Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System

The Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) is a nonprofit association and one of eleven such associations in the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System, funded in part by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).[1][2]

The PacIOOS area covers eight time zones,[2] and 2300 individual islands associated with the U.S.[3] Observation priorities are public safety, direct economic value, and environmental preservation.[2] Among ocean characteristics reported are:[1]

  • Currents forecast
  • Shoreline impacts such as high sea level
  • Buoy water characteristics including salinity, turbidity, and temperature

The PacIOOS website is hosted by the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and provides interactive graphs and map viewers.[4]

References
  1. "Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System". Retrieved 2016-10-28. PacIOOS...provid[es]...coastal and ocean information, tools, and services
  2. Siamak Khorram; Cynthia F. van der Wiele; Frank H. Koch; Stacy A. C. Nelson; Matthew D. Potts (2016-01-04). Principles of Applied Remote Sensing. Springer. p. 224. ISBN 978-3-319-22560-9. Retrieved 2016-10-28. PacIOOS reports to the public...while still...inform[ing] research and science at the global scale.
  3. "Pacific Islands - PacIOOS - The U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)". Retrieved 2016-10-28. [PacIOOS] covers the U.S. Pacific (Hawai‘i, Guam, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands), the Pacific nations in Free Association with the U.S. (Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of Palau), and the U.S. Pacific Remote Island Areas (Howland, Baker, Johnston, Jarvis, Kingman, Palmyra, Midway, Wake).
  4. University of Hawaii at Manoa. "Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System launches new website". phys.org. Retrieved 2016-10-28. ...coastal, oceanic and atmospheric forecasts are...available for different parts of the U.S. Pacific Islands region, including forecasts of...wave inundation, harbor surge, water temperature and wind speed.
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