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UGA Skidaway Institute gliders improve hurricane predictions
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UGA Skidaway Institute research technician Ben Hefner launches a glider into the ocean.
Savannah, Ga. – The models hurricane forecasters use to predict the paths of storms have become much more accurate in recent years, but not so much the models’ ability to accurately predict a storm’s intensity. Now, underwater gliders, operated by researchers at the University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, are part of a national effort to use marine robots to improve the accuracy of storm forecast models.
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