From the top, left to right:
- PacIOOS Governing Council members learn about ongoing water quality initiatives in Maunalua Bay, Oʻahu, during their annual meeting.
- NOAA, PacIOOS, and other partners deployed a new ocean acidification monitoring station in American Samoa. (Credit: N. Que)
- A new PacIOOS wave model grid is now available for the Manu'a Islands in American Samoa.
- Participants of the 4th Data Buoy Cooperation Panel Pacific Islands Training Workshop on Ocean Observations and Data Applications engage in interactive learning sessions and site visits. PacIOOS hosted the 2-day workshop with 45 participants in Honolulu.
- PacIOOS staff participated in a middle school science olympiad to share about its water quality program. (Credit: Stevenson Media Hawaiʻi)
- PacIOOS Director, Melissa Iwamoto, gave a plenary talk at the OceanObs'19 conference, stressing the importance of including stakeholder needs in the development of ocean observing data products. (Credit: A. Wakely)
- A new weather station has been installed at the entrance of Honolulu Harbor in collaboration with the Hawaiʻi Pilots Association. (Credit: J. Gilmore)
- Students from the College of the Marshall Islands learn about the PacIOOS nearshore sensor through hands-on activities. (Credit: M. Sudnovsky)
- Members of the PacIOOS Governing Council Executive Committee came together for their annual meeting and participated in a site visit at Kāneʻohe Bay, Oʻahu.
- Local West Maui residents, partners, and stakeholders learn about PacIOOS' wave run-up forecast and how to participate as citizen scientists to help validate the model.
- A technical training workshop was held in collaboration with local partners in Pohnpei to provide training on the PacIOOS nearshore sensor and rain gauges. (Credit: Conservation Society of Pohnpei)
- More than 6,000 students and families participated in the biennial SOEST Open House. PacIOOS offered hands-on activities related to its wave buoy program.
- To kick off the 20th anniversary of U.S. IOOS, 450 invited guests came together for a reception at the Waikīkī Aquarium. (Credit: Manny "gOnzo" González, @gonzolenza @freesurfmag)
- The Conservation Society of Pohnpei installs a nearshore sensor as part of the PacIOOS Water Quality Sensor Partnership Program.
- The Hawaiian Koʻa (coral) card is a citizen scientists project to help determine the health and bleaching status of coral reefs. PacIOOS assisted the project by providing data management support. (Credit: HIMB)
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