Marine Knowledge Projects

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 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.

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 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.