Category Archives: Latest News
Virtual Executive Committee Meeting
Posted April 17, 2020Members of the PacIOOS Governing Council Executive Committee met remotely for their annual meeting via video conferencing due to the ongoing global pandemic. In an abbreviated format, members learned...
Making Biological Data Widely Accessible
Posted March 28, 2020In order to make biological data sets widely accessible from global platforms, such as the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), data need to be aligned to a framework called...
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...
Building Regional Capacity in Ocean Observing: Pohnpei Workshop
Posted January 28, 2020PacIOOS held a regional capacity building workshop in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, with participation from the states of Chuuk, Kosrae, and Pohnpei. The following workshop objectives were covered...
New PacIOOS Oceanographic Technician
Posted January 20, 2020PacIOOS is excited to announce its latest addition: Andreia Monteiro Queima recently joined the team of staff as the Oceanographic Technician. Her primary role is to support the wave...
Monitoring Sediment Run-off in Palau
Posted January 11, 2020As 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....
Governing Council Meeting 2019
Posted November 28, 2019Members 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...
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...
Decadal Ocean Observing Conference Held in Honolulu
Posted September 23, 2019In 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...
