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| 06 Oct 2025
Sea surface temperature time series from Ballycotton, Ireland
Abstract. An ongoing and maturing Sea Surface Temperature time-series from Ballycotton in the south of Ireland has been created from deployments of high precision and accuracy sensors and made openly available for download. There is data at the location starting in 2010, with mostly-continuous data since 2016. A data managed process flow, quality control routine and metadata documentation are in place for this sea surface temperature dataset. Alongside this time series is a co-located tide gauge which together allow for a more comprehensive study of the coastal area and the changes occurring there overtime. The sea surface temperature time series is made available through the Marine Institute’s ERDDAP server and has been assigned a citation and DOI (https://doi.org/10.20393/A7545AB4-3F9B-4CF5-97D7-98784B9B8D8C; Marine Institute, 2025a).
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- RC1: 'Comment on essd-2025-589', Giuseppe M.R. Manzella, 16 Oct 2025 reply
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Ballycotton, Co.Cork, Ireland: Sea Surface Temperature data (2010–) Marine Institute https://doi.org/10.20393/A7545AB4-3F9B-4CF5-97D7-98784B9B8D8C
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Comments to: Sea surface temperature time series from Ballycotton, Ireland
Two papers were simultaneously submitted to ESSD on temperature time series from several Irish ports (the present ESSD-2025-589 and ESSD-2025-555). The data are important, and therefore publication of the paper falls fully within the scope of the journal.
- General Comments
The authors justify the observations 'valuable' (line 37) as a source of information for coastal processes and changes in fisheries. I would have expected some information on how temperature observations can complement other types of data for both coastal erosion and fisheries, taking into account an ecosystem approach for the latter. The paper highlights only the aspect of long-term temperature change in a coastal area.
It is possible that temperature measurements in the port could be indicators of changes at a non-local scale, so I would also expect a minimal discussion on the spatial representativeness of these measurements.
- Specific Comments
Line 37. "The temperature data collected there provides valuable information on shelf processes in the Celtic Sea". It would be interesting to know what the main processes in this area are beyond coastal erosion.
Line 70. SOP is an acronym that needs to be explained.
Figure 3. A flow element contains a 'visual quality check and flagging of data through a dashboard'. I would expect minimum and maximum 'gross check' values and some indication of a possible 'fine check' for the area under consideration.
Line 118. Interannual, decadal, and longer-term warming. An analysis that is too much partial. I would have expected a spectral analysis of low-frequency phenomena (for example, storm scales and thei influence on annual signal, if any).