SmartBay Observatory Combined Sensor Dataset - 15 minute average (August 2015 - Present)
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. Included is 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.
This dataset comprises a summary of numerical data collected from instruments and sensors on the observatory averaged out over a 15-minute period. The data includes temperature, conductivity, pressure, salinity, sound velocity, oxygen concentration, chlorophyll concentration, turbidity, water velocity and sound level measurements of the seawater.
Data and resources
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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…ERDDAP Open
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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.ERDDAP Open
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Background information from the sourceHTML Open
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Background information from the sourceHTML Open
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Background information from the sourceHTML Open
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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…ERDDAP Open
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Background information from the sourceHTML Open
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An OPeNDAP service for tabular (sequence) data. Add different extensions (e.g., .html, .das, .dds) to the base URL for different purposes.ERDDAP Open
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Background information from the sourceHTML Open
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Web page to facilitate selecting subsets of the datasetERDDAP Open
Additional information
| Date (creation) | 2025-05-12 |
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| Status | onGoing |
| Update frequency | asNeeded |
| Metadata language | en |
| License | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 |
| Source metadata | ISO 19115 XML |
| Last updated | 2026-11-04 |
| Created | 2026-11-04 |
| API | package_show |