PacIOOS successfully swapped the mooring of the Waimea wave buoy and replaced the Ipan wave buoy, off Guam's east coast. Regular maintenance is necessary to ensure continuous operation and data streaming. PacIOOS maintains a network of 13 wave buoys throughout the Pacific, serving real-time data on wave height, direction, period and sea surface temperature. 

 

Data are managed by the Coastal Data Information Program (CDIP) at Scripps Instiution of Oceanography. Long-term partnerships betwenn PacIOOS, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and CDIP enable data streaming into the PacIOOS website and PacIOOS Voyager.

The U.S. IOOS Advisory Committee met in Washington, D.C. at the end of last month. The Committee explored potential engagement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Hydrographic Services Review Panel (HSRP), as well as how to leverage public-private partnerships for U.S. IOOS. Members discussed priority areas for the recommendations to the NOAA Administrator and the Interagency Ocean Observation Committee. Remarks were given by the NOAA Assistant Secretary for Environmental Observation and Prediction, and NOAA's National Ocean Service Assistant Administrator. Meeting materials will be available here.

U.S. IOOS and the Office of Naval Research, in collaboration with Stanford University, UC Santa Cruz, and NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center Environmental Research Division, have launched the national Animal Telemetry Network Data Assembly Center (ATN DAC) to provide reliable and accurate biological and physical observations data. The portal provides data useful for modeling ocean dynamics, defining critical ocean habitats, and forecasting marine ecosystem features. 

 

The ATN DAC in its current version provides access to 48 different species such as sharks, sea turtles, seals, whales, tuna and squid, with deployment dates ranging from 2000-2014. Animal telemetry technology is leading to profound advancements in understanding animals and how they interact with their environment.

 

The WMO/IOC Data Buoy Cooperation Panel ( DBCP) held the First Pacific Islands  Training Workshop on Ocean Observations and Data Applications in the Republic of Palau at the beginning of May. Partners gathered to increase awareness of ocean processes, ocean observing, and data applications for society and to conceptualize an observing system for all Pacific Islands, within the context of existing efforts. Participating as both data provider and stakeholder, PacIOOS strengthened existing ties and forged many new partnerships. 

 

The workshop was hosted by the Republic of Palau, Office of the President; Pacific Island Global Ocean Observing System (PI-GOOS); Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP); Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS); Tropical Pacific Observing System (TPOS); and NOAA's Office of Climate Observation (OCO).

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