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Aeolus preliminary HLOS (horizontal line-of-sight) wind observations for Rayleigh and Mie receivers

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Description

The Level 1B wind product of the Aeolus mission contains the preliminary HLOS (horizontal line-of-sight) wind observations for Rayleigh and Mie receivers, which are generated in Near Real Time. Standard atmospheric correction (Rayleigh channel), receiver response and bias correction is applied. The product is generated within 3 hours after data acquisition.

Details

DATA SET SPECIFICATIONS

Spatial coverage:
90 N, -90 S, -180 W, 180 E
Temporal coverage:
2020-04-20 - present
Date of launch:
2018-08-22
Operators:
ESA
Mission status:
Ongoing
Orbit height:
320 km
Orbit type:
Sun-synchronous
Resolution:
Horizontal resolution at measurement scale: 3 km; Horizontal resolution at observation scale for Rayleigh/Mie: 87/10 km, 250-2000 m vertical resolution
Wavelengths:
UV (0.01 - 0.4 µm)
Product types:
ALD_U_N_1B

PROCESSING LEVEL

Level 1b

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