Developments in the assimilation of satellite data in numerical weather prediction (NWP),
from the first experiments in the late 1960s to the present day, are presented in a two‐part …

Strengths and weakness of remotely sensed winds are discussed, along with the current
capabilities for remotely sensing winds and stress. Future missions are briefly mentioned …

The first rotating fan beam scatterometer onboard China-France Oceanography Satellite
(CFOSAT) was successfully launched on October 29, 2018. CFOSAT SCATterometer …

This review paper reports on the state-of-the-art concerning observations of surface winds,
waves, and currents from space and their use for scientific research and subsequent …

Simple Summary Multi-satellite observations to jointly analyze extreme surface wind and
wave properties can now be readily obtained to study tropical cyclone (TC) events …

The China-France Oceanography Satellite (CFOSAT) to be launched in October 2018 will
carry two innovative payloads, ie, the surface wave investigation and monitoring instrument …

Triple collocation is an established technique for retrieving linear calibration coefficients and
observation error variances of a physical quantity observed simultaneously by three different …

Accurate high and extreme sea surface wind observations are essential for the
meteorological, ocean, and climate applications. To properly assess and calibrate the …

In this paper, the synthetic aperture radar (SAR) azimuth cutoff method is thoroughly revised
and a new and general implementation is proposed. The key roles of the pixel spacing, the …

The accuracy and consistency of a quintuple collocation analysis of ocean surface vector
winds from buoys, scatterometers, and NWP forecasts is established. A new solution method …