Monthly Archives: June 2015

Kwajalein Wave Run-Up Forecast

Posted June 30, 2015

Voyager now includes a new wave run-up forecast for Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). Developed by Martin Guiles, Doug Luther, and Mark Merrifield of...

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Digital Elevation Models (DEMs)

Posted June 18, 2015

Voyager screenshot of USGS DEM for Tutuila, American Samoa with black 100-m elevation contour: Voyager now provides access to numerous land surface digital elevation models (DEMs), which can be...

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Kwajalein Wave Run-Up Forecast

Posted June 13, 2015

Due to the successful development and implementation of the wave run-up forecast for Majuro, Marshall Islands, PacIOOS also developed a forecast for Kwajalein Atoll. The new PacIOOS wave run-up...

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HFR Surface Currents: Hilo Bay

Posted June 10, 2015

PacIOOS recently deployed new high-frequency radio (HFR) antenna arrays to estimate surface currents in and around Hilo Bay on the windward (Eastern) coast of Hawaiʻi Island (Big Island), extending...

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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.