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- The University of Hawaii Sea Level Center (UHSLC) is a research facility of the
University of Hawaii/NOAA Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research
(JIMAR) within the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST).
The UHSLC originated as the TOGA Sea Level Center under the leadership of
Professor Klaus Wyrtki of the University of Hawaii, Department of
Oceanography. The center was a natural extension of Professor Wyrtki's
pioneering research on the El Nino Southern Oscillation in the Pacific Ocean.
Under the current direction of Dr. Mark Merrifield, the mission of the UHSLC is
to collect, process, distribute, and analyze in-situ tide gauge data from
around the world in support of climate research. Primary support for the UHSLC
comes from NOAA's Office of Global Programs (OGP). Funding is also provided by
NASA under the JASON program for the development of In Situ Tide Gauge/GPS
Stations for Monitoring the Temporal Drift of Satellite Altimeters. The UHSLC
also hosts the Joint Archive for Sea Level (JASL), a collaborative effort with
the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC).
Website: http://uhslc.soest.hawaii.edu/
[Summary provided by the University of Hawaii.]
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