AOOS Research

The Alaska Ocean Observing System (AOOS) is compiling data and information pertaining to all of the oceans surrounding Alaska. This aids researchers in understanding how water circulates through the region, how animals function within each ecosystem, and how these might change in different climate conditions. AOOS also provides information about current weather conditions and warnings, tides, and fish catches. This is useful to a variety of people.

Oceanographic

Oceanographic data has been collected on cruises all over the world for hundreds of years. People were initially interested in winds, currents, tides, and bathymetry for navigation. Today's techniques of sampling from a ship are quite sophisticated. Read more ...

• Cruise Data - View and download data
• Mooring Data - View and download data

Tsunami

A tsunami is a series of waves generated by the sudden displacement of a large volume of water. They can be initiated by earthquakes, underwater landslides, volcanic eruptions, or the impact of a meteorite. Read more ...

• Indonesian Tsunami December 26, 2004
• Mt Augustine 1883 tsunami model

• NPRB AMIS project viewer