How a sailing drone became an oceanographic tool to explore the US Arctic

Heather M. Tabisola1, Calvin Mordy1, Jessica N Cross2, Christian Meinig2, Chidong Zhang3, Carey Kuhn4, Alex De Robertis5, Edward D Cokelet6, Noah Lawrence-Slavas2, Chelle L Gentemann7 and Richard Jenkins8, (1)Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, Seattle, WA, United States, (2)NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA, United States, (3)NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, United States, (4)NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Marine Mammal Laboratory, Seattle, WA, United States, (5)NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Midwater Assessment and Conservation Engineering, Seattle, WA, United States, (6)Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA, United States, (7)Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA, United States, (8)Saildrone Inc, Alameda, CA, United States