NOAA AOML PMEL Hurricane Monitoring 2026 Saildrone 1091

Five Gen6 Saildrone Explorer USVs were launched in the Atlantic Ocean for the duration of the 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season. These USVs were equipped with a 'hurricane wing' designed specifically to withstand hurricane-strength winds and waves. The five objectives of this mission include (1) advancing the CONOPS of steering and operating USVs towards strong low-pressure systems, (2) coordinating with underwater gliders, (3) developing CONOPS for coordinating with UAVs, (4) developing CONOPS for using multiple USVs to observe the air-sea interface ahead, inside and behind hurricanes, and (5) provision of real-time data for ingestion to Global Telecommunications System (GTS) and reception by operational data assimilation and forecast systems

Data and resources

  • ERDDAP's version of the OPeNDAP .html web page for this dataset. Specify a subset of the dataset and download the data via OPeNDAP or in many different file…
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  • ERDDAP's Make-A-Graph .html web page for this dataset. Create an image with a map or graph of a subset of the data.
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  • Background information from the source
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  • Background information from the source
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  • Background information from the source
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  • ERDDAP's tabledap service (a flavor of OPeNDAP) for tabular (sequence) data. Add different extensions (e.g., .html, .graph, .das, .dds) to the base URL for…
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  • Background information from the source
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  • An OPeNDAP service for tabular (sequence) data. Add different extensions (e.g., .html, .das, .dds) to the base URL for different purposes.
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  • Background information from the source
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  • Web page to facilitate selecting subsets of the dataset
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Additional information

Temporal extent2026-07-21 – 2026-11-01
Date (creation)2026-11-04
StatusonGoing
Update frequencyasNeeded
Metadata languageen
LicenseThese data were produced by NOAA and are not subject to copyright protection in the United States. NOAA waives any potential copyright and related rights in these data worldwide through the Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication (CC0-1.0).
Source metadataISO 19115 XML
Last updated2026-11-04
Created2026-11-04
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