The Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) is a nonprofit association and one of eleven such associations in the U.S.

Integrated Ocean Observing System The United States Integrated Ocean Observing SystemU.S. IOOS is a national-regional partnership of ocean observing systems that routinely and continuously provide quality-controlled data and observations of the oceans within the United States exclu ...

, funded in part by the

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA ) is an American scientific and regulatory agency charged with Weather forecasting, forecasting weather, monitoring oceanic and atmospheric conditions, Hydrography, charting the seas, ...

(NOAA). The PacIOOS area covers eight time zones, and 2300 individual islands associated with the U.S. Observation priorities are public safety, direct economic value, and environmental preservation. Among ocean characteristics reported are: * Currents forecast * Shoreline impacts such as high sea level * Buoy water characteristics including salinity, turbidity, and temperature The PacIOOS website is hosted by the

University of Hawaii at Manoa A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Univ ...

, and provides interactive graphs and map viewers.

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