Category Archives: PacIOOS Updates

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Backyard Buoys in the Pacific Islands

Posted February 16, 2024

Above: Majuro buoy deployment team. Left to right: Harold Tarkwon, Juddson Nelson, Junior Mark, Albers Alik Jr., and Andrew McInnis. Credit: Marshall Islands Conservation Society. In October 2023, members...

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Ocean Discovery League (ODL) Team onboard NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. Left to right: Ami Vice; Brian Kennedy, ODL Chief Scientist; Katie Leeper, ODL Community Engagement Manager. Credit: Kasey Cantwell, NOAA Ocean Exploration (OER).

My First Time at Sea With the Ocean Discovery League Team Aboard NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer

Posted January 24, 2024

Above: Ocean Discovery League (ODL) Team onboard NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. Left to right: Ami Vice; Brian Kennedy, ODL Chief Scientist; Katie Leeper, ODL Community Engagement Manager. Credit: Kasey...

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Marine Island Ecology Course (MIEC) Class of 2023 on the Campus of Yap Catholic High School, Yap, FSM.

Yap Marine Island Ecology Course

Posted July 28, 2023

Above: Marine Island Ecology Course (MIEC) class of 2023 on the campus of Yap Catholic High School, Yap, FSM. Credit: Micronesian Conservation Coalition. The annual Yap Marine Island Ecology...

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Job Opportunity: PacIOOS Data and Product Developer

Posted April 26, 2023

****** The deadline to apply was May 23, 2023. This job posting has closed. ****** Seize the unique opportunity to join our small but dedicated and innovative team The...

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Job Opportunity: PacIOOS Data Management Specialist

Posted February 27, 2023

****** The deadline to apply was March 24, 2023. This job posting has closed. ****** Seize the unique opportunity to join our small but dedicated and innovative team The...

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Job Opportunity: PIRAT Network Graduate Assistant

Posted December 15, 2022

****** The deadline to apply was January 6, 2023. This job posting has closed. ****** Seize the unique opportunity to join our small but dedicated and innovative team The...

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Waimea redeployment.

Job Opportunity: PacIOOS Web Data/Product Developer

Posted October 19, 2022

****** The deadline to apply was November 30, 2022. This job posting has closed. ****** Seize the unique opportunity to join our small but dedicated and innovative team The...

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Screenshot of "West Maui Wave-Driven Flooding With Sea Level Rise" tool.

New Wave Flooding Tool Provides Future Scenarios for West Maui

Posted August 10, 2022

A 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...

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Deployment of New Wave Buoy in Palau

Posted June 14, 2022

A new Waverider buoy was recently deployed in Palau through an international collaboration. The data collected from the buoy—wave height, period and direction; surface current direction and speed; sea...

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Field team casting off at the Ala Wai Harbor. Pictured: Kyle Conner, Zoe Glenn, Olivia Hughes, Ashley Hiʻilani Sanchez, Jessica Bullington, and Solomon Chen. Credit: Brian Glazer.

Improving Predictions of Ala Wai Canal Bacteria

Posted April 11, 2022

Recently published research led by University of Hawaiʻi (UH) at Mānoa scientists highlights the potential for using oceanographic sensors, including those maintained by the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System...

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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.