The Observatory in Galway Bay is an important contribution by Ireland to the growing global netwo... more The Observatory in Galway Bay is an important contribution by Ireland to the growing global network of real-time data capture systems deployed within the ocean. Installed on the seafloor 1.5km off the coast of Spiddal, the observatory uses cameras, probes and sensors to permit continuous and remote live underwater monitoring. Data relating to the marine environment at the site is transferred in real-time from the Observatory through a fibre optic telecommunications cable to the Marine Institute headquarters and onwards onto the internet. This dataset comprises of raw (unprocessed) acoustic data that have been collected from the Galway Observatory site using an icListen HF Smart Hydrophone – a digital hydrophone that processes and stores acoustic data. It transmits waveform or spectral data over its data link in real-time. The dataset comprises of a time series of raw acoustic data .wav files collected from the Galway Bay Subsea cabled observatory since its installation in 2015. The ...
The SmartBay cabled subsea observatory is a shallow water marine infrastructure with two distinct... more The SmartBay cabled subsea observatory is a shallow water marine infrastructure with two distinct operational roles, namely the provision of high quality, multidisciplinary, marine coastal data for scientific analysis combined with a role in facilitating marine technology testing and innovation projects. This paper highlights the unique aspects in the bespoke design of the infrastructure that facilitates both these roles by allowing multiple suites of instrumentation and equipment to operate simultaneously and how the supporting cyber Infrastructure system ensures real-time access to environmental data for scientists as well as secure real time access for commercial marine technology developers and researchers. The longevity of the infrastructure was a key component of the system design and these unique features are highlighted and discussed in terms of how they allow the infrastructure to carry out multiple projects while maintaining long term data collection capabilities from a suite of core instrumentation. SmartBay’s dual purpose of scientific environmental monitoring and technology development has seen the deployment and completion of a range of projects involving a variety of international researchers both scientific and commercial. We illustrate how the SmartBay observatory engineering and software systems have been adapted and enhanced to facilitate the most efficient usage of the observatory and how operational efficiencies maximise the long-term commercial viability and sustainability of the infrastructure.
The JERICO-RI (Joint European Research Infrastructure for Coastal Observatories, http://www.jeric... more The JERICO-RI (Joint European Research Infrastructure for Coastal Observatories, http://www.jericori.eu) is a Network of Coastal Observatories which are being integrated into a sustainable system of systems. Initiated in 2010, the basic elements of the system are nationally funded observing platforms, i.e. Ferrybox, fixed platforms (moorings, cabled observatories, piles), coastal gliders, HF radar, coastal profilers and vessels of opportunity. One of the main challenges for the European marine research community is now to increase the consistency and the sustainability of these dispersed networks and infrastructures by integrating their future within a shared Pan-European framework/infrastructure. A comprehensive cost benefit and value analysis for the Research Infrastructure is presented, outlining both the direct costs and benefits, but also the non-quantifiable costs and benefits associated with the operation of an integrated network of coastal marine observing systems. We show how the results of the economic appraisal and Cost Benefit Analysis outputs are best represented by the calculation of the Net Present Value (NPV) for each of the governance options considered. This value, in combination with the Benefit Cost Ratio (The ratio of the total benefits to total costs when total benefits and total costs are expressed in discounted present value terms) are calculated and presented with the high values in both cases illustrating the strong rationale for the development of a permanent Pan-European Research Infrastructure for coastal observations.
S BOOK WP1Integrated Science Strategy and governance from local to European Scales 4 WP4 Valorisa... more S BOOK WP1Integrated Science Strategy and governance from local to European Scales 4 WP4 Valorisation through applied joint research 4 EXTREME EVENT DETECTION FROM MULTIVARIATE DATA TIME SERIES. APPLICATION TO MARINE OBSERVATION. 4 IMPACT OF HF RADAR DATA ASSIMILATION ON SURFACE CURRENTS IN THE IBIZA CHANNEL 4 WP7 JERICO-NEXT GA Brest – TNA session 5 ORAL PRESENTATIONS 5 1. TNA Projects acronym: ABACUS 3; ABACUS 4 5 Title: ALGERIAN BASIN CIRCULATION UNMANNED SURVEYS 5 2. TNA Project acronym: Easy On-Line microLFA 6 Title: FIELD TEST OF A RELIABLE AND EASY TO USE MICROLFA BASED NUTRIENT SENSOR PACKAGE FOR FERRYBOX ON-LINE MONITORING APPLICATIONS 6 2. TNA Project acronym: MultiFluoro 6 Title: DESIGN AND DEPLOYMENT OF A NEW MULTIPARAMETER FLUOROMETER IN COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS 6 3. TNA Project acronym: INTERCARBO 6 Title: INTERCOMPARISON OF INSTRUMENTS FOR CARBONATE SYSTEM MEASUREMENTS (INTERCARBO) 6 4. TNA Project acronym: FOULSTOP 7 Title: FOULING PROTECTION FOR MARINE OPTICAL SYSTEMS 7...
This paper is about the development, implementation and operation of SmartBay - a subsea cabled o... more This paper is about the development, implementation and operation of SmartBay - a subsea cabled observatory and supporting infrastructure to stimulate the development of marine technology in Ireland. Blue Growth is the long term strategy of the European Union to support sustainable growth in the marine sector and offers great potential for innovation. The development of Ocean Technologies currently presents a number of challenges globally in terms of costs, reliability and longevity of infrastructure in the development of Renewable Energy, Blue Biotechnology, Water, and Environmental Monitoring & Management as well as more established markets such as Oil and Gas, Shipping and Security and Fishing and Aquaculture. We discuss the rationale behind the development of SmartBay in terms of addressing these challenges and focus particularly in the area of marine renewable energy technology development The design and installation phases of SmartBay are discussed. Costs were minimised, whils...
Cabled observatories are marine infrastructures equipped with biogeochemical and oceanographic se... more Cabled observatories are marine infrastructures equipped with biogeochemical and oceanographic sensors as well as High-Definition video and audio equipment, hence providing unprecedented opportunities to study marine biotic and abiotic components. Additionally, non-invasive monitoring approaches such as environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding have further enhanced the ability to characterize marine life. Although the use of non-invasive tools beholds great potential for the sustainable monitoring of biodiversity and declining natural resources, such techniques are rarely used in parallel and understanding their limitations is challenging. Thus, this study combined Underwater Video (UV) with eDNA metabarcoding data to produce marine fish community profiles over a 2 months period in situ at a cabled observatory in the northeast Atlantic (SmartBay Ireland). By combining both approaches, an increased number of fish could be identified to the species level (total of 22 species), including ecologically and economically important species such as Atlantic cod, whiting, mackerel and monkfish. The eDNA approach alone successfully identified a higher number of species (59%) compared to the UV approach (18%), whereby 23% of species were detected by both methods. The parallel implementation of point collection eDNA and time series UV data not only confirmed expectations of the corroborative effect of using multiple disciplines in fish community composition, but also enabled the assessment of limitations intrinsic to each technique including the identification of false-negative detections in one sampling technology relative to the other. This work showcased the usefulness of cabled observatories as key platforms for in situ empirical assessment of both challenges and prospects of novel technologies in aid to future monitoring of marine life.
The cost effective delivery of scientific and policy requirements is a key driver for the realiza... more The cost effective delivery of scientific and policy requirements is a key driver for the realization of global sustainability research, integrated assessment and supporting innovative systems. The next generation of geospatial information infrastructures is proposed as a possible solution. Still, questions such as ‘what does all this mean to environmental information systems’ and ‘what is expected to change’, have only partially been answered. In this paper, we describe the recent challenges for eEnvironment services in Europe, specify desired capabilities and derive according requirements. We identify affected stakeholder communities and depict their involvement in the overall value chain of environmental knowledge generation. Specific examples illustrate individual needs, while a derived description of the value chain indicates more general outcomes. Developmental requirements of future information systems are discussed. The presented work answers the questions above by bridging ...
The Observatory in Galway Bay is an important contribution by Ireland to the growing global netwo... more The Observatory in Galway Bay is an important contribution by Ireland to the growing global network of real-time data capture systems deployed within the ocean. Installed on the seafloor 1.5km off the coast of Spiddal, the observatory uses cameras, probes and sensors to permit continuous and remote live underwater monitoring. Data relating to the marine environment at the site is transferred in real-time from the Observatory through a fibre optic telecommunications cable to the Marine Institute headquarters and onwards onto the internet. This dataset comprises of raw (unprocessed) acoustic data that have been collected from the Galway Observatory site using an icListen HF Smart Hydrophone – a digital hydrophone that processes and stores acoustic data. It transmits waveform or spectral data over its data link in real-time. The dataset comprises of a time series of raw acoustic data .wav files collected from the Galway Bay Subsea cabled observatory since its installation in 2015. The ...
The SmartBay cabled subsea observatory is a shallow water marine infrastructure with two distinct... more The SmartBay cabled subsea observatory is a shallow water marine infrastructure with two distinct operational roles, namely the provision of high quality, multidisciplinary, marine coastal data for scientific analysis combined with a role in facilitating marine technology testing and innovation projects. This paper highlights the unique aspects in the bespoke design of the infrastructure that facilitates both these roles by allowing multiple suites of instrumentation and equipment to operate simultaneously and how the supporting cyber Infrastructure system ensures real-time access to environmental data for scientists as well as secure real time access for commercial marine technology developers and researchers. The longevity of the infrastructure was a key component of the system design and these unique features are highlighted and discussed in terms of how they allow the infrastructure to carry out multiple projects while maintaining long term data collection capabilities from a suite of core instrumentation. SmartBay’s dual purpose of scientific environmental monitoring and technology development has seen the deployment and completion of a range of projects involving a variety of international researchers both scientific and commercial. We illustrate how the SmartBay observatory engineering and software systems have been adapted and enhanced to facilitate the most efficient usage of the observatory and how operational efficiencies maximise the long-term commercial viability and sustainability of the infrastructure.
The JERICO-RI (Joint European Research Infrastructure for Coastal Observatories, http://www.jeric... more The JERICO-RI (Joint European Research Infrastructure for Coastal Observatories, http://www.jericori.eu) is a Network of Coastal Observatories which are being integrated into a sustainable system of systems. Initiated in 2010, the basic elements of the system are nationally funded observing platforms, i.e. Ferrybox, fixed platforms (moorings, cabled observatories, piles), coastal gliders, HF radar, coastal profilers and vessels of opportunity. One of the main challenges for the European marine research community is now to increase the consistency and the sustainability of these dispersed networks and infrastructures by integrating their future within a shared Pan-European framework/infrastructure. A comprehensive cost benefit and value analysis for the Research Infrastructure is presented, outlining both the direct costs and benefits, but also the non-quantifiable costs and benefits associated with the operation of an integrated network of coastal marine observing systems. We show how the results of the economic appraisal and Cost Benefit Analysis outputs are best represented by the calculation of the Net Present Value (NPV) for each of the governance options considered. This value, in combination with the Benefit Cost Ratio (The ratio of the total benefits to total costs when total benefits and total costs are expressed in discounted present value terms) are calculated and presented with the high values in both cases illustrating the strong rationale for the development of a permanent Pan-European Research Infrastructure for coastal observations.
S BOOK WP1Integrated Science Strategy and governance from local to European Scales 4 WP4 Valorisa... more S BOOK WP1Integrated Science Strategy and governance from local to European Scales 4 WP4 Valorisation through applied joint research 4 EXTREME EVENT DETECTION FROM MULTIVARIATE DATA TIME SERIES. APPLICATION TO MARINE OBSERVATION. 4 IMPACT OF HF RADAR DATA ASSIMILATION ON SURFACE CURRENTS IN THE IBIZA CHANNEL 4 WP7 JERICO-NEXT GA Brest – TNA session 5 ORAL PRESENTATIONS 5 1. TNA Projects acronym: ABACUS 3; ABACUS 4 5 Title: ALGERIAN BASIN CIRCULATION UNMANNED SURVEYS 5 2. TNA Project acronym: Easy On-Line microLFA 6 Title: FIELD TEST OF A RELIABLE AND EASY TO USE MICROLFA BASED NUTRIENT SENSOR PACKAGE FOR FERRYBOX ON-LINE MONITORING APPLICATIONS 6 2. TNA Project acronym: MultiFluoro 6 Title: DESIGN AND DEPLOYMENT OF A NEW MULTIPARAMETER FLUOROMETER IN COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS 6 3. TNA Project acronym: INTERCARBO 6 Title: INTERCOMPARISON OF INSTRUMENTS FOR CARBONATE SYSTEM MEASUREMENTS (INTERCARBO) 6 4. TNA Project acronym: FOULSTOP 7 Title: FOULING PROTECTION FOR MARINE OPTICAL SYSTEMS 7...
This paper is about the development, implementation and operation of SmartBay - a subsea cabled o... more This paper is about the development, implementation and operation of SmartBay - a subsea cabled observatory and supporting infrastructure to stimulate the development of marine technology in Ireland. Blue Growth is the long term strategy of the European Union to support sustainable growth in the marine sector and offers great potential for innovation. The development of Ocean Technologies currently presents a number of challenges globally in terms of costs, reliability and longevity of infrastructure in the development of Renewable Energy, Blue Biotechnology, Water, and Environmental Monitoring & Management as well as more established markets such as Oil and Gas, Shipping and Security and Fishing and Aquaculture. We discuss the rationale behind the development of SmartBay in terms of addressing these challenges and focus particularly in the area of marine renewable energy technology development The design and installation phases of SmartBay are discussed. Costs were minimised, whils...
Cabled observatories are marine infrastructures equipped with biogeochemical and oceanographic se... more Cabled observatories are marine infrastructures equipped with biogeochemical and oceanographic sensors as well as High-Definition video and audio equipment, hence providing unprecedented opportunities to study marine biotic and abiotic components. Additionally, non-invasive monitoring approaches such as environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding have further enhanced the ability to characterize marine life. Although the use of non-invasive tools beholds great potential for the sustainable monitoring of biodiversity and declining natural resources, such techniques are rarely used in parallel and understanding their limitations is challenging. Thus, this study combined Underwater Video (UV) with eDNA metabarcoding data to produce marine fish community profiles over a 2 months period in situ at a cabled observatory in the northeast Atlantic (SmartBay Ireland). By combining both approaches, an increased number of fish could be identified to the species level (total of 22 species), including ecologically and economically important species such as Atlantic cod, whiting, mackerel and monkfish. The eDNA approach alone successfully identified a higher number of species (59%) compared to the UV approach (18%), whereby 23% of species were detected by both methods. The parallel implementation of point collection eDNA and time series UV data not only confirmed expectations of the corroborative effect of using multiple disciplines in fish community composition, but also enabled the assessment of limitations intrinsic to each technique including the identification of false-negative detections in one sampling technology relative to the other. This work showcased the usefulness of cabled observatories as key platforms for in situ empirical assessment of both challenges and prospects of novel technologies in aid to future monitoring of marine life.
The cost effective delivery of scientific and policy requirements is a key driver for the realiza... more The cost effective delivery of scientific and policy requirements is a key driver for the realization of global sustainability research, integrated assessment and supporting innovative systems. The next generation of geospatial information infrastructures is proposed as a possible solution. Still, questions such as ‘what does all this mean to environmental information systems’ and ‘what is expected to change’, have only partially been answered. In this paper, we describe the recent challenges for eEnvironment services in Europe, specify desired capabilities and derive according requirements. We identify affected stakeholder communities and depict their involvement in the overall value chain of environmental knowledge generation. Specific examples illustrate individual needs, while a derived description of the value chain indicates more general outcomes. Developmental requirements of future information systems are discussed. The presented work answers the questions above by bridging ...
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