Quick Update on Aeolus Preparations

Quick Update on Aeolus Preparations

Will McCartyGlobal Modeling and Assimilation

Office, NASA GSFC

Since Last Update…

• Efforts have been stopped since last update• New LIPAS simulator has been obtained from KNMI– Support for Continuous Mode operations

• R. Errico OSSE “control” has been expanded – two seasons– Improved AMVs– Still lacking: N19, MetOp-A, & GPSRO

• Joint OSSE NR Cloud Verification paper in press

Upcoming Studies

• LIPAS upgrade will allow comparison of continuous and burst-mode operations in OSSE environment

• Two seasons will allow a more concrete period of study– Errico control shows different behavior between DJF

(previous) and JJA (new) seasons, with JJA season better matching reality

• Observation impact studies (i.e. Zhu and Gelaro 2008) in addition to OSE/data denial

• L2Bp processing, necessary for NRT assimilation, still under consideration -> package had to be reworked for CM