spiddal_obs_adcp eng UTF8 dataset service Data Requests Marine Institute Ireland +353 91 387 200 Rinville, Oranmore Galway Galway EIRE Ireland datarequests@marine.ie pointOfContact 2026-04-08 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) 4 column row vertical temporal SmartBay Observatory ADCP data 2017-05-04 creation erddap.marine.ie spiddal_obs_adcp Marine Institute Marine Institute http://data.marine.ie/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/ie.marine.data:dataset.2820 information web browser Background Information Background information from the source information originator Alan Berry; Conall O'Malley; Rob Thomas contributor 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 Galway 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. A Teledyne RDI Workhorse Broadband 600KHz acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP ) is mounted on the observatory infrastructure. It is approximately two metres above the seabed, looking up towards the sea surface. Data are collected every minute for 1.0m depth bins from approx. 1 metre above the instrument to the surface. Data are collected in RDI's PD0 binary format (more information is available from the link: http://spiddal.marine.ie/data.html#adcp). The .PD0 raw files are processed as they are collected and the real time values for the Near Surface and Mid Water Current Speeds and Directions are extracted. The extracted values are displayed in near-real-time on smartbay.marine.ie. The processed data is also provided via an ERDDAP data server allowing the data to be downloaded in a range of open formats. The sensor is deployed on the EMSO Smartbay Cable End Equipment Node in Galway Bay in approx. 25m depth of water. The SmartBay Observatory was funded in part by a grant from Science Foundation Ireland under Grant Number 12/RI/2331. Ongoing operation of the observatory is funded by the Marine Institute and Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland. Marine Institute Marine Institute http://data.marine.ie/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/ie.marine.data:dataset.2820 information web browser Background Information Background information from the source information pointOfContact Horizontal velocity of the water column \n(currents) Sound velocity and travel time in the water column Temperature of the water column Vertical velocity of the water column (currents) theme Marine Institute project longitude latitude time depth sea_water_velocity_to_direction sea_water_speed eastward_sea_water_velocity northward_sea_water_velocity upward_sea_water_velocity speed_of_sound_in_sea_water sea_water_temperature theme CF Standard Name Table v72 Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Marine Institute largerWorkCitation project Unidata Common Data Model Point largerWorkCitation project eng geoscientificInformation 1 SmartBay Observatory ADCP data 2017-05-04 creation Marine Institute Marine Institute http://data.marine.ie/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/ie.marine.data:dataset.2820 information web browser Background Information Background information from the source information originator Alan Berry; Conall O'Malley; Rob Thomas contributor 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 Galway 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. A Teledyne RDI Workhorse Broadband 600KHz acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP ) is mounted on the observatory infrastructure. It is approximately two metres above the seabed, looking up towards the sea surface. Data are collected every minute for 1.0m depth bins from approx. 1 metre above the instrument to the surface. Data are collected in RDI's PD0 binary format (more information is available from the link: http://spiddal.marine.ie/data.html#adcp). The .PD0 raw files are processed as they are collected and the real time values for the Near Surface and Mid Water Current Speeds and Directions are extracted. The extracted values are displayed in near-real-time on smartbay.marine.ie. The processed data is also provided via an ERDDAP data server allowing the data to be downloaded in a range of open formats. The sensor is deployed on the EMSO Smartbay Cable End Equipment Node in Galway Bay in approx. 25m depth of water. ERDDAP tabledap 1 tight ERDDAPtabledapDatasetQueryAndAccess https://erddap.marine.ie/erddap/tabledap/spiddal_obs_adcp ERDDAP:tabledap ERDDAP-tabledap ERDDAP's tabledap service (a flavor of OPeNDAP) for tabular (sequence) data. Add different extensions (e.g., .html, .graph, .das, .dds) to the base URL for different purposes. download SmartBay Observatory ADCP data 2017-05-04 creation Marine Institute Marine Institute http://data.marine.ie/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/ie.marine.data:dataset.2820 information web browser Background Information Background information from the source information originator Alan Berry; Conall O'Malley; Rob Thomas contributor 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 Galway 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. A Teledyne RDI Workhorse Broadband 600KHz acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP ) is mounted on the observatory infrastructure. It is approximately two metres above the seabed, looking up towards the sea surface. Data are collected every minute for 1.0m depth bins from approx. 1 metre above the instrument to the surface. Data are collected in RDI's PD0 binary format (more information is available from the link: http://spiddal.marine.ie/data.html#adcp). The .PD0 raw files are processed as they are collected and the real time values for the Near Surface and Mid Water Current Speeds and Directions are extracted. The extracted values are displayed in near-real-time on smartbay.marine.ie. The processed data is also provided via an ERDDAP data server allowing the data to be downloaded in a range of open formats. The sensor is deployed on the EMSO Smartbay Cable End Equipment Node in Galway Bay in approx. 25m depth of water. OPeNDAP 1 tight OPeNDAPDatasetQueryAndAccess https://erddap.marine.ie/erddap/tabledap/spiddal_obs_adcp OPeNDAP:OPeNDAP OPeNDAP An OPeNDAP service for tabular (sequence) data. Add different extensions (e.g., .html, .das, .dds) to the base URL for different purposes. download SmartBay Observatory ADCP data 2017-05-04 creation Marine Institute Marine Institute http://data.marine.ie/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/ie.marine.data:dataset.2820 information web browser Background Information Background information from the source information originator Alan Berry; Conall O'Malley; Rob Thomas contributor 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 Galway 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. A Teledyne RDI Workhorse Broadband 600KHz acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP ) is mounted on the observatory infrastructure. It is approximately two metres above the seabed, looking up towards the sea surface. Data are collected every minute for 1.0m depth bins from approx. 1 metre above the instrument to the surface. Data are collected in RDI's PD0 binary format (more information is available from the link: http://spiddal.marine.ie/data.html#adcp). The .PD0 raw files are processed as they are collected and the real time values for the Near Surface and Mid Water Current Speeds and Directions are extracted. The extracted values are displayed in near-real-time on smartbay.marine.ie. The processed data is also provided via an ERDDAP data server allowing the data to be downloaded in a range of open formats. The sensor is deployed on the EMSO Smartbay Cable End Equipment Node in Galway Bay in approx. 25m depth of water. ERDDAP Subset 1 tight ERDDAP_Subset https://erddap.marine.ie/erddap/tabledap/spiddal_obs_adcp.subset search Subset Web page to facilitate selecting subsets of the dataset download physicalMeasurement instrument_id String Instrument Id serial_number int Instrument serial number time double time of measurement bin_number int Bin Number direction double direction (towards) of water current velocity double speed component of the sea water velocity velocity_error int Velocity Error velocity_east int Velocity East velocity_north int Velocity North velocity_upward int Velocity Upward salinity_nominal int nominal salinity speed_of_sound int sound velocity in sea water temperature double Temperature correlation_0 int Correlation 0 correlation_1 int Correlation 1 correlation_2 int Correlation 2 correlation_3 int Correlation 3 echo_intensity_0 int Echo Intensity 0 echo_intensity_1 int Echo Intensity 1 echo_intensity_2 int Echo Intensity 2 echo_intensity_3 int Echo Intensity 3 percent_good_0 int Percent Good 0 percent_good_1 int Percent Good 1 percent_good_2 int Percent Good 2 percent_good_3 int Percent Good 3 beam_angle double Beam Angle heading int Heading roll int Roll Data Requests Marine Institute Ireland +353 91 387 200 Rinville, Oranmore Galway Galway EIRE Ireland datarequests@marine.ie distributor OPeNDAP DAP/2.0 https://erddap.marine.ie/erddap/tabledap/spiddal_obs_adcp.html order Data Subset Form ERDDAP's version of the OPeNDAP .html web page for this dataset. Specify a subset of the dataset and download the data via OPeNDAP or in many different file types. download https://erddap.marine.ie/erddap/tabledap/spiddal_obs_adcp.graph order Make-A-Graph Form ERDDAP's Make-A-Graph .html web page for this dataset. Create an image with a map or graph of a subset of the data. mapDigital dataset 2020-04-20: Metadata attributes enhanced following OceanSITES and SeaDataNet attribute and vocabulary requirements. 2020-05-13: Metadata attributes enhanced following Copernicus Marine In Situ NetCDF format manual. This record was created from dataset metadata by ERDDAP Version 2.14