Scientists use saildrone to peek inside a hurricane
To improve future tropical cyclone forecasts, researchers sent a remotely operated saildrone into the extreme winds and towering waves around...
Gregory R. Foltz (gregory.foltz@noaa.gov), Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, NOAA, Miami, Fla.; Chidong Zhang and Christian Meinig, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, NOAA, Seattle, Wash.; Jun A. Zhang, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, NOAA, Miami, Fla.; also at Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, University of Miami, Fla.; and Dongxiao Zhang, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, NOAA, Seattle, Wash.; also at Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean, and Ecosystem Studies, University of Washington, Seattle
To improve future tropical cyclone forecasts, researchers sent a remotely operated saildrone into the extreme winds and towering waves around...