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FreeResearch InstituteUnited States, Oceania

PacIOOS ERDDAP - Pacific Islands Coastal Water Quality

Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System ERDDAP server distributing coastal water-quality datasets including Maui citizen-science coastal water quality, nearshore sensor and buoy data, and satellite-derived parameters for Hawaii and the Pacific Islands region.

pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu

At a glance

Region
United States (Oceania)
Coverage
Regional
Access
Free
Category
Research Institute
Last updated
2026

What's inside

  • Coastal water quality
  • Citizen science
  • Turbidity
  • Nutrients

Terms explained

What you can do with it

Typical work that data of this type supports.

  1. 01

    Hotspots and trends

    Find where contamination is high and whether it is getting worse.

    Because it has: Coastal water quality

  2. 02

    Compliance checks

    Compare samples against drinking water and discharge standards.

  3. 03

    Sea-level planning

    Plan for sea-level rise and storm surge.

Where AI adds value

Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.

  1. 01

    Risk maps

    Predict contamination where no samples exist, from geology, land use and climate.

  2. 02

    Anomaly alerts

    Catch sudden spikes in sensor or lab data automatically.

  3. 03

    Surge forecasts

    Forecast surge and coastal water levels quickly.

Machine access and documentation

Open API

ERDDAP tabledap endpoints (e.g. maui_water_quality) at pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/erddap

Licence: Open data

Listed in our registry of open water APIs, which WaterDataGPT can query live.

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