Combination of Geostationary and Polar Satellite Sensors to Monitor Cumulonimbus and Their Winds at the Ocean Surface

Geostationary meteorological satellites (METEOSAT, GOES, Himawari) allow the detection of Convective Systems (CS) to become more accurate. In the meantime, thanks to the Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) onboard the polar-orbit satellites, one may propose the detection of high-resolution surface wind patterns associated with the CS. The detected wind patterns in this study have the shape of a squall line and wind intensity varying from 10-25 m/s. In particular, the wind patterns have close locations and comparable shapes to those of the deep convective clouds observed by the geostationary satellites (METEOSAT).