SmartBay Observatory Deployment Oct2015-Dec2016

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 takes 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 Acoustic data that have been collected from the Galway 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.