AEOLUS+ PROCESSES

The “Aeolus+Processes” project addresses three major objectives of the Aeolus+Innovation program of ESA:

1. use of Aeolus data for atmospheric process studies,
2. use of Aeolus wind observations in the next generation of atmospheric reanalysis (ERA6), and
3. benefits of Aeolus wind observations for the modelling of the middle atmosphere.

Furthermore, the project investigates multivariate effects of Aeolus wind profiles in the ECMWF data assimilation system. In particular, the effects of Aeolus are compared with the wind-field information derived from the assimilation of COSMIC2 GNSS-RO temperature data.