Major Research Themes and Special Topics

Research Themes

Research in JIMAR has been concentrated in six areas, chosen with the approval of JIMAR's Advisory Board. The themes are: tsunamis and other long period ocean waves, climate, equatorial oceanography, fisheries oceanography, tropical meteorology, and coastal research. Each of these themes continue to be of major scientific, economic, and social importance and each has readily identifiable participants from both parent institutions.

Special topics under these themes include (but are not limited to)

  1. Tsunamis and Other Long-period Ocean Waves
    1. Archive of Rapidly-sampled Hawaiian Sea Level
    2. Numerical Modeling of Tsunami Run-up
    3. Development of an Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning Network
  2. Climate
    1. Asia-Pacific Climate Research
    2. Regional ENSO Applications (The Pacific ENSO Applications Center)
    3. Asia-Pacific Data Research Center
    4. ENSO Dynamics
  3. Equatorial Oceanography
    1. Acoustic Doppler Current Profiling
    2. ARGO science
    3. UH Sea Level Center ( also contributor to Climate and Tsunami themes)
  4. Fisheries Oceanography
    1. Pelagic Fisheries Research program
    2. Marine Turtle Resarch
    3. Swordfish Research
    4. West Pacific Fisheries Information Network
    5. Sustainable Fisheries
    6. Remote Sensing Applications to Fisheries
    7. Marine Mammal Research
    8. Climate Change and Ecosystem Variability in the North Pacific Ocean and the Dynamics of Marine Resource Populations
    9. Marine Resource and Dynamics Assessment Program
  5. Tropical Meteorology
    1. GPS Applications
    2. Hurricane Structure and Intensity
    3. International Pacific Training Desk
  6. Coastal Research
    1. Sustaining Healthy Coastal Ecosystems
    2. Coral Reef Management Initiative
    3. National Environmental Policy Act Initiative

List updated on Wednesday 08 November 2006.

 

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