WMS
Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) WMS
Data from the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) of the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) at the University of Hawaii. PacIOOS is one of eleven regional observing programs in the U.S. supporting the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS). The PacIOOS region includes the U.S. Pacific Region (Hawaii, 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. Minor Outlying Islands (Howland, Baker, Johnston, Jarvis, Kingman, Palmyra, Midway, Wake). These data are served using GeoServer in a variety of interoperable data services and output formats: http://geo.pacioos.hawaii.edu/geoserver/. See http://geoserver.org for further documentation; and GeoServer's WFS documentation at: http://docs.geoserver.org/latest/en/user/services/wms/. Please note that cached versions of many of these map layers exist in our GeoServer via GeoWebCache using WMS-C. This would be the preferred method of accessing some of the larger data layers for improved access speeds: http://geo.pacioos.hawaii.edu/geoserver/gwc/service/wms?request=GetCapabilities&version=1.1.1&tiled=true. Use of WMS-C is similar to traditional WMS but with the addition of the "tiled=true" parameter, which triggers GeoServer to pull map tiles from GeoWebCache if they have been previously generated. Lastly, GeoExplorer can be used to view these layers online at http://geo.pacioos.hawaii.edu/geoexplorer/.
WMS
PacIOOS
IOOS
ocean observing
Pacific
US Affiliated Territories
GeoServer
GeoWebCache
Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)
Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)
Work
University of Hawaii at Manoa, POST Building, Room 815
Honolulu
HI
96822
USA
+18089566556
+18089565308
info@pacioos.org
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Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) WMS
Data from the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) of the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) at the University of Hawaii. PacIOOS is one of eleven regional observing programs in the U.S. supporting the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS). The PacIOOS region includes the U.S. Pacific Region (Hawaii, 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. Minor Outlying Islands (Howland, Baker, Johnston, Jarvis, Kingman, Palmyra, Midway, Wake). These data are served using GeoServer in a variety of interoperable data services and output formats: http://geo.pacioos.hawaii.edu/geoserver/. See http://geoserver.org for further documentation; and GeoServer's WFS documentation at: http://docs.geoserver.org/latest/en/user/services/wms/. Please note that cached versions of many of these map layers exist in our GeoServer via GeoWebCache using WMS-C. This would be the preferred method of accessing some of the larger data layers for improved access speeds: http://geo.pacioos.hawaii.edu/geoserver/gwc/service/wms?request=GetCapabilities&version=1.1.1&tiled=true. Use of WMS-C is similar to traditional WMS but with the addition of the "tiled=true" parameter, which triggers GeoServer to pull map tiles from GeoWebCache if they have been previously generated. Lastly, GeoExplorer can be used to view these layers online at http://geo.pacioos.hawaii.edu/geoexplorer/.
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EPSG:32702
EPSG:3857
EPSG:4326
EPSG:900913
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as_noaa_all_par_avg
Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) Long-term Mean, 2003-2018 - American Samoa
Solar irradiance is one of the most important factors influencing coral reefs. As a majority of their nutrients are obtained from symbiotic photosynthesizing organisms, reef-building corals need sunlight as a fundamental source of energy. Seasonally low irradiance at high latitudes may be linked to reduced growth rates in corals and may limit reef calcification to shallower depths than that observed at lower latitudes. However, high levels of irradiance can lead to light-induced damage, production of free radicals, and in combination with increased temperatures, can exacerbate coral bleaching. Irradiance is here represented by PAR (photosynthetically active radiation), which is the spectrum of light that is important for photosynthesis. This layer represents the mean of 8-day time series of PAR (mol/m2/day) from 2003-2018.
Data for PAR for the time period 2003-2018 were obtained from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Aqua satellite instrument from the NASA OceanColor website as 8-day 4-km composites.
The PAR long-term mean was calculated by taking the average of all 8-day data from 2003-2018 for each pixel. A quality control mask was applied to remove spurious data associated with shallow water, following Gove et al., 2013. Nearshore map pixels with no data were filled with values from the nearest neighboring valid offshore pixel by using a grid of points and the Near Analysis tool in ArcGIS then converting points to raster.
Data source: https://oceanwatch.pifsc.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/aqua_par_8d_2018_0.graph
Earth Science > Biosphere > Aquatic Ecosystems > Reef Habitat
Earth Science > Biosphere > Ecosystems > Marine Ecosystems > Reef > Coral Reef
Earth Science > Biosphere > Vegetation > Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Earth Science > Human Dimensions > Human Settlements > Coastal Areas
Earth Science > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Optics > Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Ocean > Pacific Ocean > South Pacific Ocean > Polynesia > American Samoa > Manua
Ocean > Pacific Ocean > South Pacific Ocean > Polynesia > American Samoa > Ofu
Ocean > Pacific Ocean > South Pacific Ocean > Polynesia > American Samoa > Olosega
Ocean > Pacific Ocean > South Pacific Ocean > Polynesia > American Samoa > Rose Atoll
Ocean > Pacific Ocean > South Pacific Ocean > Polynesia > American Samoa > Swains
Ocean > Pacific Ocean > South Pacific Ocean > Polynesia > American Samoa > Tau
Ocean > Pacific Ocean > South Pacific Ocean > Polynesia > American Samoa > Tutuila
biota
climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
oceans
EPSG:4326
CRS:84
-171.33852794285266
-167.82502007000386
-14.732041047992729
-10.776496516692129
NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC)