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Journey to the center of El Niño: Inside NOAA's Pacific watch team
Wind-powered craft launched from Hawaii are sailing into the heart of a monumental El Niño, part of a NOAA network of buoys, floats and satellites watching the Pacific. This directly helps to improve El Niño forecasting and can help refine the El Niño impacts, including storms, drought and temperatures.
Inside NOAA's Saildrone mission tracking the Super El Niño
A Super El Niño is taking shape in the Pacific Ocean, and scientists are deploying cutting-edge technology to better understand what could lie ahead. Dr. Meghan Cronin, a research oceanographer with NOAA and the lead scientist for the El Niño Saildrone Mission, explains how uncrewed Saildrones are collecting critical data from some of the most remote parts of the Pacific.
Aquatic drones built in Alameda heading to El Niño region ahead of winter forecasts
Saildrone is launching a new fleet of uncrewed surface vehicles from Hawaii to study a developing El Niño event in the equatorial Pacific, tracking ocean-atmosphere exchanges during a four-month, 3,000-mile journey ending in December.
Saildrone and NOAA Return to the Tropical Pacific to Track a Powerful El Niño
Four Saildrone Explorer USVs were deployed to the tropical Pacific, working in conjunction with the Tropical Pacific Observing System to monitor this year’s unusually strong El Niño.
Another ocean drone joins NOAA’s growing fleet
It’s bright yellow, solar-powered and self-propelled. It can stay at sea for months, collecting data with a wide variety of off-the-shelf and NOAA-designed instruments. Meet the SeaTrac.