NOAA Ship deploys 42 Buoys to strengthen ocean observations

Posted on October 6, 2018

NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown returned to its Charleston, SC homeport following a global mission to improve ocean observations vital to U.S. weather and climate predictions. Particularly critical was the launch of buoys in a data-sparse area of the Indian Ocean where a mysterious weather pattern influences U.S. heat waves and flooding. Navigating many seas, (from left) General Vessel Assistant Jacob Dombrowski, Ensign Ryan Musick and Captain Dan Simon successfully deployed 42 buoys

Improving our understanding of this weather pattern is among the topics that NOAA scientists are discussed with Indian scientists on at the Second India-United States Colloquium on Earth Observations and Sciences for Society and Economy, June 11-13. Other topics include advancing tropical cyclone forecasting and understanding harmful algal blooms, which have become a serious threat to valuable Indian Ocean fisheries. NOAA is working with India on this research because there are parallels with how ocean changes in the Pacific may affect important fisheries off the U.S. West Coast

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