https://vimeo.com/1031266377/1b16c2d035?share=copy About the Programs: GLOBE, the Global Learning and Observations to benefit the Environment Program, is a worldwide program that brings together students, teachers, scientists and citizens to promote science and learning about the environment. Through a hands-on approach to inquiry, participants are encouraged to engage...
How do you study a hurricane? Meet the fancy tech behind the science, By Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today (November 17, 2024) A growing array of tools to measure conditions inside one of nature's most fearsome storms saw quite a workout in the 11 hurricanes,...
Hurricane Milton Has Reshaped Storm Science Even Before Making Landfall, By Lauren Rosenthal and Eric Roston, Bloomberg (October 9, 2024) To predict “explosive” storms, hurricane scientists need an ocean of data to feed into newer models. ...
Hurricane Helene: Breaking records in hurricane data collection, Climate.gov (October 1, 2024) As Hurricane Helene developed in the Gulf of Mexico, NOAA researchers gathered critical data from the sea and sky to better understand tropical cyclones and support the National Hurricane Center forecasters. This real time...
Meteorologists Tracking Hurricane Helene Have Gone High-Tech, by Eric Niiler, The Wall Street Journal (September 25, 2024) Hurricane-hunting aircraft have been flying into powerful storms for decades, but high-tech drones are doing things that humans can’t. ...
Technical Program, Demonstrations and Training Schedule Announced for UAS Geoscience™ 2024, Fox40 (September 12, 2024) Conference dedicated to autonomous mapping of earth’s surface and subsurface. Keynote Presentation by Jack Elston, CEO, Black Swift Technologies. ...
CU grad and entrepreneur gets job with Hurricane Hunters, 9News (September 12, 2024) When CU Boulder engineering graduate Jack Elston started his small business in 2011, he had no idea that it would eventually place him in the passenger seat of an NOAA Hurricane Hunter aircraft. But that's exactly...
The hurricane hunters who fly into tropical cyclones now have a new tool to help measure those storms. 9News (September 10, 2024) ...
New Hurricane Drone breaks Records during Ernesto Flights, Fox Weather (September 4, 2024) The Black Swift drone broke records this year when it was deployed into Hurricane Ernesto. Scientists explain what the technology means for the future of hurricane forecasting. ...
M&R Environmental Solutions - From Afghanistan to AI-Powered Drone Threat Detection, By Dawn Zoldi for AUSVI (August 20, 2024) CEO Alex Momand of M&R Environmental Solutions, pointed to Boulder, Colorado-based Black Swift Technologies (BST) a specialized engineering firm best known for developing drones designed for beyond-visual-line-of-sight...