Explore our collection of present and historical data from the Narragansett Bay.

Narragansett Bay Data Explorer

Explore historical and real-time data about water quality, temperature, and more from the Narragansett Bay. If you find issues, leave us a comment or open an issue on the GitHub repo linked below.

ERDDAP Server

ERDDAP is a data server that gives you a simple, consistent way to download subsets of gridded and tabular scientific datasets in common file formats and make graphs and maps.

Narragansett Bay Long-Term Plankton Time Series

Narragansett Bay Long-Term Plankton Time Series is one of the world’s longest-running plankton surveys. Beginning in 1957, weekly samples have been collected to assess the phytoplankton community and characterize the physical parameters of Narragansett Bay.

RIDDC Data Articles

A collection of articles and jupyter notebooks with stories, exploratory data analyses, and code examples using our ERDDAP server data.

Ocean State Ocean Model

The Ocean State Ocean Model (OSOM) has been developed by URI and Brown Collaborators based on the Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS). If you are looking to make comparisons between OSOM output and observational data, it may be helpful to note that OSOM only models a region within latitudes 40.507°N to 42.174°N and longitudes -72.665°W to -69.985°W. The model data is available on ERDDAP, with a subset available for exploration in the Narragansett Bay Data Explorer.

Fish Trawl Survey

The University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography Fish Trawl Survey is a state-funded survey of the bottom fish and invertebrate community in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. The survey was initiated in 1959 by Charles J. Fish, founder and director of the Narragansett Marine Laboratory, the precursor to the Graduate School of Oceanography. The University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography Fish Trawl Survey is a state funded survey of the bottom fish and invertebrate community in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.

Narragansett Bay Volume Viewer

The Narragansett Bay Volume Viewer provides an accessible and interactive environment to explore and showcase volumetric Narragansett Bay data from the Ocean State Ocean Model with the added benefits of Virtual Reality, if VR-capable hardware is available.