ADM-Aeolus

Aeolus mission ground segment


SvalSat station, Svalbard
 
SvalSat station, Svalbard
 
 
The purpose of the ground segment is to monitor and control the satellite and receive and process the science data.

The Level 1 wind profile data will be available at the Science Data Processing Centre within 3 hours of observation.

Weather prediction centres will then assimilate these wind data into numerical prediction models and the key output will improve weather forecasting. Other Level 2 data products will be generated by atmospheric science centres.
 
Data from Aeolus are downlinked every orbit to the SvalSat receiving station in Svalbard, Norway.
 
 
  
Last update: 23 January 2012