Skip to content

Inside Hurricane Fiona with WindMaster

One of Saildrone’s unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) is collecting critical ocean data from within Hurricane Fiona (Category 4 storm) – see the incredible footage below. This is part of NOAA’s research to understand hurricane development. Gill WindMaster, 3-axis anemometers, are used on Saildrones for 3 dimensional wind speed and direction measurement.

Read the full story here: https://www.saildrone.com/news/heres-what-it-looks-like-inside-hurricane-fiona

RECOMMENDED POSTS

06/05/2025

Gill Instruments recognised with prestigious King’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade.

21/03/2025

Solar farms - WindSonic provides critical wind data to safeguard solar tracking farms.

13/03/2025

DC21 Operations and Gill Instruments join forces to enhance Endurance Wind Turbine performance through innovative sensor technology

07/02/2025

OSIL Fulmar Buoy fitted with MaxiMet GMX501

16/01/2025

WindSonic, market leading 2-axis wind sensors, now easier to integrate into more systems

18/11/2024

Monitoring Wind at the World’s Tallest Building: Gill WindSonic at the Burj Khalifa

06/11/2024

With a host of new products and product improvements, the latest version of the Gill Product Catalogue includes the new ranges.

The Product Catalogue now includes WindUltra, Gill's most compact high accuracy ultrasonic wind sensor. WindUltra is amongst the toughest in the industry with innovative rapid mounting and alignment features.
Read more

30/09/2024

We are very pleased to announce that Gill has officially been awarded ISO45001 certification. This further reinforces our commitment to health, safety and well-being in the workplace.

ISO45001 is an internationally recognised standard that not only accompanies our other ISO accreditations (ISO9001& ISO14001) but also helps us manage our occupational health and safety risks. This reflects our dedication to creating a safe environment for all or our employees.
Thank you to our dedicated teams for their hard work in achieving this milestone.

16/09/2024

The MaxiMet range of compact, integrated weather stations are deployed widely in commercial, scientific and government organisations across land and marine applications.

28/08/2024

Product documentation updates including MaxiMet, WindSonic, WindObserver and Research datasheets and manuals.