Uncrewed Ocean Gliders and Saildrones Support Hurricane Forecasting and Research

January 11, 2022

Travis Miles (lead author) and Scott Glenn partnered with dozens of other scientist on this paper that provides a broad overview of the ongoing US hurricane glider project and details of a new effort with the Saildrone USV during the 2021 hurricane season. While this article focuses on the US East Coast, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Sea, similar efforts are underway in Korea, the Philippines, Japan, and China, among other countries.

The full article is available at: https://tos.org/oceanography/article/uncrewed-ocean-gliders-and-saildrones-support-hurricane-forecasting-and-research