However, the
ground-based lidar measurements were limited to the lower 3.5 km of the
atmosphere and, consequently, the obtained results. Multiple analyses were
performed varying the criteria of maximum distance and the average period
for the ground-based lidar measurements in order to confirm the reliability
of the criteria considered. A separate study was performed with Aeolus
products after the orbit shift (baseline 12) with different collocation
criteria (mean observation distance of ∼75 km, to the
station), from July 2021 to May 2022. A set of seven radiosondes were launched
with the aim of increasing their coincidence in space and time with the satellite
overpass (∼30 min before). The radiosondes could provide
full vertical coverage of Aeolus profiles (from the surface up to
∼20 km above sea level), and the comparison did not yield any
significant over- or underestimation of the Rayleigh-clear wind speed, while
the Mie-cloudy wind speed was significantly overestimated. Multiple analyses
were performed in order to test how the spatiotemporal collocation of the
radiosonde affected the results. Radiosondes not ideally collocated were
proven to still be useful for comparison with the Rayleigh-clear
observations but not with the Mie-cloudy observations.
Publisher
Copernicus GmbH
Subject
Atmospheric Science
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