Monthly Archives: January 2019

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Remarkable Wave Buoy Recovery 800 Nautical Miles at Sea

Posted January 31, 2019

The U.S. Coast Guard recovered a drifting PacIOOS wave buoy 800 nautical miles (NM) offshore from its original location off Tanapag, Saipan, in December 2018. The buoy broke free...

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10-Year Reanalysis of Hawaiian Islands Ocean Forecast System

Posted January 27, 2019

Since 2009, PacIOOS has been generating daily forecasts of the ocean state around the main Hawaiian Islands through the Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS). To optimize the forecast, ocean...

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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.