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The Marine Institute has implemented a SWAN wave model for the greater Galway Bay area called the Connemara model. SWAN (Simulating Waves Nearshore) is a third-generation spectral wave model which was primarily developed for use in coastal regions. The Connemara wave model has a
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The Marine Institute has created a 30-year Hindcast (1994-2023) of modelled wave data for Irish waters, based on an implementation of the SWAN model (Simulating Waves Nearshore) for an area that approximates to the Irish EEZ at a horizontal resolution of 0.025 degrees. This model
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The Marine Institute has implemented a new SWAN model (Irish_Shelf) for Irish waters. SWAN (Simulating Waves Nearshore) is a third-generation spectral wave model which was primarily developed for use in coastal regions. The Irish_Shelf wave model covers the Irish EEZ at a horizon
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The OSPAR Convention is the current legal instrument guiding international cooperation on the protection of the marine environment of the North-East Atlantic. Work under the Convention is managed by the OSPAR Commission, made up of representatives of the Governments of 15 Contrac
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This dataset represents the four Maritime Areas identified as the locations for future offshore wind project deployments within the South Coast Designated Maritime Area Plan for Offshore Renewable Energy (SC-DMAP) in Ireland.
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The South Coast Designated Maritime Area Plan for Offshore Renewable Energy (SC-DMAP) is Ireland’s first forward spatial plan for offshore renewable energy. As part of a plan-led approach to offshore renewable energy adopted by Government in 2023, all post Phase One offshore wind
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Beyond the 12-nautical-mile (22 km) limit, there is a further 12 nautical miles (22 km) from the territorial sea baseline limit, the contiguous zone, in which a state can continue to enforce laws in four specific areas: customs, taxation, immigration and pollution, if the infring
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Territorial waters or a territorial sea, as defined by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea,[1] is a belt of coastal waters extending at most 12 nautical miles (22.2 km; 13.8 mi) from the baseline (usually the mean low-water mark) of a coastal state. The terri
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This collection activity describes the weather station associated with the tide gauge at Galway Port, Co. Galway, Ireland. The weather station was deployed in May 2024 and data collection is currently ongoing. There are 2 Gill GMX 500 weather station units installed at the site c
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Deployment of a tide gauge at a site in Dingle (52° 8.3322' N, -11° 43.3302' W) on 14/11/2017. The purpose of this activity is as part of the Irish National Tide Gauge Network which provides real-time data and freely available tidal predictions to operational activities (flood fo
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Deployment of a tide gauge at a site in Kilrush (52° 37.9156' N, -10° 29.8604' W) on 01/12/2016. The purpose of this activity is as part of the Irish National Tide Gauge Network which provides real-time data and freely available tidal predictions to operational activities (flood
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Tide Gauge Deployment - TGN_15 - Castletownbere Tide Gauge from December 2006 - PresentEnvironment
Deployment of a tide gauge at a site in Castletownbere (51° 38.9838' N, -10° 5.78772' W) on 05/12/2006. The purpose of this activity is as part of the Irish National Tide Gauge Network which provides real-time data and freely available tidal predictions to operational activities
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Tide Gauge Deployment - TGN_14 - Ballycotton Harbour Tide Gauge from August 2010 - PresentEnvironment
Deployment of a tide gauge at a site in Ballycotton Harbour (51° 49.688' N, -9° 59.9519' W) on 13/08/2010. The purpose of this activity is as part of the Irish National Tide Gauge Network which provides real-time data and freely available tidal predictions to operational activiti
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Deployment of a tide gauge at a site in Wexford (52° 20.31' N, -7° 32.466' W) on 13/04/2007. The purpose of this activity is as part of the Irish National Tide Gauge Network which provides real-time data and freely available tidal predictions to operational activities (flood fore
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Tide Gauge Deployment - TGN_22 - Dublin Port Tide Gauge from February 2007 - PresentEnvironment
Deployment of a tide gauge at a site in Dublin Port (53° 20.7444' N, -7° 47.0016' W) on 13/02/2007. The purpose of this activity is as part of the Irish National Tide Gauge Network which provides real-time data and freely available tidal predictions to operational activities (flo
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Deployment of a tide gauge at a site in Howth (53° 23.5312' N, -7° 55.9194' W) on 25/10/2006. The purpose of this activity is as part of the Irish National Tide Gauge Network which provides real-time data and freely available tidal predictions to operational activities (flood for
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Deployment of a tide gauge at a site in Malin Head (55° 22.2888' N, -8° 39.9377' W) on 12/03/2008. The purpose of this activity is as part of the Irish National Tide Gauge Network which provides real-time data and freely available tidal predictions to operational activities (floo