Benefits of Ocean Observing Catalog (BOOC)
Description
The genesis, path, and intensity of Atlantic Ocean hurricanes are linked to atmospheric and ocean conditions. During the last 20 years, the improvements of hurricane intensity forecasts, and in particular of rapid intensification, have lagged behind those of hurricane track forecasts.
In general, when the appropriate atmospheric conditions (e.g. low wind shear or change of wind velocity with height) are present, hurricanes have the potential to intensify when a ocean conditions are optimal to provide heat energy.
NOAA currently operates underwater gliders in the Caribbean Sea, in the tropical Atlantic off Puerto Rico, and off the Bahamas. These gliders provide 15,000 real-time temperature and salinity profiles during each hurricane season that are assimilated into NOAA operational forecast models
URL
https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hurricane-glider-project/
Start Year
2000
End Year
2024
Published Year
2023
Ongoing
1
Ocean
Atlantic
Case Product Name
NOAA Atlantic Ocean Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory Glider Data
Product Type
Data
Product Format
Data Service
Product URI
https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/goos/gliders/data.php
Publisher
National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, Atlantic Ocean Meteorological Laboratory
Publisher City
Washington DC
Publisher Country
United States
Publisher State
District of Columbia
Publisher/Distributor URL
https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/goos/gliders/data.php
Data Source
Glider Observations
Primary Use
Research, Weather/Climate, Operations
User Type
Government Professional, Industry Professional, Academic
Data Type
Physical, Geospatial
OOS Variable
Subsurface salinity
Observation Type
Physics
Economic Sectors Benefitting
Information and Construction
Industries Benefitting
Data processing, hosting, and related activities
Benefits Documented by Use?
No
Benefits Quantified?
No
Monetary Value of Benefits
No
Recommended Citation
Lumpkin, Rick
(2022)
"Hurricane Underwater Gliders for Atlantic Hurricane Forecast Improvement,"
Benefits of Ocean Observing Catalog (BOOC): Vol. 2:
Iss.
1, Article 64.
Available at:
https://cbe.miis.edu/booc/vol2/iss1/64
Document Type
Article
Included in
Economics Commons, Marine Biology Commons, Oceanography Commons