Category Archives: New Tools
New Ocean Circulation Forecast for Kāneʻohe
Posted May 21, 2018PacIOOS’ Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS) now provides a new high-resolution grid for Kāneʻohe (approximately 100-m resolution) and the surrounding area along Oʻahu’s windward shore (1.5-km resolution). The model...
New Online Archive for PacIOOS Coastal Forecasts
Posted April 25, 2018In addition to the most recent PacIOOS wave run-up, six-day high sea level, and harbor surge forecasts, website users can now also view historical plots of the forecasts. The...
Hawai‘i Sea Level Rise Viewer
Posted January 19, 2018PacIOOS developed the Hawaiʻi Sea Level Rise Viewer as a companion to support the State of Hawaiʻi Sea Level Rise Vulnerability and Adaptation Report. The viewer provides easy access...
Updated Turbidity Plume Forecast
Posted October 26, 2017A revised version of the PacIOOS Turbidity Plume Forecast for the Ala Wai Canal, Oʻahu, is now live. The updated visualization features interactive controls to play, replay, and forward...
New Voyager Area Statistics Tool
Posted October 17, 2017Voyager now provides a utility for computing statistics over a user-selected area for gridded datasets, including satellite data, forecasts (weather, surf, tide, ocean), bathymetry, and land elevation. This tool...
Dynamic Plots for Combined Wave Observations and Forecast
Posted February 15, 2017In response to user feedback, PacIOOS is now featuring new dynamic data plots that combine PacIOOS’ wave buoy observations with wave forecast data (see example for Waimea Bay). Spectral...
PacIOOS Water Quality Sensor Partnership Program
Posted October 26, 2016The PacIOOS Water Quality Sensor Partnership Program (WQSPP) supports scientists and natural resource managers to collect water quality data in order to inform research, conservation, planning, and resource management...
Kwajalein Wave Run-Up Forecast
Posted June 13, 2015Due 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...