Near Real Time Applications to retrieve Wind Products for Maritime Situational Awareness

High resolution remote sensing Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data from TerraSAR-X/Tandem-X Sentinel and RADARSAT 2 satellites are used to determine and monitor the sea surface in near real time and all weather and illumination conditions. The radar backscatter of the sea surface is determined by the sea surface roughness caused by the wind field and the sea state. An Automatic Wind Detection Processing System Workflow as implemented in DLR-Neustrelitz (DFD-NBS) is described.