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These areas are significantly impacted by deep convection associated with strong surface winds and heavy rainfall. In particular, the collocation of Sentinel-1 and SMAP images enables the observation of the movement of surface wind gusts corresponding to that of deep convective clouds. The convective wind intensity estimated from Sentinel-1 and SMAP data varies from 10 to 25 m\/s. Additionally, we present an agreement in the observation of deep convective clouds, dynamics, and strong surface winds by different satellite sensors, including Meteosat geostationary (GEO), Aeolus Lidar, and Sentinel-1 SAR, respectively. We also evaluate the estimated convective wind gusts by comparison with the in situ measurements of the weather stations installed in the Gulf of Mexico, where deep convection occurs regularly. The result shows an agreement between the two wind sources estimated and measured. Likewise, the peaks of the measured wind gusts correspond to the occurrence of deep convective clouds observed by the GOES-16 GEO satellite.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs16081400","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,16]],"date-time":"2024-04-16T08:41:06Z","timestamp":1713256866000},"page":"1400","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Advancement of Sea Surface Convective Wind Gust Observation by Different Satellite Sensors and Assessment with In Situ Measurements"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Tran Vu","family":"La","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), 4362 Belvaux, Luxembourg"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Christophe","family":"Messager","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CNRM, Universit\u00e9 de Toulouse, M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France, CNRS, 31057 Toulouse, France"},{"name":"Centre Marine et Offshore, M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France, 29200 Brest, France"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Kastman, S.J., Market, S.P., Fox, I.N., Foscato, A.L., and Lupo, R.A. 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