CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
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Full Name
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Atmospheric Laser Doppler Instrument
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Status
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No longer operational
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Instrument Agencies
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ESA
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Maturity
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Instrument Type
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Lidars 
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Geometry
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Side-looking
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Instrument Technology
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Doppler lidar
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Sampling
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Sounding
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Data Access
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Open Access
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Data Format
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Measurements and Applications
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Global wind profiles (single line-of-sight) for an improved weather prediction.
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Resolution Summary
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One wind profile every 200 km along track, averaged over 50 km
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Swath Summary
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Along line 285 km parallel to satellite ground track
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Accuracy Summary
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Wind speed error below 2 m/s
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Waveband Summary
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UV: 355 nm
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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