SOCIB glider monitoring under extremely rough met-ocean conditions
SOCIB glider is encountering extremely rough atmosphere-ocean conditions, with winds reaching force 8 Beaufort and waves with significant heights over 6 meter, in the final part of the Jerico TNA Balearic-Sardinia mission. These data are very difficult to obtain in theses sea conditions and this is why autonomous platforms are shown to be essential to monitor atmosphere-ocean exchanges under extreme events, to improve our understanding and the predictive capabilities for weather forecasting, both on the short-term (days) and on the longer term in relation for example to the seasonal variability, both topics of cutting-edge research where atmosphere-ocean exchanges are key, and where new oceanographic technologies such as gliders are one of the most useful tools.
TNA JERICO Balearic-Sardinia Glider transect
