Coupled nature of hurricane wind and wave properties derived from simultaneous measurements in hurricane hunter missions

The close connection between wind and wave properties has been the foundation of ocean remote sensing using microwave frequencies. This wind-wave connection is employed either explicitly or implicitly in the scatterometer wind measurement: the touted capability of “all-weather” and “day-and-night” operation of microwave wind sensing means that the sensor sees through clouds and atmosphere, thus obvious it does measure the motion of air mass or clouds to deduce wind speed.