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Charting a New Course: Saildrone Expands to Europe with Copenhagen Headquarters

Saildrone Denmark will facilitate European operations and support US-allied nations at a critical time for regional maritime security.

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Technology

Measuring Wave Height in the Southern Ocean

Waves play a critical role in the health of the world ocean ecosystem.

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Technology

How Do You Measure Current with Sound?

During the 2019 Antarctic Circumnavigation, Saildrone is taking critical measurements of Earth’s only circumpolar current.

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Company

From Seaplanes to Saildrones: Reviving a Former Naval Air Station

Saildrone HQ is located in a former airplane hangar with a storied past—and once was used to film The Matrix Reloaded.

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Missions

Using Ocean Drones to Track Fur Seals in the Bering Sea

How innovative autonomous technology is helping scientists to solve the mystery of northern fur seals disappearing from the remote Pribilof Islands.

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Science

Studying Carbon Uptake in the Southern Ocean with Unmanned Surface Vehicles

Just how variable is CO2 uptake in the Southern Ocean in winter?

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Missions

Storms Pound the Southern Ocean, SD 1020 Soldiers On

60+ knot gusts and massive breaking waves? That’s just a typical day in the Southern Ocean.

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Missions

Assessing Fish Abundance on the West Coast in 100 Days

The 2018 West Coast Fisheries Survey combined the efforts of a NOAA research vessel and a fleet of saildrones to observe and collect data on fish and marine mammals from anchovy to humpback whales.

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Data

First Saildrone Data Set Available for Public Access on NASA PO.DAAC

The Saildrone Baja Campaign studied upwelling and frontal region dynamics, air-sea interactions, and diurnal warming effects along the US/Mexico coast.

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