Fig. 5: Spaceborne SAR TC research enters a golden era with the increasing SAR satellites.
From: Potential tropical cyclone movement and intensification factors imaged by spaceborne SAR

a SAR satellite brief history, (b) SAR imaging modes of RCM satellites, and (c) possible TC structures imaged by SAR, including asymmetrical mean flow, boundary layer rolls, subscale vortex, rain bands, and vortex Rossby waves can be investigated by SAR as shown in an artist’s schematic.