ESA BR-236 ADM-Aeolus: ESA's wind mission

The Atmospheric Dynamics Mission (ADM, later renamed Aeolus) is the first satellite mission to acquire profiles of Earth’s wind on a global scale. These observations are being used to improve weather forecasts and climate models. The Aeolus satellite carries just one large instrument – a Doppler wind lidar that measures the winds sweeping around our planet. Read online