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The solar-powered unmanned semi-submersible vehicle, developed by the Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, sailed through the eye of Typhoon Sinlaku on August 1st, 2020 and successfully collected urgently-needed data for typhoon research.
The MWO-3 of 2020 'Haiyan Observation Plan' at Qionghai, China. (Image by LI Jun) This unmanned semi-submersible vehicle, called 'Marine Weather observer-3 (MWO-3)', obtained the ocean and meteorology parameters with temporal resolution of 1 minute during the 'Sinlaku' passing process. The MWO-3 plays a key role in providing data support for typhoon prediction, warning, and related research, when the traditional observations are unavailable and unreachable.
The unmanned semi-submersible vehicle developed by IAP is sailing on the ocean. (Image by LI Jun) This is the first time that scientists have used a solar-powered unmanned semi-submersible to carry out observations in the eye of a typhoon. |
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