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SmartBay Observatory Deployment August 2021 - December 2021

This collection activity is the fourth deployment of the SmartBay Observatory. The Observatory was lifted on 25 August 2021 for maintenance and to add a Seabird CTplus sensor, and swap out the pCO2 sensor. The SmartBay Observatory in Galway Bay is an underwater observatory which uses cameras, probes and sensors to permit continuous and remote live underwater monitoring. It was installed in 2015 on the seafloor 1.5km off the coast of Spiddal, Co. Galway, Ireland at a depth of 20-25m. Underwater observatories allow ocean researchers unique real-time access to monitor ongoing changes in the marine environment. The Galway Bay Observatory is an important contribution by Ireland to the growing global network of real-time data capture systems deployed in the ocean. Data relating to the marine environment at the SmartBay Observatory site is transferred in real-time through a fibre optic telecommunications cable to the Marine Institute headquarters and then made publically available on the internet. The data includes a live video stream, the depth of the observatory node, the water temperature and salinity, and estimates of the chlorophyll and turbidity levels in the water which give an indication of the volume of phytoplankton and other particles, such as sediment, in the water. Maintenance take place on the observatory every 18 to 24 months. The Observatory is equipped with a suite of sensors, these include: Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) - Teledyne RDI Workhorse Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) sensor probe - Idronaut Ocean-Seven 304 plus and Seabird 16 CTplus Acoustic data that have been collected from the SmartBay Observatory site using an icListen HF Smart Hydrophone Video data is streamed in near-real-time from the observatory and also available for download. A WetLabs ECO-FLNTU is installed on the observatory infrastructure. The Galway Bay Observatory is an important contribution by Ireland to the growing global network of real-time data capture systems deployed in the ocean. The purpose of this dataset is to measure and record water currents at the Wave Energy Test Site at an interval of 1m bins through the water column at depth of 25m. These data are used for scientific studies (e.g. Wind and Wave Climate, Marine Technology Development, Water Quality, Noise Environment) and environmental monitoring of the Galway Bay Marine Energy Test Site.

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Date (Publication)
2021-08-19
Date (Revision)
2021-11-15
Date (Creation)
2021-08-19
Citation identifier
ie.marine.data:dataset.4756
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Marine Institute

datarequests@marine.ie

Originator
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
SeaDataNet device categories
  • cameras
  • CTD
  • dissolved gas sensors
  • fluorometers
  • hydrophones
  • optical backscatter sensors
  • salinity sensor
  • underwater cameras
  • water temperature sensor
SeaVoX Platform Categories
  • fixed benthic node
SeaVoX Device Catalogue
  • Kongsberg CONTROS HydroC (underwater) CO2 sensor
  • Kongsberg OE14-522 (underwater) video camera
  • Ocean Sonics icListen HF hydrophone
  • Sea-Bird SBE 911plus CTD
  • WET Labs {Sea-Bird WETLabs} ECO FLNTU combined fluorometer and turbidity sensor
OGC Simple Feature Types
  • Point
Marine Strategy Framework Directive indicators 2010/477/EU
  • Temporal characteristics of noise having an impact on marine animals
  • Trends in the ambient noise level
  • Physical, hydrological and chemical conditions
  • Chlorophyll concentration in the water column
  • Water transparency related to increase in suspended algae
  • Dissolved oxygen concentrations
SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary
  • Vertical spatial coordinates
  • Sea level
  • Date and time
  • Electrical conductivity of the water column
  • Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
  • Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
  • Raw fluorometer output
  • Acoustic noise in the water column
  • Partial pressure (pCO2) and fugacity (fCO2) of carbon dioxide in the water column
  • Salinity of the water column
  • Density of the water column
  • Temperature of the water column
Marine Institute Dataset Communities
  • Dataset Collection Activity
Use limitation

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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Aggregate Datasetindentifier
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Initiative Type
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Spatial representation type
Grid
Language
English
Begin date
2021-08-26
End date
2021-12-14
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Reference system identifier
INSPIRE RS registry / http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/3857
Distribution format
Name Version

MPEG

OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

http://www.marine.ie
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

https://smartbay.marine.ie/data/video/aja-helo-1H000314/

MPEG

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

Title

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

See the referenced specification

Pass
Yes
Statement

Data supplied by Marine Institute.

Metadata

File identifier
ie.marine.data:dataset.4756 XML
Metadata language
English
Hierarchy level
Collection session
Date stamp
2025-02-21T18:28:30.563925Z
Metadata standard name

ISDI Metadata Profile

Metadata standard version

1.2

Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Marine Institute

datarequests@marine.ie

Point of contact
 
 

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