Saildrone: A global class Unmanned Surface Sailing Vehicle for air-sea interaction research

Dongxiao Zhang1, Meghan F Cronin2, Adrienne J Sutton2, Christian Meinig2, Richard Jenkins3, Dave Peacock3, Jennifer Keene1, Nathan D Anderson4, Shaun W Bell1, Charles N. Long5 and J. Thomas Farrar6, (1)JISAO/University of Washington and NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA, United States, (2)NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA, United States, (3)Saildrone Inc, Alameda, CA, United States, (4)JISAO/University of Washington and NOAA/PMEL, WA, United States, (5)NOAA ESRL GMD/CIRES, Boulder, CO, United States, (6)WHOI, Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole, MA, United States