The airborne demonstrator for the direct-detection doppler wind lidar aladin on adm-aeolus. Part II: Simulations and rayleigh receiver radiometric performance

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2516-2530

  Paffrath, Ulrike ^a   Lemmerz, Christian ^a   Reitebuch, Oliver ^a   Witschas, Benjamin ^a   Nikolaus, Ines ^b   Freudenthaler, Volker ^c  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b Physics Solutions   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE DEMONSTRATOR; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS MISSION-AEOLUS; ATMOSPHERIC LASER; BACKSCATTER LIDAR; BACKSCATTER SIGNALS; CIRRUS CLOUDS; DIRECT-DETECTION; DOPPLER WIND LIDAR; ERROR SOURCES; EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY; FIZEAU INTERFEROMETERS; GROUND-BASED INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL ALIGNMENTS; RADIOMETRIC PERFORMANCE; RAYLEIGH; RAYLEIGH SIGNALS; RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; SATELLITE INSTRUMENTS; SATELLITE MISSION; SATELLITE SIGNALS; SATELLITE SYSTEM; WIND LIDAR; WIND MEASUREMENT;

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT DETECTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERICS; BACKSCATTERING; CLOUDS; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER OPTICS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL RADAR; SATELLITES; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SPACE FLIGHT;

SIGNAL DETECTION;

AEROSOL; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CIRRUS; DETECTION METHOD; DOPPLER LIDAR; INTERFEROMETER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITE MISSION; WIND MEASUREMENT;

AEOLUS;

EID: 73049107958     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JTECHA1314.1     Document Type: Article

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