Deploying UUV gliders in GoM

STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. - The Naval Oceanographic Office deployed two deep-water gliders, and the University of Southern Mississippi deployed one shallow-water glider, in the Gulf of Mexico on Sept. 14 to provide real-time data in support of ocean content models that aid in hurricane intensity forecasting. The deeper the warm water, the more a storm can extract energy from the ocean, explained NAVOCEANO chief scientist Carl Szczechowski. Gliders are autonomous underwater vehicles used to measure temperature, conductivity, optical beam attenuation and pressure. Civilian pilots command and control gliders 24/7 at Stennis Space Center. (Source: National Oceanographic Office 09/19/16)