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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as_noaa_all_wave_avg
Wave Power Long-term Mean, 2002-2012 - American Samoa
Wave power is a major environmental forcing mechanism that influences a number of marine ecosystem processes including coral reef community development, structure, and persistence. By driving mixing of the upper water column, wave forcing can also play a role in nutrient availability and ocean temperature reduction during warming events. Wave forcing can be highly seasonal, with winter months typically experiencing far greater wave power than that experienced during the summer months. This layer represents the mean of maximum daily wave power (kW/m) from 2002-2012.
In the absence of numerical wave model and wave forcing observational site-level data at the desired spatial resolution, a wave exposure proxy, developed by S. Jeanette Clark, is used to examine wave exposure. Wave energy estimates were derived at 1-km resolution utilizing NOAA WaveWatch III (WW3) global 0.5-deg wave model data and coastline analysis of wave exposure. This is achieved by: 1) Determining the incident wave swath for a specific site at an island using a 360-degree radial plot and degree-bin elimination based on a swath's intersection with land or relevant bathymetric contour. 2) Selecting the closest WW3 pixel and extracting the time series for significant wave height, peak period, and peak direction. 3) Calculating wave power (kW/m) with significant wave height and peak period using the following equation:
Ef = pg / 64pi * Hs^2 * Tp / 1000
where p is the density of sea water (1024 kg m-3), g is the acceleration of gravity (9.8 m s-2), Hs is the offshore significant wave height, and Tp is the dominant wave period (1/wavelength). 4) Lastly, annual wave power data are filtered and organized into respective degree bins based on peak direction and summed to give a wave power estimate at each site. The wave power metric calculated here is based on offshore wave height and does not account for variation with depth.
Earth Science > Biosphere > Aquatic Ecosystems > Reef Habitat
Earth Science > Biosphere > Ecosystems > Marine Ecosystems > Reef > Coral Reef
Earth Science > Human Dimensions > Human Settlements > Coastal Areas
Earth Science > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Waves > > > > Wave Power
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
oceans
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NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC)