CARICOOS-Virgin Islands

2024 Hurricane Glider Mission in the Caribbean Region Enhances Understanding of Ocean Heatwaves and Storm Intensification

The 2024 Hurricane Glider Mission in the Caribbean region has successfully concluded, providing valuable insights into hurricane research. Autonomous underwater gliders collected oceanographic data, including the thermal structure and salinity profiles of upper ocean layers, which are key factors in understanding tropical cyclone intensification. Nineteen (19) gliders were deployed across the Caribbean Sea and tropical… Read More

Biden-Harris Administration invests $101.5 million for ocean observing systems – Reposted from https://www.noaa.gov/news-features

Funding will support NOAA’s efforts to provide coastal climate resilience services Today, the Department of Commerce and NOAA announced $101.5 million in funding across 12 awards to expand equitable service delivery and support the modernization of the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Regional Associations. U.S. IOOS supports ongoing data collection in U.S. ocean, coastal and Great… Read More

Marine heatwave forecasts – May 28th 2024 – Reposted from Mercator Ocean International

Mercator Ocean International (MOi) oceanographers examine marine heatwaves across the global ocean. They analyse a variety of datasets from observations (satellite sea surface temperature maps) to numerical model analyses (assimilating satellite and in situ observations) and derive marine heatwave forecasts for a 7 day period.[1] Global Ocean Atlantic Ocean North Atlantic – MOi forecasts that… Read More