Category Archives: New Tools
New Wave Flooding Tool Provides Future Scenarios for West Maui
Posted August 10, 2022A new interactive mapping tool created by researchers at the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) provides West Maui community members, property owners, businesses, as well as state and...
New Online Tool for West Maui Predicts High Wave Flooding
Posted June 02, 2021West Maui community members, property owners, businesses, as well as state and county officials now have a novel tool at their disposal to predict coastal flooding for the upcoming...
Regional Tsunami Model for Areas in Guam
Posted January 19, 2021With funding support from NOAA’s National Weather Service and in partnership with the Guam Department of Homeland Security, Professor Kwok Fai Cheung, Department of Ocean and Resources Engineering at...
$510K to Assess Future Climate Impacts on Hawai‘i Fisheries
Posted August 24, 2020The PacIOOS Ocean Modeling Group was awarded $510K in grant funding by NOAA’s Climate Program Office to better understand climate impacts on pelagic and coastal fisheries in Hawaiʻi. A...
New Comprehensive Ecosystem Model for Hawai‘i
Posted May 21, 2020The Hawaiian Island Chain is an oasis in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, providing an area of increased nutrients, coral reefs, and other benefits to ocean life. The...
New Wave Forecasts for the Mariana Islands and American Samoa
Posted February 25, 2020With funding support from the Department of the Interior Office of Insular Affairs’ Technical Assistance Program, PacIOOS has developed new wave model grids for two parts of the Pacific...
New Weather Station at Honolulu Harbor Entrance
Posted November 23, 2019In collaboration with the Hawaiʻi Pilots Association (HPA) and the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation Harbors Division, PacIOOS installed a weather station at Pier 1 on the Diamond...
Hawaiian Koʻa (Coral) Card
Posted September 28, 2019The Hawaiian Koʻa (coral) Card was developed by researchers from the Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology’s Coral Reef Ecology Lab to help determine the health and bleaching status of...
New ocean acidification monitoring station in American Samoa
Posted May 21, 2019NOAA, the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS), and partners have launched a new buoy in Fagatele Bay within the National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa to measure carbon...
Explore King Tides Photo Submissions
Posted March 26, 2019With the support of dedicated citizen scientists, the Hawaiʻi and Pacific Islands King Tides Project has collected more than 2,600 photos throughout the past years. Led by the University...
