Category Archives: PacIOOS Updates
10-Year Reanalysis of Hawaiian Islands Ocean Forecast System
Posted January 27, 2019Since 2009, PacIOOS has been generating daily forecasts of the ocean state around the main Hawaiian Islands through the Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS). To optimize the forecast, ocean...
Data Collection of Nearshore Wave Dynamics Along West Maui Shoreline
Posted November 30, 2018A team of researchers from PacIOOS and the Department of Oceanography at the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), University of Hawaiʻi, deployed an array of...
Governing Council Meeting 2018
Posted November 23, 2018For the annual PacIOOS Governing Council Meeting, members met at the University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa campus in November. The U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Office and the IOOS...
Job Opportunity: PacIOOS Operations Coordinator
Posted October 30, 2018Seize the unique opportunity to join our small but dedicated and innovative team The PacIOOS Operations Coordinator is a new full-time, exciting position responsible for the coordination and management...
New PacIOOS Governing Council Members
Posted October 28, 2018PacIOOS welcomes all newly elected Governing Council members! Eli Cabrera from the Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality in Saipan will serve as the representative for the Commonwealth of...
Super Typhoon Yutu Rages Through Mariana Islands
Posted October 26, 2018With sustained winds of 178 mph, Super Typhoon Yutu is the strongest storm to ever hit a U.S. territory. Tinian in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)...
Follow Me: New Tiger Shark Tracks Available
Posted October 23, 2018PacIOOS now provides tracks from four new tiger sharks that were recently equipped with satellite tags off Kāneʻohe Bay by researchers from the Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB)....
Water Quality Nearshore Sensor in Maunalua Bay Deployed
Posted September 27, 2018Mālama Maunalua and PacIOOS jointly deployed a nearshore sensor off Waiʻalae Beach Park, located towards the west side of Maunalua Bay, Oʻahu. The water quality sensor is part of...
Storm Season in the Pacific
Posted September 20, 2018It has been a turbulent season for the Pacific Islands region. This month, Typhoon Mangkhut approached the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam as a category 2-equivalent with one-minute sustained...
All IOOS Regional Networks Now NOAA-certified
Posted August 29, 2018The U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) along with its eleven regional associations (RAs) reached an important milestone this month: All regional observing systems are now certified by NOAA...
