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News and Updates from PacIOOS
Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System
July 5, 2011
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 Observing System Implementation Plans PacIOOS has begun drafting detailed implementation plans for each of our observing themes (Marine Operations, Ecosystems and Living Marine Resources, Water Quality, and Coastal Hazards) in an effort to define the infrastructure, human and fiscal resource, and product development requirements to implement an observing system that meets the initial needs of stakeholders and partners in the Pacific Islands. We will be using information provided during our regional and local meetings and workshops over the past three years as a basis for these plans. We welcome input on future instrument locations, priority measurement needs, enhancements to our existing numerical modeling systems, and anything else you wish you share. Please email comments to Chris Ostrander by July 25th, 2011. |
| New PacIOOS Partner 
We are pleased to welcome a new partner to the PacIOOS family: CODAR Ocean Sensors.
If your organization would like to become a PacIOOS partner please download, sign, and return
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| Numerical Model Overlays now in PacIOOS Map Viewer  Our data and information management team recently completed the initial integration of data from wave, ocean, and atmospheric circulation models into the PacIOOS Map Viewer. Models, and their associated variable overlays, can be selected along the left-hand side of our Map Viewer. Clicking a location on the map, once an overlay is selected, will provide the most recent forecast for that location as well as the option to download data for up to the last 30 days. Downloads of older than 30 days are supported through our Live Access Server. At present models from the U.S. Navy, NOAA, and PacIOOS are included with more models to be added soon. If you have a preferred model you would like to see included please do not hesitate to let us know! |
| New Observing Platform Installed in Maunalua Bay, Oahu, Hawaii In response to community, agency, and partner priorities, PacIOOS has installed a real-time water quality sensor in Maunalua Bay, Oahu. This sensor measures temperatures, salinity, chlorophyll-a, and turbidity and reports the data to the web in real-time. Integration of these data into our regular PacIOOS website is underway; however, in the mean-time you can view plots of the most recent 7 days of data here. |
The Importance of the Ocean to Pacific Island Communities (Video)
As residents of the Pacific Islands, our lives are regularly and intimately tied to the ocean that surrounds us. There is rarely a day when we aren't reminded that the ocean provides for our society, underpins our traditions, is the means by which we transport goods between our islands, and allows us ample space to recreate and connect with nature. PacIOOS recently produced a short video in an attempt to reinforce that message and remind us all h
ow important the ocean is to our past, our present, and our future.
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| PacIOOS is the Pacific Islands regional component of the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS). Our mission is to provide timely, reliable, and accurate information on the open and coastal ocean waters of the Pacific Islands to ensure a healthy, clean, productive ocean and resilient coastal zone. For more information on PacIOOS or to become a partner please visit www.pacioos.org or contact the PacIOOS Director, Chris Ostrander, at chriso@hawaii.edu.
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