Gregory Foltz (AOML), Chidong Zhang (PMEL), Christian Meinig (formerly PMEL), Gustavo Goni (AOML), Edward Cokelet (PMEL), Eugene Burger (PMEL), Noah Lawrence-Slavas (PMEL), Francis Bringas (AOML), Ben Carlson (PMEL) and Darrin Moore (AGO).
Additionally, the following colleagues at NOAA Cooperative Institutes at the University of Washington and University of Miami provided substantial contributions to the NOAA Hurricane Saildrone Team’s success: Dongxiao Zhang, Andrew Chiodi, Calvin Mordy, Kevin O'Brien, Sage Osborne, Jun Zhang and Joaquin Trinanes.
For pioneering the application of uncrewed surface vehicles (saildrones) to observe hurricanes and tropical storms.
Award Year
2023