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A \u201clocal\u201d multi-scale analysis of wind-aligned SAR patterns is introduced to improve the LG-Mod sensitivity to SAR backscattering modulations, occurring locally with various spatial wavelengths. The Marginal Error parameter is redefined, and the adoption of the Directional Accuracy Maximization Criterion (DAMC) allows for the novel Multi-Scale (MS) LG-Mod to automatically select the local processing scale that may be regarded as optimal for pattern enhancement, once a discrete set of scales has been already fixed. Hence, this optimal scale successfully gives evidence to guarantee the best achievable local direction estimation. The assessment of the MS LG-Mod is carried on both simulated SAR images and a Sentinel-1 (S-1) dataset, consisting of 350 Interferometric Wide Swath Ground Range Multi-Look Detected High-Resolution images, which cover the region of the Gulf of Maine. In the latter case, the removal of artifacts and non-wind features from SAR amplitudes is mandatory before directional estimations. In situ wind observations gathered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Data Buoy Center (NOAA NDBC) are exploited for validation. The findings obtained from S-1 data confirm the ones from simulated patterns. 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