a collaborative effort. ioos – national ocean observing
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A Collaborative Effort
IOOS – National Ocean Observing
PacIOOS Areas
U.S. National Coordination
IOOS to meet 7 societal goals Improve predictions of climate change
and weather and their effects on coastal communities and the nation;
Mitigate the effects of natural hazards more effectively;
Improve the safety & efficiency of marine operations;
Improve national/homeland security;
Reduce public health risks;
Protect & restore healthy coastal ecosystems more effectively; and
Enable the sustained use of ocean and coastal resources.
CollaborationAmerican Samoa Community CollegeCollege of the Marshall IslandsConservation Society of PohnpeiMarine Environmental Research Institute - PohnpeiPacific Marine Resources Institute (CNMI)Palau Automated Land and Resource Information
SystemUniversity of GuamUniversity of Hawaii (UH Manoa – SOEST and Sea
Grant; UH Hilo)
What does PacIOOS do?
Data Collection: new sensors in the water
Data Aggregation: repository for geospatially referenced ocean data
What does PacIOOS do?Data
Visualization: create maps, images, or data products
Outreach/ Communication: regarding program and general ocean phenomena such as sea level rise and climate change
Current activitiesEngaging stakeholders and data users
Build partnerships for system growth
Searching for available data sets
Determine data and product needs
Distribute data currently available
Instruments deployed (being deployed)
Measure temperature, conductivity (salinity), depth, chlorophyll, and turbidity
Near shore sensors: Water quality
instruments
Locations chosen for: American Samoa Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands
Federated States of Micronesia Guam Republic of the Marshall Islands Palau
What do sensors tell us?More complete picture of chemical and
physical conditions of coastal waters
Education – time series of conditions, basis for location experiments /activities
Monitor for poor water quality events (can indicate excessive runoff of land-based water)
Contact informationpacioos.org
Maria Haws, Pacific Islands Coordinator [email protected]
Jim Potemra, Data Management Team Lead [email protected]