Category Archives: Latest News
PacIOOS Receives Grant to Enhance Atmospheric and Wave Forecasts in Pacific Island Territories
Posted June 12, 2018The Department of the Interior Office of Insular Affairs’ Technical Assistance Program awarded PacIOOS with nearly $500K in grant funding to help enhance public safety through improved atmospheric and...
New PacIOOS Wave Buoy off Kalaeloa Barbers Point, O‘ahu
Posted May 31, 2018PacIOOS deployed a new wave buoy off Kalaeloa Barbers Point on May 31, 2018. The buoy is located approximately 1.5 miles to the west of Kalaeloa Harbor on Oʻahu’s...
New Ocean Circulation Forecast for Kāneʻohe
Posted May 21, 2018PacIOOS’ Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS) now provides a new high-resolution grid for Kāneʻohe (approximately 100-m resolution) and the surrounding area along Oʻahu’s windward shore (1.5-km resolution). The model...
New Online Archive for PacIOOS Coastal Forecasts
Posted April 25, 2018In addition to the most recent PacIOOS wave run-up, six-day high sea level, and harbor surge forecasts, website users can now also view historical plots of the forecasts. The...
Animal Telemetry Network Workshop
Posted March 21, 2018Workshop Background The U.S. Animal Telemetry Network (ATN) is hosting a series of workshops to: 1) identify regional priorities for telemetry observations of aquatic species, including fishes, turtles, pinnipeds,...
New Pelekane Bay Water Quality Buoy
Posted March 09, 2018PacIOOS deployed a new water quality buoy in Pelekane Bay, on the west side of Hawaiʻi Island. The new buoy collects salinity, temperature, turbidity, dissolved oxygen, and chlorophyll measurements...
Introducing OceanWatch Voyager
Posted January 30, 2018NOAA’s CoastWatch/OceanWatch program funded PacIOOS to develop and tailor a separate instance of our Voyager online interactive map interface to support visualization and user-friendly data access. The OceanWatch Voyager...
Hawai‘i Sea Level Rise Viewer
Posted January 19, 2018PacIOOS developed the Hawaiʻi Sea Level Rise Viewer as a companion to support the State of Hawaiʻi Sea Level Rise Vulnerability and Adaptation Report. The viewer provides easy access...
PacIOOS 5-Year Strategic Framework
Posted January 18, 2018The Governing Council has approved the new PacIOOS 5-year Strategic Framework. The document will provide PacIOOS staff, researchers, existing partners, potential collaborators, and funders with insight into PacIOOS’ desired...
