Welcome to NANOOS, the Pacific Northwest regional ocean observing system of IOOS (Integrated Ocean Observing System), an integrated network of regional systems.
NANOOS is creating customized information and tools for Washington, Oregon, and Northern California with these areas of emphasis:
NOAA is studying the growing problem of increased carbon dioxide (CO2) in the ocean by collecting real-time data through a variety of efforts to determine what's happening to seawater chemistry due to ocean acidification and its impact on organisms that live in the ocean as well as the possible social and economic effects.
The Pacific Coast Ocean Observing System of the California current Large Marine Ecosystem (PaCOOS) offers quarterly summaries of the climatic and ecological observing-related activities along the CA Current.
The experimental nowcast and forecast fields are produced by a computer model of the Oregon coastal ocean circulation. These forecasts are updated daily.
Maps show daily averages of ocean surface currents off the Oregon coast. Measured with a radio transmitter and receiver, using the SeaSonde, these currents are made by CODAR Ocean Sensors.
Maps of beaches in the Puget Sound Region that are closed to harvesting of shellfish because of biotoxin levels. The Washington State Biotoxin Program monitors biotoxins in molluscan shellfish, closing harvest areas when high levels pose a threat to public health.
