University of Hawai‘i Special to The Garden Island
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HONOLULU — The Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) within the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa is embarking upon a new, five-year cooperative agreement with the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that helps hundreds of thousands of people each year. PacIOOS is receiving $3.08 million in competitive funding for the first year of this five-year award to collect, manage and serve coastal and ocean observing and forecasting data.