Aeolus 3rd Anniversary Conference

28 March - 1 April 2022 | Taormina, Italy

Detailed Agenda

Please find below the agenda of the workshop. Time-slots are indicated in Central European Time (CET)


Sunday, 27 March 2022
16:30Early Registration
18:00-19:00Ice Breaker

Monday, 28 March 2022

Opening
Chairs: T. Parrinello and T. Fehr
09:15-09:30
ESA Welcome
09:30-10:00
History of Aeolus/ADM
Erland Källén (Stockholm University)
10:00-10:30
Aeolus Development Briefing
Anders Elfving (ESA)
10:30-11:00Aeolus: A scientific success due to excellent collaboration
Lars Isaksen (ECMWF)
11:00-11:20Coffee Break

Mission Status #1
Chairs: A. Stoffelen and I. Krisch
11:20-11:40Aeolus: 3 Years in Space. Status and Future Challenges
Tommaso Parrinello (ESA)
11:40-12:00Aladin Laser 3 years in Space
Valeria De Sanctis (Leonardo S.p.a)
12:00-12:20Aeolus Platform & Instrument 3 years in Space
Marc Schillinger (Airbus DS)
12:20-12:40The Aeolus Payload Data Ground Segment: first 3+ years of Near Real Time operations
Massimo Romanazzo (ESA)
12:40-13:00Contributions from the DISC to accomplish the Aeolus mission objectives
Oliver Reitebuch (DLR Institute of Atmospheric Physics)
13:00-14:00Lunch Break

Mission Status #2
Chairs: O. Reitebuch and A. Dabas
14:00-14:20Detection of Laser Shots from the Aeolus Satellite with the Fluorescence Telescopes of the Pierre Auger Observatory
Felix Knapp (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT))
14:20-14:20Aeolus L2A Aerosol Optical Properties Product
Adrien Lacour (CNRM / Meteo France)
14:40-15:00NWP calibration applied to Aeolus Mie channel winds
Gert-Jan Marseille (KNMI)
15:00-15:20

NWP monitoring of L2B product quality at ECMWF
Michael Rennie (ECMWF)
15:20-15:40Additional time for Q&A
15:40-16:00Coffee Break

Synergies with other EOP Mission
Chairs: G.J. van Zadelhoff and R. Koopman
16:00-16:20
AEL-FM and AEL-PRO: ATLID algorithms adapted to Aeolus
David Donovan (Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute)
16:20-16:40
Aerosol typing in view of Aeolus, ground-based lidars, and EarthCARE – potentials and limitations
Athina Avgousta Floutsi (Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research)
16:40-17:00
How Aeolus Cal/Val helps to define validation protocols for space-borne aerosol profiling in the context of the EarthCARE mission
Holger Baars (Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS))
17:00-17:20Additional time for Q&A
19:30-22:00
Dinner

Tuesday, 29 March 2022

Calval and Campaigns #1
Chairs: A. Pina and E. Marinou
09:00-19:15The Joint Aeolus Tropical Atlantic Campaign 2021
Thorsten Fehr (ESA)
09:15-09.30The CPEX-AW Field Campaign Overview and Aeolus Cal/Val
Shuyi Chen (University of Washington)
09:30-09:45DLR Airborne Validation Campaigns for Aeolus
Christian Lemmerz (DLR)
09:45-10:00DAWN Wind Observations and Aeolus Validation During CPEX-AW
Kristopher Bedka (NASA Langley Research Center)
10:00-10:15Wind Observations from Aeolus and the ALADIN Airborne Demonstrator during the Joint Aeolus Tropical Atlantic Campaign
Oliver Lux (German Aerospace Center)
10:15-10:30Aeolus and CPEX-AW Observations of Winds and Dry-Air Intrusion in Tropical Cyclones
Edoardo Mazza (University of Washington)
10:30-10:40Additional time for Q&A
10:40-11:00Coffee Break

Calval and Campaigns #2
Chairs: S. Chen and C. Lemmerz
11:00-11:15First results from ASKOS as part of the JATAC campaign: Validation of Aeolus products and aerosol characterization using ground-based and airborne measurements
Eleni Marinou (NOA)
11:15-11:30Aeolus L2A Cal/Val using eVe lidar dataset from ASKOS/JATAC 2021
Peristera Paschou (National Observatory Of Athens)
11:30-11:45Satellite-based, Ground-based Remote and Airborne In-situ Measurements - Optical Closure and First Climate-Relevant Results  of the JATAC/ASKOS/CAVA-AW campaign
Grisa Mocnik (University Of Nova Gorica)
11:45-12:00The performance of Aeolus L2A products in the vicinity of mineral dust – utilizing several months of continuous lidar observations at Mindelo, Cabo Verde
Holger Baars (Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS))
12:00-12:15Validation of Aeolus winds using Atmospheric River Reconnaissance dropsonde data
Alison Cobb (University of California San Diego)
12:15-12:30Validation experiment for Aeolus Level 2A and 2B products in Japan
Shoken Ishii (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
12:30-12:40Additional time for Q&A
12:40-14:00
Lunch Break 

Calval and Campaigns #3
Chairs: S. Bley and J. von Bismarck
14:00-14;15Assessment of the quality of Aeolus wind profiles over a tropical location (10.04 N; & 76.9 E) using 205 MHz wind profiler radar
Ajil Kottayil (Cochin University of Science and Technology)
14:15-14:30Long-term validation of the Aeolus L2B wind product with the German radar wind profiler network
Alexander Geiss (LMU Munich)
14:30-14:45Validation of Aeolus L2B wind products in the Northern and Southern mid-latitudes using ground-based Doppler remote sensing instruments and radiosondes
Holger Baars (LeibnizInstitute for Tropospheric Research - TROPOS)
14:45-15:00Long-term validation of Aeolus L2B wind product using ground-based Rayleigh Doppler lidars and collocated radio soundings at mid-latitude and tropical sites
Mathieu Ratynski (LATMOS)
15:00-15:15Investigating the performance of AEOLUS L2A products over Europe with EARLINET ground-based lidars
Nikolaos Siomos (National Observatory Of Athens)
15:15-15:30An Overview of NOAA-Coordinated Aeolus Calibration/Validation Measurement Activities
Michael Hardesty (CIRES NOAA/University of Colorado)
15:30-15:40Additional time for Q&A
15:40-16:00
Coffee Break 

NWP #1
Chairs: S. Hagelin and M. Rennie
16:00-16:20Data denial experiment using the global model ICON for a summer period in 2020
Anne Martin (Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich)
16:20-16:40First numerical experiments assessing the impact of Aeolus wind data assimilation on volcanic ash dispersion
Anna Kampouri (NOA)
16:40-17:00Impact of Aeolus-HLOS Winds on Heavy Rainfall Episodes over Indian Region
Suryakanti Dutta (NCMRWF, MOES)
17:00-17:20 A comprehensive assessment of Aeolus wind impact on NOAA global forecast
Hui Liu (CISESS/NOAA)
17:20-17:40The impact of Aeolus wind observations on the predictability of extreme weather events
Lars Isaksen (ECMWF)
17:40-19:00POSTER SESSION

Wednesday, 30 March 2022

Aeolus Community Day

Thursday, 31 March 2022

NWP #2
Chairs: A.G. Straume and A. Cress
9:00-09:20An Update on the Impact of Aeolus HLOS Winds in Numerical Weather Prediction at ECMWF
Michael Rennie (ECMWF) 
09:20-09:40A short history of the assimilation of AEOLUS HLOS winds in the Météo France global NWP model  with the latest results.
Vivien Pourret (Météo France)
09:40-10:00Validation and impact assessment of Aeolus Doppler wind Lidar observations using at the German Weather Service 
Alexander Cress (German  Weather Service (DWD))
10:00-10:20Assessment of quality and impact of Aeolus winds in a global NWP system
Sumit Kumar (NCMRWF)
10:20-10:40UK Met Office NWP impact of Aeolus winds
Gemma Halloran (UK Met Office)
10:40-11:00Coffee Break

Science #1
Chairs: N. Žagar and T. Banyard
11:00-11:20
First insights to the project Lidar measurements to Identify Streamers and analyze Atmospheric waves (Aeolus+Innovation)
Lisa Küchelbacher (DLR)
11:20-11:40Comparison of Aeolus Wind Profiles and Atmospheric Motion Vectors derived from Meteosat
Sebastian Bley (TROPOS)
11:40-12:00Gravity wave induced polar stratospheric clouds observed with the Aeolus satellite 
Vittoria Cito Filomarino (DLR)
12:00-12:20On the Potential Utility of a Novel Archive for the Intercomparison of Winds from Multiple Observing Platforms
Katherine Lukens (NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, UMD/CISESS)
12:20-12:40Assessing the impact of Aeolus wind data assimilation on the numerical simulations of Saharan dust outflows towards the Tropical Atlantic Ocean
Antonis Gkikas (NOA)
12:40-14:00
Lunch Break 

Science #2 
Chairs: A. Gkikas and A. Martin
14:00-14:20
Aeolus wind data assimilation impact on aeolian dust modelling with WRF-CHEM
Jonilda Kushta (The Cyprus Institute)
14:20-14:40Characterization of Aeolus wind measurement errors
Federico Cossu (ICM-CSIC)
14:40-15:00Reprocessed Aeolus L2B Wind Data: Quality of Second Reprocessed Dataset and Preparations for the Third Reprocessing
Saleh Abdalla (ECMWF)
15:00-15:20Merging the clouds retrieved from ALADIN/Aeolus and CALIOP/CALIPSO space-borne lidar observations
Artem Feofilov (Sorbonne University / Ecole Polytechnique / LMD)
15:20-15:40Winds from Aeolus lidar SEA surface reFLECTance (SEA-FLECT) 
Stephen Tjemkes (Verisk Analytics Gmbh)
15:40-16:00
Coffee Break 

Science #3
Chairs: S. Khaykin and S. Garsva
16:00-16:20
Evaluations of Aeolus aerosol products derived using modified ATLID algorithms
Ping Wang (Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute)
16-20:16:40COLOR: CDOM-proxy retrieval from aeOLus ObseRvations
Davide Dionisi (National Research Council)
16:40-17:00Lidar Aerosol Retrieval based on Information from Surface Signal of Aeolus
Lev Labzovskii (KNMI)
17:00-17:20Aeolus Aerosol Assimilation in the DISC (A3D): Status and Preliminary Results
William McLean (ECMWF)
17:20-17:40VirES for Aeolus - Virtual Research Environment (VRE)
Daniel Santillan Pedrosa (EOX IT Services Gmbh)
17:40-19:00POSTER SESSION

Friday, 1 April 2022

Aeolus follow on 
Chairs: D. Wernham and A. Stoffelen
09:00-09:20Status of Aeolus-2 Pre-development Activities
Denny Wernham (ESA)
09:20-09:40EUMETSAT Doppler Wind LIDAR (DWL), an operational follow-on to Aeolus
Rémy Chalex (EUMETSAT)
09:40-10:00The Relevance of Airborne Technology Demonstration for the Success of Aeolus and Aeolus-2
Christian Lemmerz (DLR)
10:00-10:20Impact assessment of Aeolus-2 with the global NOAA OSSE system
Gert-Jan Marseille (KNMI)
10:20-11:00Coffee Break
11:00-13:00
Chairs reporting & Plenary
Moderated by: O. Reitebuch, J. von Bismarck and H. Baars

Mission Status #1 - Monday, 28 March

Summary Mission #2 - Monday, 28 March

Synergies with other EOP Missions - Monday, 28 March

Calval and Campaign #1 - Tuesday, 29 March

Calval and Campaigns #2 - Tuesday, 29 March

CalVal and Campaigns #3 - Tuesday, 29 March

NWP #1 - Tuesday, 29 March
NWP #2 - Thursday 31st March  
Science #1 - Thursday 31st March 

Science #2 - Thursday 31st March 

Science #3 - Thursday 31st March 

Aeolus follow on - Friday 1st April

Final Remarks 
13:00-13:15
Wrap up and conclusions
L. Isaksen and T. Parrinello