Documents
Governance
- PacIOOS Operations Guide
- PacIOOS 10-Year Outlook 2022-2032
- PacIOOS Strategic Framework 2023-2027
- PacIOOS Strategic Operational Plan 2013-2018
- PacIOOS Strategic Operational Plan Addendum
- PacIOOS Memorandum of Agreement
- PacIOOS Governing Council Members’ Responsibilities and Expectations
- PacIOOS Governing Council October, 2023 – Meeting Agenda| Meeting Summary
- PacIOOS Governing Council Nov/Dec, 2022 – Meeting Agenda| Meeting Summary
- PacIOOS Governing Council December, 2021 – Meeting Agenda| Meeting Summary
- PacIOOS Governing Council October, 2020 – Meeting Agenda| Meeting Summary
- PacIOOS Governing Council November, 2019 – Meeting Agenda| Meeting Summary
- PacIOOS Governing Council November, 2018 – Meeting Agenda| Meeting Summary
- PacIOOS Governing Council November, 2017 – Meeting Agenda | Meeting Summary
- PacIOOS Governing Council November, 2016 – Meeting Agenda | Meeting Summary
- PacIOOS Governing Council October, 2015 – Meeting Agenda | Meeting Summary
- PacIOOS Governing Council October, 2014 – Meeting Agenda | Meeting Summary
- PacIOOS Governing Council August, 2013 – Meeting Agenda | Meeting Summary
- PacIOOS Governing Council October 16, 2012 – Meeting Agenda | Meeting Summary
- PacIOOS Governing Council February 20, 2012 – Meeting Agenda | Meeting Summary
- PacIOOS Governing Council April 28, 2011 – Meeting Agenda | Meeting Summary
- PacIOOS Governing Council July 29, 2010 – Meeting Agenda | Meeting Summary
Progress Reports to NOAA
- NA21 Progress Report 3 | July 2022 – Dec 2022
- NA21 Progress Report 2 | Jan 2022 – June 2022
- NA21 Progress Report 1 | July 2021 – Dec 2021
- NA16 Progress Report 14 | Dec 2022 – May 2023
- NA16 Progress Report 13 | June 2022 – Nov 2022
- NA16 Progress Report 12 | Dec 2021 – May 2022
- NA16 Progress Report 11 | June 2021 – Nov 2021
- NA16 Progress Report 10 | Dec 2020 – May 2021
- NA16 Progress Report 9 | June 2020 – Nov 2020
- NA16 Progress Report 8 | Dec 2019 – May 2020
- NA16 Progress Report 7 | June 2019 – Nov 2019
- NA16 Progress Report 6 | Dec 2018 – May 2019
- NA16 Progress Report 5 | June 2018 – Nov 2018
- NA16 Progress Report 4 | Dec 2017 – May 2018
- NA16 Progress Report 3 | June 2017 – Nov 2017
- NA16 Progress Report 2 | Dec 2016 – May 2017
- NA16 Progress Report 1 | June 2016 – Nov 2016
- NA11 Final Report
- NA11 Progress Report 11 | June 2016 – Nov 2016
- NA11 Progress Report 10 | Dec 2015 – May 2016
- NA11 Progress Report 9 | June 2015 – Nov 2015
- NA11 Progress Report 8 | Dec 2014 – May 2015
- NA11 Progress Report 7 | June 2014 – Nov 2014
- NA11 Progress Report 6 | Dec 2013 – May 2014
- NA11 Progress Report 5 | June 2013 – Nov 2013
- NA11 Progress Report 4 | Dec 2012 – May 2013
- NA11 Progress Report 3 | June 2012 – Nov 2012
- NA11 Progress Report 2 | Dec 2011 – May 2012
- NA11 Progress Report 1 | June 2011 – Nov 2011
- NA07 Final Report
Proposals
Legislation
Letters of Support
- Association of Pacific Island Legislatures, October 2023
- State of Hawaiʻi, Office of Planning, March 2016
- State of Hawaiʻi, Department of Transportation, February 2016
- Palau, Office of the President, August 2015
- U.S. Ambassador to the Marshall Islands, August 2015
- U.S. Coast Guard, 14th District, August 2015
- Forever Oceans Corporation, August 2015
- National Weather Service, Pacific Region Headquarters, August 2015
- Conservation International, Hawaiʻi, August 2015
- Guam, Office of the Governor, Juli 2015
- Healy Tibbitts Builders, Inc., May 2012
- City and County of Honolulu, February 2010
- Governor of CNMI, September 2010
- Guam, U.S. House Delegate Bordallo, September 2010
- Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. House Delegate Kilili, September 2010
- Governor of Hawaii, September 2010
- State of Hawaii, Office of Planning, January 2010
- State of Hawaii, Office of Planning, October 2009
- PacIOOS Governing Council, September 2010
- Palau, Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment and Tourism
- Port Users Group Guam, September 2010
- U.S. Ambassador to the Marshall Islands, August 2010
- Marshall Islands: College of the Marsall Islands, EPA, Conservation Society, and Marine Resources Authority, September 2010
- Hawaii, U.S. Senator Inouye, September 2010
- U.S. Coast Guard, 14th District, February 2010
- U.S. Coast Guard, 14th District, October 2009
Info Sheets and Brochures
To find outreach materials, including fact sheets, program leaflets, and other educational information, please visit our Education Resources section.
Success Stories
- Joining Forces to Secure a PacIOOS Wave Buoy for Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands
- Forecasting Potential Wave Inundation to Save Lives and Property in the Marshall Islands
- Essential Ocean Information Support U.S. Coast Guard Search and Rescue Operations
- Making the Dream Come True – The 18.6 Mile Channel Swim
- Providing the U.S. Coast Guard with Ocean Data to Save Lives
- National Weather Service Guam Protects Lives During Large North Swell
- University of Guam Sea Grant Uses PacIOOS Data to Assist Local Community
PacIOOS Logo Files
The PacIOOS logo is available in a landscape and stacked format. Logos of different sizes and file types are provided below. If you wish to receive single-color versions or other variations, please contact info@pacioos.org.
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The PacIOOS Voyager logo is also available in a landscape and stacked format. Logos of different sizes and file types are provided below. If you wish to receive single-color versions or other variations, please contact info@pacioos.org.
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Technical Reports
Federal Plans and Reports
- A Strategic Vision for NOAA’s Ecological Forecasting Roadmap: 2015 – 2019, NOAA, 2014
- A Network Gaps Analysis for the National Water Level Observation Network, NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS CO-OPS 0048, September 2014
- Meeting our Nation’s needs for biological and environmental monitoring: Strategic plan and recommendations for a National Telemetry Network (ATN) through U.S. IOOS. U.S., NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS, August 2014
- Toward a U.S. IOOS Underwater Glider Network Plan: Part of a comprehensive subsurface observing system, August 2014
- Strategic Plan for Federal Research and Monitoring of Ocean Acidification, Interagency Working Group on Ocean Acidification, March 2014
- Regulations to Certify and Integrate Regional Information Coordination Entities, U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Final Rule, July 2013
- NOAA Environmental Data Management Framework, March 2013
- U.S. IOOS Summit Report: A New Decade for the Integrated Ocean Observing System, Interagency Ocean Observation Committee, November 2012
- Attaining an Operational Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (BON) Synthesis Report, Interagency Working Group on Ocean Partnerships Ad Hoc Group on Biodiversity, 2010
- Final Recommendations of the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force, July 2010
- Guidance for Implementation of the Integration Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Data Management and Communications (DMAC) Subsystem, U.S. IOOS, March 2010
- Providing Coastal Information in a Changing Climate, NFRA, February 2010
- National Surface Current Plan, IOOS, September 2009
- Changing Oceans, Changing World, Joint Ocean Commission Initiative, April 2009
- A National Operational Wave Observation Plan, IOOS, March 2009
- Modeling and Analysis Workshop Report, Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS), July 2008
- A Network Gaps Analysis for the National Water Level Observation Network, NOAA’s National Ocean Service – CO-OPS, March 2008
- A Coastal Theme for the IGOS Partnership — For the Monitoring of our Environment from Space and from Earth. IOC Information Document No. 1220, UNESCO, 2006
- Charting the Course for Ocean Science in the US for the next Decade, NSTC Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology, January, 2007
- A National Water Quality Monitoring Network for U.S. Coastal Waters and their Tributaries, The Advisory Committee on Water Information, and the National Water Quality Monitoring Council, April 2006
- The First U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Development Plan: A Report of the National Ocean Research Leadership Council and the Interagency Committee on Ocean Science and Resource Management Integration, January 2006
- An Implementation Strategy for the Coastal Module of the Global Ocean Observing System. GOOS Report No. 148, IOC Information Documents Series N°1217, UNESCO, 2005
- Estimating the Economic Benefits of Regional Observing Systems, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, April 2005
- Data Management and Communications Plan for Research and Operational Integrated Ocean Observing Systems: Interoperable Data Discovery, Access, and Archive, DMAC Steering Committee, March 2005
Workshop Documents
CNMI Ocean Observing Workshop, October 26, 2022, Saipan
Pacific Regional Ocean Data Sharing Initiative 2022 Data Gaps Workshop, January, 2022 (Virtual)
Fourth Data Buoy Cooperation Panel (DBCP) Pacific Islands Training Workshop on Ocean Observations and Data Applications (DBCP-PI-4), September 13-16, 2019, Honolulu
PacIOOS Animal Telemetry Network Workshop, April 23-24, 2018, Honolulu
PacIOOS – Guam Sub-regional Stakeholder’s Workshop, July 22, 2010
- PacIOOS Guam Agenda
- Overview of IOOS Program by Zdenka Willis
- Overview of PacIOOS Program by Chris Ostrander
- PacIOOS Data Management by Jim Potemra
- Meeting Summary
PacIOOS – CNMI Sub-regional Stakeholder’s Workshop, July 19, 2010
- PacIOOS CNMI Agenda
- Overview of PacIOOS Program by Chris Ostrander
- PacIOOS Data Management by Jim Potemra
- Meeting Summary
PacIOOS – American Samoa Sub-regional Stakeholder’s Workshop, June 28, 2010
- PacIOOS American Samoa Agenda
- Developing the Observing System for American Samoa by Chris Ostrander
- Samoa Modeling by Chris Ostrander
- Meeting Summary
PacIOOS – Hawaii Sub-regional Stakeholder’s Workshop, June 25, 2010
- PacIOOS Hawai‘i Meeting Agenda
- Final PacIOOS Hawai‘i Attendee List
- Developing The Hawai‘i Ocean Observing System (HiOOS) by Chris Ostrander
- Water Quality Sensing by Eric De Carlo, et al.
- The Soundscape of a Nearshore Reef near an Urban Center by Whitlow W. L. Au, et al.
- Key Aspects of HiOOS by Kim Holland
- Ocean State Measurements by Chris Ostrander
- Ocean State Measurements by Jake Cass
- Coastal Hazards by Mark Merrifield, et al.
- PacIOOS: Physical Modeling by Brian Powell, et al.
- Data Management by James Potemra
- Meeting Summary
PacIOOS Governance Meeting May 21, 2008
- The US Territory of Guam by Jason Biggs
- Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands by John Starmer
- Republic of Palau by David Idip
- Republic of the Marshall Islands by Donald Hess
- Federated States of Micronesia by Simon Ellis
- American Samoa by Ephraim Temple
- IOOS Regional Governance Systems by Chris Ostrander
- A Conceptual Framework for a Pacific Integrated Observing System (PacIOOS) by Ronald C. Baird
- Closing remarks by Chris Ostrander
HiOOS Stakeholder Workshop, May 20, 2008
- Workshop Executive Summary
- HiOOS Stakeholders Workshop Introduction by Brian Taylor
- Water Quality / Biogeochemistry and Nearshore Sensors by Eric De Carlo, et al.
- Coastal Resiliency by Ben Brooks, et al.
- Environmental Acoustics by Whitlow W.L. Au and Marc O. Lammers
- Large Animal Tracking by Kim Holland and John Sibert
- Ocean State and Forecast Component by J. Aucan, et al.
- Data Management within HiOOS by James Potemra
- Breakout Group 1
- Breakout Group 2
- Breakout Group 3
- Breakout Group 4
- Breakout Group 5
- Attendee List
- Master Breakout List
