CHAOS: Coordinated Hurricane Atmosphere - Ocean Sampling

CHAOS is a component of the 2023 NOAA Hurricane Field Program focusing on the the coordination of diverse new observing platforms (i.e., autonomous, uncrewed, expendable) and conventional ones (e.g., aircraft) to support: Sustained monitoring of key ocean features of the Gulf of Mexico, tropical Atlantic, and/or the Caribbean Sea, and targeted observing of the air-sea transition zone to improve the understanding of air-sea interactions for improved prediction of TC intensification. UVI will partner with Rutgers University to deploy UVI gliders in the NE Caribbean during the 2023 hurricane season, collecting upper ocean data and delivering it immediately into the ocean models used to forecast tropical cyclones.