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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- Aeolus
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Full Name
Atmospheric Dynamics Mission (Earth Explorer Core Mission)
Status
Operational (nominal)
Mission Agencies
ESA
Launch Date
22 Aug 2018
Mission Links
mission site
EOL Date
Dec 2023
EO Portal Info
NORAD Catalog #
43600
(
TLE
)
International Designator
2018-066A
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
92.5 minutes
Orbit Sense
Ascending
Orbit Inclination
97.01 deg
Orbit Altitude
320 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
18:00
Repeat Cycle
7 days
Objectives and Applications
Will provide wind profile measurements for global 3D wind field products used for study of atmospheric dynamics, including global transport of energy, water, aerosols, and chemicals.
Mission Measurements
Category
Parameter
Instrument(s)
Atmosphere
Aerosols
ALADIN
Atmospheric Winds
ALADIN
Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature
ALADIN
Cloud particle properties and profile
ALADIN
Mission Instruments
ALADIN - Atmospheric Laser Doppler Instrument
OpenSearch Datasets
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Aeolus L2A Aerosol/Cloud optical product
Aeolus Level 2C assisted wind fields resulting from NWP Numerical Weather Prediction assimilation pr ...
Aeolus preliminary HLOS (horizontal line-of-sight) wind observations for Rayleigh and Mie receivers
Aeolus Scientific L2B Rayleigh/Mie wind product
CPEX-AW ADM-Aeolus Datasets
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