Saildrone’s Post

Saildrone and NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration’s 4th annual hurricane mission was the most eventful yet, with 12 Saildrone Explorers making 16 hurricane intercepts, starting with Hurricane Beryl and ending with Hurricane Rafael. This real-time data has been integrated into the National Hurricane Center and National Weather Service's forecasting models and advisories and will be used for continuing research. “In a lot of ways, this was the most successful hurricane mission that we’ve ever had,” said Greg Foltz, an oceanographer at NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML). Read the full story: (https://lnkd.in/ggKQhs2w)