To better understand the world’s largest storms, submersibles known as “gliders” are being deployed underneath hurricanes to monitor and collect data that help create more accurate forecasts.
The gliders are torpedo-shaped watercraft developed by the University of Georgia’s Skidaway Institute of Oceanography.
According to UGA associate professor Catherine Edwards, the gliders move underwater by changing their buoyancy and center of gravity, allowing them to move both in a zig-zag path and up and down. As they move, they can collect data about the temperature and salinity of the water.
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