Project members

Name	Institution	Link
Markus Rapp (PI)	LMU-MIM	Homepage
Martin Weissmann	LMU-MIM	Homepage
Alexander Geiß	LMU-MIM
Anne Martin	LMU-MIM
Volker Freudenthaler	LMU-MIM	Homepage
Ulla Wandinger	TROPOS	Homepage
Holger Baars	TROPOS	Homepage
Albert Ansmann	TROPOS	Homepage
Joahnnes Bühl	TROPOS	Homepage
Ronny Engelmann	TROPOS	Homepage
Volker Lehmann	DWD
Alexander Cress	DWD
Associated
Oliver Reitebuch	DLR	Homepage

Project goals

Validation and calibration of Aeolus products

L1B
L2A - Aerosol product: particle backscatter coefficient, particle extinction coefficient and lidar ratio
L2B - Wind product: horizontal line of sight (HLOS) measurements, scene classification (clouds, aerosol, clear atmosphere) for improving wind observations

Determination of systematic and random errors as well as estimating representativeness errors of the L2B and L2A product using weather models and independent observations of:

Radiosondes
Wind and aerosol lidar
Radar-windprofiler
Sun photometer