4 to 6-May-2011 Waikiki Beach Mariott Resort and Spa Honolulu, Hawaii
Hydrographic Products and Services in support of
Climate Services in the Pacific Islands
Hydrographic Service Review Panel
VISION: Resilient and sustainable communities using climate information to manage risks and support practical decision-making in the context of climate variability and change.
Climate Services
“A mechanism to identify, produce, and deliver authoritative and timely information about climate variations and trends and their
impacts on built, social-human, and natural systems on regional, national, and global scales to support decision making.” (NRC, 2009)
Focus Areas and Core CapabilitiesTransportation and Energy Fisheries and AgriculturePublic Safety and HealthTourism and Recreation
Fresh Water Resources
and Drought
Community Resilience to SLR, Coastal
Inundation, and Extreme Weather
Marine and Terrestrial
Ecosystems
Focus Areas
Fresh Water Resources
and Drought
Community Resilience to SLR, Coastal
Inundation, and Extreme Weather
Marine and Terrestrial
Ecosystems
Education, Outreach, and User Information Needs
Operational ClimateObservations, Products and Services
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Research and Assessment
Education, Outreach, and User Information Needs
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Operational ClimateObservations, Products and Services
Research and Assessment
• Outreach• Education• Training and Capacity Building
• Outreach• Education• Training and Capacity Building
•• Climate Variability and Change• Climate Impacts and Adaptation
• Observing Systems, Data Stewardship, Data Services• Climate Variability and Change• Climate Impacts and Adaptation
• Climate Variability and Change • Climate Impacts and Adaptation • Assessment and Evaluation
• Climate Variability and Change • Climate Impacts and Adaptation • Assessment and Evaluation
Transportation and Energy Fisheries and AgriculturePublic Safety and HealthTourism and Recreation
Focus Areas and Hydrographic Services
Fresh Water Resources
and Drought
Community Resilience to SLR, Coastal
Inundation, and Extreme Weather
Marine and Terrestrial
Ecosystems
Focus Areas
Fresh Water Resources
and Drought
Community Resilience to SLR, Coastal
Inundation, and Extreme Weather
Marine and Terrestrial
Ecosystems
• Water wells/aquifer assessment
• Reservoir levels/ water and energy management
• Stream gauges/ flood management
• Storm runup/emergency management
• Inundation/community development
• Shoreline change/community development
• Storm runup/ species and habitat damage
• Inundation/ species and habitat loss
• Shoreline change/ species and habitat loss
Coastal Inundation
Variance in the sea surface elevation ‘signal’ at a range of frequencies - inter-annual, annual, seasonal, monthly, and short-term variability associated with storms - in addition to local variation in the elevation of the land surface
16 m
8m
4 m
2m
1m
0.5m
0.25m
0.125m
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waves
storm surgeENSO
anticycloniceddies
seasons
far source
near source
Water Level Signature – Honolulu, HI …south shore
PDO?
extreme water levelsrelative
sea level rise
Annual Variations in Water Levels
University of Hawaii Sea Level Center for
Pacific Storms Climatology Products
Derived Data Products
Exceedance Probability/Year Tidal Datums Geodetic Datum
2.29 ( 1% )
0.06 NAVD88
-0.76 NAVD88
0.66 MHW0.76 MHHW
0.62 MHW0.85 MHHW
-0.61 MLW
-0.90 MLLW-0.78 MLLW-0.72 MLW
1.23 ( 99% )
1.49 ( 50% )
1.85 ( 10% )
-1.25 ( 99% )
-1.60 ( 50% )-1.83 ( 10% )
-2.04 ( 1% )
-1.71 ( 1% )-1.60 ( 10% )
-1.50 ( 50% )-1.36 ( 99% )
1.34 ( 99% )1.43 ( 50% )1.51 ( 10% ) 1.59 ( 1% )
-2.4
-2.1
-1.8
-1.5
-1.2
-0.9
-0.6
-0.3
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0.3
0.6
0.9
1.2
1.5
1.8
2.1
2.4
2.7
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Needs
Geodetic and Tidal Datums FSM and RMI (Pohnpei Chuuk, Kosrae, Yap, & Majuro)
- Upgrade Geodetic Control: • Establish a High Accuracy Spatial
Reference Network (HASRN)• Establish a Geodetic Quality
Leveling Network• Train island personnel in high accuracy
GPS techniques and geodetic leveling Northwest Hawaiian Islands
- Establish Local Tidal DatumsMain 8 Hawaiian Islands - Reference Local Tidal Datums to a common vertical datum.
Tie CORS to Tide Stations
Sea Level Stations
Data Services
East-West CenterJohn A. Burns Hall (JAB4092)
1601 East-West RoadHonolulu, HI 96848
808.944.7453