Irish Spatial Data Exchange
Mace Head Sentinel Site Met-Ocean Buoy - NRT Data - all sensors (2018 - present)
The Mace Head buoy is located 2 km offshore from the Mace Head atmospheric research station in Connemara, County Galway and is one of the Sentinel sites. Initially installed in May 2018, sensors have been deployed for the measurement of Temperature, Salinity, Dissolved Oxygen, Nitrate, pH, and pCO2. In addition, an Airmar weather station was installed for measuring wind speed and direction, air temperature, and atmospheric pressure at this site. This work was initially facilitated by the INTERREG funded project COMPASS – Collaborative Oceanography and Monitoring for Protected Areas and Species. Since 2022 the Mace Head buoy has been funded through the EMFAF Sentinels Site project. Data telemetry: For the period 2018 to 2022 measurements were taken every 30 minutes and transmitted every 12 hours to the Marine Institute Headquarters in Rinville, Galway. Since 2023 measurements have been made every 10 minutes and transmitted every 2 hours to the Marine Institute. Disclaimer: These data are real-time (GMT) and raw - they have not yet been through the full quality checking procedures. There may be short term data gaps caused by maintenance, re-deployments, or technical difficulties.
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- Date (Publication)
- 2020-08-06
- Date (Revision)
- 2025-12-09
- Date (Creation)
- 2020-08-06
- Citation identifier
- ie.marine.data:dataset.4268
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Marine Institute
Originator
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary
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- Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
- Alkalinity, acidity and pH of the water column
- Date and time
- SeaDataNet biological format biotic parameters
- Air pressure
- Air temperature
- Atmospheric humidity
- Electrical conductivity of the water column
- Precipitation and evaporation
- Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
- Wind strength and direction
- Wave direction
- Moored instrument depth
- Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
- Partial pressure (pCO2) and fugacity (fCO2) of carbon dioxide in the water column
- Salinity of the water column
- Temperature of the water column
- Wave height and period statistics
- Use limitation
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While every effort is made in preparing the dataset no responsibility is accepted by or on behalf of the Marine Institute for any errors, omissions or misleading information. The Marine Institute accepts no responsibility for loss or damage occasioned or claimed to have been occasioned, in part or in full, as a consequence of any person acting, or refraining from acting as a result of a matter contained in this datasets or as a consequence of using this dataset for any purpose whatsoever.
- Use limitation
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- Access constraints
- CC%20BY%204.0
- Aggregate Datasetindentifier
- ie.marine.data:dataset.5124
- Association Type
- Cross reference
- Initiative Type
- Mission
- Aggregate Datasetindentifier
- ie.marine.data:dataset.5132
- Association Type
- Cross reference
- Initiative Type
- Mission
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Language
- English
- Begin date
- 2018-05-01
- End date
- ..
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- Reference system identifier
- INSPIRE RS registry / http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/3857
- Distribution format
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Name Version CSV
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download
https://erddap.marine.ie/erddap/tabledap/compass_mace_head.nccsv CSV
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
http://www.marine.ie
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
https://compass-oceanscience.eu/
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Conformance result
- Title
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Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Explanation
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See the referenced specification
- Pass
- Yes
- Statement
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Data supplied by Marine Institute.
Metadata
- File identifier
- ie.marine.data:dataset.4268 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-12-09
- Metadata standard name
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ISDI Metadata Profile
- Metadata standard version
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1.2
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Marine Institute
Point of contact
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