Maritime spatial planning is about planning when and where human activities take place at sea to ensure these are as efficient and sustainable as possible. Maritime spatial planning involves stakeholders in a transparent way in the planning of maritime activities. In July 2014, the European Parliament and the Council adopted …
SWAN (Simulating Waves Nearshore) is a third-generation wave model which was primarily developed for use in coastal regions. The operational East_Atlantic model used to generate this dataset was an implementation of the SWAN model for Irish waters. The East Atlantic SWAN Wave Model dataset contains wave parameters output by this …
32 sample stations including CTD, Plankton Net (0-200m), Plankton Net (0-600m), Phytoplankton net (25 microns), Boxcore and ROV taken on board the RV Celtic Explorer in September 2008 during the Bright Sparks Award survey. A large instrument package called a CTD is the standard workhorse of oceanographers for acquiring water …
Data from the underway system includes observations and measurements of metocean conditions including air temperature, atmospheric pressure, relative humidity, sea temperature, salinity and wind speed/direction. Data has been collected in survey areas including the greater North Atlantic Ocean, Irish Sea, Saint Georges Channel, Celtic Sea, North Sea and Inner Seas …
Research cruise survey tracks generated from underway stations for Celtic Explorer cruises completed between 2003 and 2012. Survey operations have been undertaken across many scientific disciplines including geology, biology, chemistry, oceanography and marine science.
Argo Floats. Argo is an international collaboration that collects high-quality temperature and salinity profiles from the upper 2000m of the ice-free global ocean and currents from intermediate depths.
This dataset comprises raw ocean current data collected from the SmartBay buoy moored in Cork Harbour. The Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) measures the speed and direction of ocean currents.
Irish Wave Rider Buoy Network 30 minutes real time wave data collection. The parameters collected include; Longitude (decimal degrees), Latitude (decimal degrees), dateTime (yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss.sss), Station ID, Peak Period (secs), Peak Direction (Degrees True), Upcross Period (secs), Significant Wave Height (cm) and Sea Temperature (degreesC). Users of the dynamic download data …
The Accessible Wave Energy Resource Atlas 2005 describes an initial comparison between several years of hourly wave forecasts (using WAM) on a grid of points located off the Irish coast with corresponding records from a number of buoys installed in recent years. The report contains 31 figures, 43 tables and …