Category Archives: Latest News
New ocean acidification monitoring station in American Samoa
Posted May 21, 2019NOAA, the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS), and partners have launched a new buoy in Fagatele Bay within the National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa to measure carbon...
Tanapag Wave Buoy Back in the Water
Posted May 15, 2019On May 10th, PacIOOS redeployed its wave buoy outside of Tanapag, Saipan. The yellow buoy is located about 5 miles offshore and provides valuable wave and ocean information. Data...
Citizen Scientists Training Session
Posted May 13, 2019Please join us for two informational and interactive evenings to learn more about rising sea levels, King Tides, and wave run-up. Participants will also find out how to help...
2019 Executive Committee Meeting
Posted April 26, 2019Members of the PacIOOS Executive Committee came together on Oʻahu this month for their annual meeting. The Executive Committee consists of five members from the PacIOOS Governing Council, representing...
New PacIOOS Operations Coordinator
Posted March 29, 2019PacIOOS is excited to welcome Chip Young onboard our team as the PacIOOS Operations Coordinator. This newly established position will be responsible for coordinating and managing day-to-day PacIOOS operations,...
Explore King Tides Photo Submissions
Posted March 26, 2019With the support of dedicated citizen scientists, the Hawaiʻi and Pacific Islands King Tides Project has collected more than 2,600 photos throughout the past years. Led by the University...
Evaluation of a Regional Ocean Observing System
Posted March 18, 2019As part of the publication series OceanObs’19: An Ocean of Opportunity, the article An Innovative Approach to Design and Evaluate a Regional Coastal Ocean Observing System was recently published...
Winter Storm in Hawai‘i
Posted February 26, 2019A strong low pressure system with an exceptionally close approach to the Hawaiian Islands chain, caused record-breaking wave heights on February 10th. The PacIOOS wave buoy off Hanalei, Kauaʻi,...
Remarkable Wave Buoy Recovery 800 Nautical Miles at Sea
Posted January 31, 2019The U.S. Coast Guard recovered a drifting PacIOOS wave buoy 800 nautical miles (NM) offshore from its original location off Tanapag, Saipan, in December 2018. The buoy broke free...
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...
