Altius drone model with at NOAA’s Aircraft Operations Center in Florida NOAA/AOC
A growing fleet of seafaring and aerial drones stand ready to take the plunge into the heart of some of the most powerful storms on Earth during this year鈥檚 Atlantic hurricane season. The up-close measurements they make will help deliver more accurate hurricane warnings.
鈥淲e’re intentionally sailing an object into one of the most inhospitable and dangerous environments on Earth 鈥 the middle of a major Atlantic hurricane,鈥 says at Saildrone, a US company that has designed drones to capture sea surface measurements while surviving…
