{"id":29134,"date":"2014-11-03T14:41:36","date_gmt":"2014-11-04T00:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=29134"},"modified":"2021-10-21T13:33:32","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T23:33:32","slug":"pacioos-wave-buoys-serving-communities-across-the-pacific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2014\/11\/03\/pacioos-wave-buoys-serving-communities-across-the-pacific\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr title=\"Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System\">PacIOOS<\/abbr> wave buoys serving communities across the Pacific"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_29157\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29157\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/pacioos-wave-buoy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"307\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/pacioos-wave-buoy.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/pacioos-wave-buoy-260x199.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29157\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deployment of <abbr>PacIOOS<\/abbr> wave buoy off <span arai-label=\"Aunuu\">Aunu&#699;u<\/span>, American S&#257;moa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/oos.soest.hawaii.edu\/pacioos\/index.php\">Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (<abbr>PacIOOS<\/abbr>)<\/a> deployed a new wave buoy in the waters off <span arai-label=\"Aunuu\">Aunu&#699;u<\/span>, American S&#257;moa, on October 23, 2014. The bright yellow buoy is located more than three miles offshore and streams data on ocean and wave conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The buoy joins the existing <a href=\"http:\/\/oos.soest.hawaii.edu\/pacioos\/wavebuoy\/\"><abbr>PacIOOS<\/abbr> network of 13 real-time wave buoys<\/a> across the Pacific, providing data on wave height, direction, period and sea surface temperature. <abbr>PacIOOS<\/abbr> also redeployed wave buoys in Hilo Bay, <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> and Kaumalapau Harbor, <span aria-label=\"Lanai\">L\u0101na&#699;i<\/span>, after they cut loose a few months ago.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>More UH News stories on PacIOOS buoys<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>July 10, 2014: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2014\/07\/10\/wave-buoy-in-majuro-helps-keep-islanders-safe\/\">&ldquo;Wave buoy in Majuro helps keep islanders safe,&rdquo;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>October 11, 2013: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2013\/10\/11\/wave-buoy-off-kauai-will-impact-surf-forecasts-and-maritime-transit\/\">&ldquo;Wave buoy off Kauai will impact surf forecasts and maritime transit,&rdquo;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>December 13, 2011: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2011\/12\/13\/maui-wave-buoy\/\">&ldquo;New wave buoy deployed in Maui,&rdquo;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ocean users&#8212;including fishermen, commercial operators, surfers, paddlers and swimmers&#8212;can access <a href=\"http:\/\/oos.soest.hawaii.edu\/pacioos\/wavebuoy\/\">ocean data online<\/a> to make well-informed and safe decisions. Real-time wave data are also vital to prepare the community, emergency responders and county officials for big wave events that could potentially impact shorelines.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;<abbr>PacIOOS<\/abbr> serves real-time wave data from <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>, the Mariana and Marshall Islands, as well as American S&#257;moa,&rdquo; says <strong>Melissa Iwamoto<\/strong>, deputy director of <abbr>PacIOOS<\/abbr>. &ldquo;The new wave buoy in American S&#257;moa will compliment our network in the Pacific and will greatly support the decision-making of various agencies across the Pacific, including the National Weather Service and the National Oceanographic Data Center.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The locations of the buoys are included on navigational charts. To keep the buoys and their sensors operational, ocean users are asked not to tie to the buoys and stay clear to avoid entanglement in the mooring lines.<\/p>\n<p>Data streaming for the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M&#257;noa <a href=\"http:\/\/www.soest.hawaii.edu\/\">School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology<\/a> <abbr>PacIOOS<\/abbr> wave buoys is made possible through long-term partnerships between <abbr>PacIOOS<\/abbr>, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Coastal Data Information Program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System deployed a new wave buoy in the waters off <span arai-label=\"Aunuu\">Aunu&#699;u<\/span>, American S&#257;moa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[134,107,470,238,92,9,1192],"class_list":["post-29134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research","tag-international","tag-oceanography","tag-pacific-islands","tag-pacific-islands-ocean-observing-system","tag-school-of-ocean-and-earth-science-and-technology","tag-uh-manoa","tag-wave-buoy","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29134"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":150239,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29134\/revisions\/150239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}