West Maui Wave Run-up Forecast Validation

The Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS), University of Hawaii School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology Department of Oceanography, and Hawaii Sea Grant are developing a high-resolution, real-time wave run-up forecast and notification system for West Maui's coastline. In order to validate the site-specific, short-term forecasts and to determine meaningful thresholds associated with each forecast domain, citizen scientists contribute crowd-sourced photographs by documenting the shoreline of West Maui during predicted wave run-up events. Photos, observations, date, time, location, and other metadata are submitted online in this free, publicy-accessible dataset. Site-specific, short- and long-term forecasts, will strengthen West Maui's coastal community and economy by enhancing preparedness and response operations, and by informing future land use planning. A combination of high water levels and large wave swells can result in significant coastal erosion, damage to infrastructure and properties, and land-based sedimentation that impairs coastal water quality. The State of Hawaii has experienced an increase in wave plus tide-driven flooding in recent years, and these events are expected to grow in numbers and duration due to sea level rise and changing wave energies. When sharing these photographs, please cite this project with the following attribution: (c) PacIOOS, (year of photo). Some rights reserved. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

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2021-03-30

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Distributor Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)
Point of Contact Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)
info@pacioos.org
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Originator Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)
info@pacioos.org
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Publisher Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)
info@pacioos.org
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Dataset Point of Contact Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)
info@pacioos.org
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Associated Documentation Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)
Date(s) creation: 2019-05-07
issued: 2019-05-07
revision: 2019-05-07
creation: 2019-05-07
issued: 2019-05-07
revision: 2019-05-07
creation: 2019-05-07
issued: 2019-05-07
revision: 2019-05-07
Purpose PacIOOS provides timely, reliable, and accurate ocean information to support a safe, clean, productive ocean and resilient coastal zone in the U.S. Pacific Islands region.
Use Limitations The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, University of Hawaii, PacIOOS, NOAA, State of Hawaii nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information.
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates N: 20.794763° S: 20.794563° E: -156.581693° W: -156.581893°
Theme keywords GCMD Science Keywords
  • Earth Science > Climate Indicators > Atmospheric/Ocean Indicators > Sea Level Rise > Erosion
  • Earth Science > Climate Indicators > Atmospheric/Ocean Indicators > Sea Level Rise > Inundation
  • Earth Science > Human Dimensions > Environmental Impacts
  • Earth Science > Human Dimensions > Natural Hazards > Floods
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Beaches
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Erosion
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Sea Level Rise
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Shoreline Displacement
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Shorelines
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Waves > Wave Runup
  • Earth Science > Solid Earth > Gemorphic Landforms/Processes > Coastal Landforms > Shorelines
  • Earth Science > Solid Earth > Geomorphic Landforms/Processes > Coastal Landforms > Beaches
Data Center keywords GCMD Data Center Keywords
  • PacIOOS > Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System
Place keywords GCMD Location Keywords
  • Continent > North America > United States Of America > Hawaii
  • Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Maui > West Maui
Project keywords GCMD Project Keywords
  • PacIOOS > Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System
Use Constraints The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, University of Hawaii, PacIOOS, NOAA, State of Hawaii nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information.
Lineage Statement 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z OGC web services (WMS and WFS) enabled by PacIOOS via GeoServer. Original data from source provider may have been reformatted, reprojected, or adjusted in other ways to optimize these capabilities.
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