Errico Armandillo

TOS-EEO, Opto-electronic Section, European Space Agency, P.O. Box 299 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands

As part of the Earth Observation Programmes, the European Space Agency has been involved in the definition, studies and developments for various types of lidar sensors. At first, a Doppler Wind Lidar, for 3-D tropospheric wind profiling, is due to fly on board the forthcoming Atmospheric Dynamic Mission (ADM), also called Aeolus; next, a Backascattering Lidar, ATLID, for Cloud and Aerosols observations, is proposed to be flown as a joint European-Japanese mission. Last, the Differential absorption lidar (DIAL) is being considered for high resolution/accuracy water vapour atmospheric profiling. The paper will give an overview of related technology developments and applications.