Category Archives: PacIOOS Updates

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Monitoring Sediment Run-off in Palau

Posted January 11, 2020

As part of the PacIOOS Water Quality Sensor Partnership Program (WQSPP), a nearshore sensor was installed in December at Ngaremlengui dock on the island of Babeldoab, Republic of Palau....

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Governing Council Meeting 2019

Posted November 28, 2019

Members of the PacIOOS Governing Council came together this month in Honolulu for their annual meeting. After learning about PacIOOS’ programmatic updates on the first day, meeting participants engaged...

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New Weather Station at Honolulu Harbor Entrance

Posted November 23, 2019

In 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...

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Hawaiian Koʻa (Coral) Card

Posted September 28, 2019

The 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...

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Marshall Islands Conservation Society New PacIOOS Partner

Posted September 23, 2019

The Marshall Islands Conservation Society is our newest Marshall Islands MOA partner. The Society is dedicated to building awareness, support and capacity for sustainable use of resources, conservation and...

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Decadal Ocean Observing Conference Held in Honolulu

Posted September 23, 2019

In September, the international, decadal conference OceanObs’19 was held for the first time ever in the United States. Approximately 1,500 attendees came to Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, to learn, share, and...

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Palau Conservation Society New PacIOOS Partner

Posted June 28, 2019

The Palau Conservation Society is our newest Palau MOA partner. The Palau Conservation Society’s mission is to work with the community to preserve the nation’s unique natural environment and...

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Natural Variability in Water Clarity at Kewalo Basin

Posted June 28, 2019

The Friends of Kewalos were awarded one of PacIOOS’ nearshore sensors as part of the Water Quality Sensor Partnership Program to monitor water quality during the Kewalo Basin Pier...

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Monitoring Sedimentation in Dausokele Estuary, Pohnpei, FSM

Posted June 25, 2019

The Conservation Society of Pohnpei (CSP) was supplied with a PacIOOS nearshore sensor to support and inform an ongoing watershed monitoring project in Pohnpei in the Federated States of...

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Ebiil Society New PacIOOS Partner

Posted June 20, 2019

The Ebiil Society is our newest Palau MOA partner. The Ebiil Society’s main goal is the education of environmental protection and proper management of natural resources through indigenous knowledge....

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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.