Yearly Archives: 2014

ALOHA Cabled Observatory (ACO)

Posted December 08, 2014

The University of Hawaiʻi’s ALOHA Cabled Observatory (ACO) is located 100 km (62 mi) north of the island of Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi in the North Pacific Ocean, approximately 1.2 km...

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Latitude/Longitude Formats

Posted November 25, 2014

Locations on the Earth can be expressed as a pair of latitude and longitude coordinates, with latitudes ranging from 0° at the equator out to ±90° at the poles...

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Majuro Wave Run-Up Forecast

Posted November 03, 2014

Voyager now includes a new wave run-up forecast for Majuro Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). Developed by Martin Guiles, Doug Luther, and Mark Merrifield of...

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Sea Level Rise Inundation

Posted October 30, 2014

Voyager now includes computer model simulations of sea level rise for Hawaiʻi (Hawaiʻi Island, Kauaʻi, Lānaʻi, Maui, Molokaʻi, and Oʻahu), Guam, and Saipan (Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands)....

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New Wave Buoy In American Samoa

Posted October 24, 2014

Yesterday, PacIOOS deployed a new wave buoy in American Samoa near Aunuʻu off the eastern coast of Tutuila. Moored in water 262 feet (80 meters) deep, this Datawell Directional...

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Waikīkī Ocean Model

Posted October 22, 2014

Voyager now includes a new high resolution regional ocean model for the Waikīkī region of Oʻahu. This Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS) mesoscale numerical ocean prediction model provides 3-day,...

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Wave Glider “NC2” And Hurricane Ana

Posted October 12, 2014

Track the “NC2” wave glider mission from Liquid Robotics, Inc. in near real-time as it measures wave heights in Hawaiʻi during Hurricane Ana. NOAA’s Central Pacific Hurricane Center (CPHC)...

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Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Wave Model

Posted October 03, 2014

Voyager now includes a new high resolution regional wave model for the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) region, home of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. This WaveWatch III (WW3) 7.5-day...

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Voyager Overlays Organized Into Super-Categories

Posted September 16, 2014

With hundreds of possible overlays now available through PacIOOS Voyager, the long list of 25 map categories along the left-hand menu bar had grown unwieldy (“spaghetti”, one user called...

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Wave Glider “Aʻa” And Hurricane Iselle

Posted August 06, 2014

Track the latest “Aʻa” wave glider mission from Liquid Robotics, Inc. in near real-time as it measures wave heights in Hawaiʻi during Hurricane Iselle. NOAA’s Central Pacific Hurricane Center...

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Did you know?

PacIOOS is the first regional association that was certified as a Regional Information Coordination Entity (RICE) by the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS). Certification provides NOAA and its interagency partners a means to verify that a regional association’s organizational and operational practices, including data management, meet recognized and established standards set by NOAA.