Sen. Schatz: More Than $4.2 Million in New Funding Will Improve Hawaii's Capacity to Protect Coastal Communities By Monitoring Rising Sea Levels, Extreme Weather Events
July 14, 2020
July 14, 2020
HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 14 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) announced that the University of Hawaii's Pacific Island Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) will receive $4,260,603 in federal funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to deploy more ocean sensors to observe and monitor sea levels, tides, currents, waves, and temperatures. The data collected will improve forecasts of severe we . . .
U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) announced that the University of Hawaii's Pacific Island Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) will receive $4,260,603 in federal funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to deploy more ocean sensors to observe and monitor sea levels, tides, currents, waves, and temperatures. The data collected will improve forecasts of severe we . . .