ie.marine.data:dataset.5399 eng dataset Marine Institute datarequests@marine.ie pointOfContact 2025-11-12 ISDI Metadata Profile 1.2 http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/3857 INSPIRE RS registry SmartBay Observatory Combined Sensor Dataset - 1 day average (August 2015 - Present) 2022-06-16 publication 2025-11-12 revision 2022-06-16 creation ie.marine.data:dataset.5399 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 SmartBay 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 publicly 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. Marine Institute datarequests@marine.ie http://www.marine.ie Marine Institute home page Marine Institute home page originator asNeeded Point OGC Simple Feature Types 2008-06-01 publication 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 Abundance of perennial seaweeds and seagrasses Dissolved oxygen concentrations Marine Strategy Framework Directive indicators 2010/477/EU 2008-06-01 publication 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 Vertical velocity of the water column (currents) Acoustic noise in the water column Partial pressure (pCO2) and fugacity (fCO2) of carbon dioxide in the water column Salinity of the water column Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents) Sound velocity and travel time in the water column Temperature of the water column Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2008-06-01 publication Dataset Marine Institute Dataset Communities 2019-11-18 publication 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. 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CC BY 4.0 grid eng 2015-08-01 .. -9.266290185325799 -9.2662898146742 53.2273289354534 53.227331064546604 CSV https://erddap.marine.ie/erddap/tabledap/smartbay_obs_daily_mean.nccsv WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download CSV CSV download http://www.marine.ie WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Marine Institute home page https://www.smartbay.ie/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link SmartBay Ireland dataset 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 2010-12-08 publication See the referenced specification true Data supplied by Marine Institute.