Lani Aina Kai

Science Links

Tsunamis

• Before and after satellite photos of the tsunami innudation area of the Indian Ocean
• Pacific Tsunami Warning Center

Educational Opportunities in Earth Science

• Marine Options Program - a systemwide experiential ocean program for University of Hawaii students.
• School of Ocean & Earth Science & Technology (SOEST) at the University of Hawaii.
• Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Hawaii.
• Department of Oceanography at the University of Hawaii.
• Department of Meteorology at the University of Hawaii.
• Maritime Archeology and History Program at the University of Hawaii.

Oceanography of the Hawaiian Islands

• Voyage to Puna Ridge documents a scientific cruise to investigate the submarine extension of the Kilauea shield volcano.
  
• University of Hawaii Weather Page
• Waikiki Aquarium
• Hawaii Ocean Science & Technology is an online magazine.
• Hawaii Ocean-Time Series presents information about a scientific investigation of air-sea interaction.
• Mokapu Buoy provides information about marine conditions gathered from a buoy located off O'ahu's windward coast.
• National Buoy Data Center: Hawaii provides information about marine conditions gathers from a series of buoys.
• Hawaii's Wake - information published by NASA about the wake that Hawaii causes as swell pass.

Physical Oceanography

• El Nino Theme Page - information about ENSO events published by NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association.
• ENSO - information about ENSO events published by NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association.

Chemical Oceanography

• IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is an objective source of information about climate change.

Ocean Navigation and Early Exploration

• The Mariner's Museum contains The Age of Exploration pages, which briefly outline the history of ocean exploration.
• Benjamin Franklin and the Gulf Stream tells the story of this American scientist's mapping of the famous Atlantic current.