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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]], funded in part by the [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] (NOAA).<ref name = pacioos.org/><ref name="KhorramWiele2016"/>

The PacIOOS area covers eight time zones,<ref name="KhorramWiele2016"/> and 2300 individual islands associated with the U.S.<ref name = ioos.noaa.gov/>  Observation priorities are public safety, direct economic value, and environmental preservation.<ref name="KhorramWiele2016"/>  Among ocean characteristics reported are:<ref name = pacioos.org/>
* 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]], and provides interactive graphs and map viewers.<ref name = phys.org/>

== References ==
{{reflist | refs =

<ref name = pacioos.org>
{{cite web
 | url        = http://www.pacioos.hawaii.edu/
 | title      = Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System
 | quote      = PacIOOS...provid[es]...coastal and ocean information, tools, and services
 | accessdate = 2016-10-28
}}</ref>

<ref name = ioos.noaa.gov>
{{cite web
 | url        = https://ioos.noaa.gov/regions/pacioos/
 | title      = Pacific Islands - PacIOOS - The U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)
 | quote      = [PacIOOS] covers the U.S. Pacific (Hawai‘i, Guam, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands), the Pacific nations in Free Association with the U.S. (Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of Palau), and the U.S. Pacific Remote Island Areas (Howland, Baker, Johnston, Jarvis, Kingman, Palmyra, Midway, Wake).
 | accessdate = 2016-10-28
}}</ref>

<ref name="KhorramWiele2016">
{{cite book
 | author1    = Siamak Khorram
 | author2    = Cynthia F. van der Wiele
 | author3    = Frank H. Koch
 | author4    = Stacy A. C. Nelson
 | author5    = Matthew D. Potts
 | title      = Principles of Applied Remote Sensing
 | url        = https://books.google.com/books?id=rv5SCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA224
 | date       = 2016-01-04
 | publisher  = Springer
 | isbn       = 978-3-319-22560-9
 | page       = 224
 | quote      = PacIOOS reports to the public...while still...inform[ing] research and science at the global scale.
 | accessdate = 2016-10-28
}}</ref>

<ref name = phys.org>
{{cite web
 | author     = University of Hawaii at Manoa
 | url        = http://phys.org/news/2016-08-pacific-islands-ocean-website.html
 | title      = Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System launches new website
 | publisher  = phys.org
 | quote      = ...coastal, oceanic and atmospheric forecasts are...available for different parts of the U.S. Pacific Islands region, including forecasts of...wave inundation, harbor surge, water temperature and wind speed.
 | accessdate = 2016-10-28
}}</ref>

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