Measurement Error and Correlation Impact on the Atmospheric Dynamics Mission

The MERCI proposal was submitted to ESA/ESTEC by the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), following ESA′s Statement of Work (SoW) FS/0304/PI/pi, version 1.1, titled: ″The Impact of Measurement Errors and their Correlation on the Atmospheric Dynamics Mission (ADM-Aeolus)″, associated with RfQ 3-9992/01/NL/MM. A team consisting of KNMI, DNMI, LMD, MISU, and SMHI has been assembled, supported by experts from Météo-France (MF) and by Michael Vaughan. This Task 2 report describes the contributions of KNMI and MISU.