ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABILITY IN THE COASTAL WATERS OF O‘AHU, HAWAI‘I
2012-2013
Undergraduate Researcher
Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE) scholar
Advisor: Margaret McManus
University of Hawaii at Manoa, HI
The coastal ocean environment displays variability across a wide array of temporal and spatial scales, from short-term fluctuations like tidal forcing to longer-term fluctuations like El Niño and La Niña. With this level of environmental variability come many coastal environmental concerns, in particular, coastal water quality. As an undergraduate student in the Center for Microbial Oceanography Scholars Program, I worked with Dr. Margaret McManus and the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System's (PacIOOS) Nearshore Water Quality team. For my undergraduate project, I utilized data from seven nearshore sensors in order to visualize and understand the physical water quality conditions in Mamala and Maunalua bays over several time periods in an effort to understand how nearshore water quality fluctuates seasonally and in response to ENSO events.
Undergraduate Researcher
Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE) scholar
Advisor: Margaret McManus
University of Hawaii at Manoa, HI
The coastal ocean environment displays variability across a wide array of temporal and spatial scales, from short-term fluctuations like tidal forcing to longer-term fluctuations like El Niño and La Niña. With this level of environmental variability come many coastal environmental concerns, in particular, coastal water quality. As an undergraduate student in the Center for Microbial Oceanography Scholars Program, I worked with Dr. Margaret McManus and the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System's (PacIOOS) Nearshore Water Quality team. For my undergraduate project, I utilized data from seven nearshore sensors in order to visualize and understand the physical water quality conditions in Mamala and Maunalua bays over several time periods in an effort to understand how nearshore water quality fluctuates seasonally and in response to ENSO events.