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 Aeolus mission objectives are to improve numerical weather prediction (NWP) and
enhance the understanding and modeling of atmospheric dynamics on global and regional …

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

Abstract The Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission has provided a unique
remote sensing capability for observing key variables of the hydrological cycle, such as the …

Carrying a laser Doppler instrument, the Aeolus satellite was launched in 2018, becoming
the first mission for atmospheric wind profile measurements from space. Before utilizing the …

The second-generation exploitation of meteorological satellite polar system (EPS-SG) C-
band-wavelength scatterometer instrument (called SCA), planned for launch in 2022, has a …

Ocean surface vector winds (OSVW) play a fundamental role in the Asian Seas through air-
sea interaction; this applies to the modest winds in the trades, the winds associated with the …

Wind speed reconciliation across different wind sources is critically needed for extending
available satellite wind records in Tropical Cyclones. The deviations between wind …

The triple collocation (TC) technique allows the simultaneous calibration of three
independent, collocated data sources, while providing an estimate of their accuracy. In this …

The error characterization of satellite observations is crucial for blending observations from
multiple platforms into a unique dataset and for assimilating them into numerical weather …