FloatCast Home Page
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About
The FloatCast software is a tool that aids in the control of autonomous floats used in ocean sampling. This website contains information related to the remote operation of these floats. The primary purpose of the FloatCast software is to determine optimal float commands using forecasting tools. The outputs from each use of the FloatCast software can be displayed on this website. These outputs can include ocean surface flow forecasts, float trajectory forecasts, and optimized float command instruction files. These are grouped below by float deployment.
This work is ongoing. The current FloatCast outputs linked here are placeholders.
Acknowledgments
This work is done in collaboration with Zoltan Szuts, Thomas Curtin, and Trevor Harrison from the University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory, and is supported by ONR grant number N000142112343. For questions, please contact Joseph Tolone: jtolone@umd.edu (University of Maryland, College Park). Joseph Tolone is advised by Derek A. Paley from the University of Maryland, College Park Collective Dynamics and Control Laboratory.
How to Use this Website
FloatCast outputs are grouped according to the deployment(s) listed below. FloatCast "outputs" are the forecast plots, suggested float commands, and other information generated by the FloatCast software. The posted output plots and files for each use of FloatCast may change over the course of a deployment. The most recent float command file(s) for the active deployment are linked below under "Latest Float Commands". These command file(s) are also posted in the active deployment section where some additional plots may be included.
Latest Float Commands
The most recent float command file(s) are linked below. Last updated: 18-Sep-2025 21:13:00 (UTC).
Guam: Arcterx2 Deployment
Active from February 2025 to present. This deployment was off the coast of Guam in the Philippine Sea.