Marine Knowledge Projects

The project aims to instrument and run long-term monitoring sites for an array of physical, chemical and biological essential ocean variables at Mace Head and Lehanagh Pool, Co. Galway and Newport catchment, Co. Mayo.

The aim of this project is to build national capacity in climate modelling of the marine domain with a focus on Ireland’s Exclusive Economic Zone and marine activities therein. This project will ensure that up-to-date marine climate and ecosystem model outputs are available to help fulfil national and European climate policies.

The aim of this project is to enhance Ireland’s capacity in the use of remote sensing imagery from satellites. This project will ensure that up-to-date marine climate and ecosystem model outputs are available to help fulfil national and European climate policies.

The aim of this project is to ensure that the competence is nationally available to reliably undertake reference-quality measurements of key Essential Ocean Variables, underpinning climate/oceanographic observation programmes. A key focus will be on inorganic carbon system measurements required for quantifying climate ocean CO2 fluxes and budgets and to measure ocean acidification.

To support a broader quality-controlled data and evidence base for national marine programmes the ability to process data efficiently is needed using new technical capabilities and approaches. This project will develop the use of new tools and processes to automate parts of the data processing pipeline allows for much greater efficiency, with optimise data processes allowing scientists to be redirected to higher value adding activities.

The project will implement digital analysis and visualisation tools to analyse and present data and information in meaningful ways for key stakeholders within the Marine Institute and key partner agencies. It will enable services which support cross-team analysis and understanding, leading to efficient and collaborative evidence-based decision making, based on a common process and toolset, leading to high-quality, reproducible and transparent information.

The project will implement best practice data governance, data signposting and data access services for relevant datasets enabling Irish marine data to be a leading example in the implementation of the Public Sector Information Directive and expanding the coordination and processing of marine data nationally and the integration and availability of those data via national and international portals.