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On Second Thought For Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019

On Second Thought
On Second Thought
Episode • Aug 20, 2019 • 48m
UGA is using underwater gliders, a kind of autonomous robot, to collect data to help better predict hurricanes. Previous models based on satellite data could easily see water temperature at the surface, but glider data now adds important measures from below the surface that can impact the strength of hurricanes. On Second Thought talks to Catherine Edwards, assistant professor at UGA’s Skidaway Institute of Oceanography.