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 …

It is well known that rain leaves footprints on the sea surface that sometimes become visible
on synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images. Rain cells can easily be detected on SAR images …

Satellite microwave sensors, both active scatterometers and passive radiometers, have
been systematically measuring near-surface ocean winds for nearly 40 years, establishing …

The assessment and validation of the quality of satellite scatterometer vector winds is
challenging under increased subcell wind variability conditions, since reference wind …

In this paper, anomalous spatial gradients are investigated by an image processing method,
known as singularity analysis, which is proposed to complement the current Advanced …

Rain Signatures on C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images acquired over ocean
are common and can dominate the backscattered signal from the ocean surface. In many …

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 …

The Arctic Front (AF) in the Norwegian Sea is an important biologically productive region
which is well-known for its large feeding schools of pelagic fish. A suite of satellite data, a …

Downdrafts of air cooled by evaporating raindrops are an essential component of mesoscale
convective systems (MCSs). Here we use surface wind observations from the Advanced …