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ALAMO float operating subsurface.

ALAMO float operating subsurface.
ALAMO float operating subsurface.
ALAMO float operating subsurface.
ALAMO float operating subsurface.
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(25°42′38″N, 80°3′37″W)
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ALAMO float operating subsurface.
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08/19/2016
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Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 53, No. 1, pg. 16:
Aboard a U.S. Air Force Hurricane Hunter airplane at 5,000 feet, WHOI scientist Steve Jayne (right) and Chief Master Sgt. Mike McDonald load
an ALAMO (Air-Launched Autonomous Micro Observer) float into a launch tube. The float (below) is parachuted into the ocean in front of hurricanes
and then collects data on what is happening in the ocean as hurricanes pass.
Image Of the Day caption:
Hurricane season in the North Atlantic begins on June 1, which means scientists are once again preparing for any opportunity to study large storms. One of the key drivers of hurricanes over the ocean is heat pulled from surface waters, but information about how much energy is available is difficult to obtain because of the danger of working so near a storm. ALAMO (Air Launched Autonomous Micro Observer) floats are deployed from a Hurricane Hunter aircraft and designed to spend months gathering data in front of and behind a storm from the surface to a depth of 1000 meters (3,300 feet).
Photo by Robert Todd
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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