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  • Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) A network of cabled platforms, land-based sensors, autonomous underwater vehicles, and coastal moorings deployed in Hawai‘i and throughout the Pacific Ocean. Data from these instruments provide ocean conditions and forecasts that are available in real time.
  • Station ALOHA ALOHA is the focal point of a broad range of oceanographic studies, including the Hawai‘i Ocean Time-series (HOT), Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution moorings, and the ALOHA Cabled Observatory, conducted over great temporal scales.
  • ALOHA Cabled Observatory (ACO) Located 100 km north of O‘ahu, ACO provides real-time ocean sounds, temperature, salinity, and ocean currents from a depth of 4,800 m by a submarine fiber optic cable.
  • Kilo Nalu Nearshore Reef Observatory Located offshore of Kaka‘ako Waterfront Park, on O‘ahu, the observatory provides information on the physical, biological, and chemical environment of the nearshore reef community through a suite of observational instruments.
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ORGANIZED UNITS

  • Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research & Education (CMORE)
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