EGU21-14390
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-14390
EGU General Assembly 2021
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Aeolus aerosol and cloud product

Thomas Flament1, Alain Dabas1, Dimitri Trapon1, Adrien Lacour1, Frithjof Ehlers2, Holger Baars3, and Dorit Huber4
Thomas Flament et al.
  • 1Centre National de Recherche Météorologique, Toulouse, France (flament.thomas@gmail.com)
  • 2ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijck, Netherlands
  • 3TROPOS, Leibniz-Institut für Troposphärenforschung e.V., Leipzig, Germany
  • 4DoRIT, Munich, Germany

The European Satellite has the first space-borne high-spectral resolution UV lidar onboard called ALADIN. Two detection channels, a broadband (Rayleigh channel) and a narrowband (Mie channel), are implemented. Carefully calibrated, this combination offers the possibility to derive independent estimates of the backscatter and extinction coefficients of clouds andaerosols, leading to a direct estimation of the lidar ratio, useful for aerosol classification.

The presentation will show how the official processor of the mission works for the retrieval of optical properties of cloud and aerosol particles, with a focus on the currently available products (called L2A). The potential of the L2A processor will be illustrated by results obtained on data acquired since Aeolus launch and by comparisons to ground based lidars in the frame of Cal/Val activities.

The L2A product will become publicly available during Spring 2021. Thus, this is also an opportunity to introduce a few practical aspects about its usage.

How to cite: Flament, T., Dabas, A., Trapon, D., Lacour, A., Ehlers, F., Baars, H., and Huber, D.: Aeolus aerosol and cloud product, EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-14390, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-14390, 2021.

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