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Roy Huff of UH Mānoa’s School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology with the new satellite dish at Honolulu Community College. (Photo courtesy S. Businger/SOEST)
A new satellite communication facility recently installed on the top of Building 7 at Honolulu Community College will provide real-time data useful for local weather and ocean forecasts.
The project, funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, includes a new antenna and dish system that follows polar orbiting earth satellites and downloads real-time, high-resolution data as the satellites pass over Hawaiʻi.
The data received will aid SOEST researchers and National Weather Service forecasters in improving forecasts of hazards that are critical to the tropical Pacific, including heavy rainfall, tropical cyclones, and the detection and modeling of volcanic emissions. It will also help monitor the thermal activity of Kīlauea Volcano.
Read the SOEST news release or see media coverage of the project as featured on KITV 4.
UH in the News for September 7–13, 2012
- Big Island Now, September 13, 2012: “Pharmacy college professor awarded $675,000 research grant”
- Civil Beat, September 13, 2012: “OHA gives $110K to UH for Native Hawaiian students”
- Hawaii News Now, September 13, 2012: “EXCLUSIVE: Senate UH probe widens beyond failed concert”
- Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 13, 2012: “UH begins accepting applications for AD job” (subscription required)
- KHON, September 13, 2012: “Coaches on UHM search advisory committee withdraw from advisory positions”
- Maui Now, September 13, 2012: “Hawaii broadcasters gives $46,000 in scholarships”
- Pacific Business News, September 13, 2012: “First human remains discovered along Honolulu rail route”
- Pacific Business News, September 13, 2012: “University of Hawaiʻi coaches change status on athletics director search committee”
- Victoria Times Colonist, September 13, 2012: “Commentary: Transition and the Taliban: the enemy elsewhere and within”
- Civil Beat, September 12, 2012: “$147M released for airport, hospital, school projects”
- Hawaii News Now, September 12, 2012: “Three UH coaches will step down from athletics director selection”
- Hawaii News Now, September 12, 2012: “WeCar offers UH students access to hybrid rental”
- Hawaii News Now, September 12, 2012: “UH posts athletics director position”
- Hawaii News Now, September 12, 2012: “Abercrombie announces $147M in capital spending”
- Hawaii News Now, September 12, 2012: “Hilo pharmacy college professor wins $675K award”
- Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 12, 2012: “Hilo pharmacy college professor wins $675K award”
- Ithaca Journal, September 12, 2012: “Sciencenter’s Sagan Planet Walk expands to Hawaii”
- KHON, September 12, 2012: “Car program aimed at helping parking at UH Manoa”
- KHON, September 12, 2012: “UH begins soliciting applications for permanent athletics director”
- Maui Now, September 12, 2012: “$13M for Maui airport, hospital in improvements fund”
- Pacific Business News, September 12, 2012: “Friday’s hearing will determine fate of controversial Haleakala telescope”
- San Jose Mercury News, September 12, 2012: “Thousands expected to participate in Saturday’s annual coastal cleanup”
- Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 11, 2012: “Updated end-of-life documents can prevent drama” (subscription required)
- KHON, September 11, 2012: “A look inside the University of Hawaii System’s two newest libraries”
- The Maui News, September 11, 2012: “Event will be opportunity to get plugged in to cars”
- Maui Now, September 11, 2012: “OHA grant helps fight heart disease in Hāna”
- Pacific Business News, September 11, 2012: “University of Hawaiʻi, Enterprise to partner on car-share service”
- Renewable Energy Focus, September 11, 2012: “Hawaiian university gets solar makeover”
- Big Island Now, September 10, 2012: “UHH group accepting nominations for distinguished alumni awards”
- Foodconsumer.org, September 10, 2012: “Isoflavones cut risk of endometrial cancer”
- Maui Now, September 10, 2012: “UH Maui signs exchange with Takamatsu University”
- Santa Cruz Sentinel, September 10, 2012: “Former UCSC chancellor grappling with fundraising scandal”
- Daily Herald, September 9, 2012: “Linguists criticize new changes to Utah native language center”
- The Garden Island, September 9, 2012: “Bill proposes to slash bus fare to Kauaʻi Community College students”
- Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 9, 2012: “The forgotten” (subscription required)
- Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 9, 2012: “Hundreds of UH medical students have cared for homeless” (subscription required)
- Civil Beat, September 8, 2012: “Ben and Kirk talk journalism and, of course, politics”
- Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 8, 2012: “Concert probe deserves answers” (subscription required)
- Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 8, 2012: “Skin flaws can indicate gene defect, increased cancer risk” (subscription required)
- The Maui News, September 8, 2012: “Great Recession recovery for Maui’s construction industry”
- The Garden Island, September 7, 2012: “The Voice of KCC: News from Kauaʻi Community College”
- Hawaii News Now, September 7, 2012: “Can you hear me now? UH West Oahu cell phone service stinks”
- Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 7, 2012: “UH Maui College and Japanese university sign cultural exchange pact”
- Honolulu Star-Advertiser, September 7, 2012: “Newswatch: UH West Oahu leads the way as system enrollment hits peak” (subscription required)
- KHON, September 7, 2012: “Senate calls for testimony for Stevie Wonder concert”
- KITV, September 7, 2012: “UH looking at building diabesity center in Kakaako”
- Maui Now, September 7, 2012: “OHA awards college scholarships to 303 students”
