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 Log In
