03 August 2016
Aladin gets ready for Aeolus
... for determining the position and evolution of jet streams and atmospheric fronts,” explained Källén. Aladin: the first wind lidar in space. Image: ESA/ATG medialab Aeolus has had to overcome a number of technical problems and challenges to get...
October 2015
Copernicus, ESA’s most ambitious Earth Observation programme
... orbit at 408 km and employ a highly sophisticated Doppler wind lidar with a large telescope that collects light backscattered from gas...three-dimensional information on humidity, temperature, and wind to support Nowcasting. The series will comprise ...
