Satellite Derived Winds
Competency Framework
WMO Satellite Skills
Application
Description
The purpose of this tutorial is to give an introduction into the topic wind measurement from satellite.
Content
Knowledge of atmospheric motion is essential for many applications. Information on high-level atmospheric winds is of great importance for forecast models as the current state of the atmosphere has to be specified before the future state can be predicted. Winds in the upper levels can be observed using radiosondes or aircraft measurements, but those observations are limited in time and space. As satellites provide worldwide and continuous data, they are the ideal data source for regular upper atmospheric wind information.