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Annual Ecosystems & Fisheries-Oceanography Coordinated Investigations (EcoFOCI) Survey in the Bering Sea encounters sea ice (right images) for the... more
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On a windy day in October 2013, a small team of engineers and boatbuilders watched the first wind-powered ocean drone disappear over the... more
To improve future tropical cyclone forecasts, researchers sent a remotely operated saildrone into the extreme winds and towering waves... more
Feature Publication
A recent study published in Frontiers in Marine Science identified navigational challenges and opportunities for Arctic study using saildrones. Researchers from NOAA and other affiliates were among those carrying out the mission, where they took five saildrones to the US Arctic to test their remote navigation... more