We are gratefully looking back at a very productive and successful year 2015, and would like to thank all of you for your continued support and partnership. We were fortunate to meet with many of you in person, learning about needs, opportunities, and challenges throughout the region. Your thoughtful input and feedback is essential to help guide our operations and priorities, allowing us to provide accurate ocean observations that are relevant to Pacific Islanders. We truly appreciate your dedication and commitment to support our efforts, and we look forward to continuing our dialog, collaboration and partnership with you in 2016. We wish you a wonderful Holiday Season and a Happy New Year!
Please enjoy a few snapshots from our past year!
Clockwise starting in the upper left:
PacIOOS participates at various community events, including the Mauka to Makai event at the Waikīkī Aquarium;
NOAA National Ocean Service leadership joins the shark tagging team in the field;
PacIOOS celebrates its RICE (Regional Information Coordination Entity) certification;
Our partner, the National Park of American Samoa, helps to retrieve the Aunu'u wave buoy (Photo Credit NPS);
The U.S. Coast Guard team in Guam assists to redeploy the Ritidian wave buoy;
PacIOOS water quality buoy and nearshore sensor maintenance continues throughout the year in all parts of our region;
Staff of NOAA's National Weather Service in the Marshall Islands tours the PacIOOS Executive Committee through its facility and shows how PacIOOS data and forecasts are utilized;
The PacIOOS Governing Council holds its annual meeting in Honolulu.
Aloha,
Your PacIOOS Team
Based within the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, PacIOOS is the Pacific Islands regional component of the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS®). PacIOOS is a partnership of data providers and users working together to enhance ocean observations and develop, disseminate, evaluate, and apply ocean data and information products designed to address the environmental, economic, and public safety needs of stakeholders who call the Pacific Islands home. For more information on PacIOOS, please visit www.pacioos.org.
