IBISAR
Service for real-time data ranking in the IBI area
for emergency responders and SAR operators.
How can we improve emergency response at sea?
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IBISAR facilitates decision-making to Search and Rescue (SAR) operators and emergency responders.
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IBISAR allows to identify the most accurate ocean current prediction in near-real time in the Iberian-Biscay-Irish (IBI) regional seas.
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IBISAR contributes to maintain our seas and coasts safe and clean.



IBISAR helps to:
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Improve Search and Rescue and pollution control operations
Minimize response time
Optimize search area planning
Allocate resources effectively
IBISAR: effective response needs the most accurate data
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Free access, under registration |
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Select an area and period of interest |
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Visualize and download the available data |
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User-friendly and efficient service:
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Single access point |
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Regularly updated database |
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Easily interpretable metrics of accuracy |
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IBISAR: HOW IT WORKS
Generated using E.U Copernicus Marine Service Information
DATA USED
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Copernicus Marine Service products
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Complementary products

Drifter trajectories

HF radar currents

Current forecasts
USEFULNESS OF THE COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE
The Copernicus Marine Service plays a key role because it provides:
A single access point to a wide variety of data, which helps save time.
The access to different current predictions in the Iberian-Biscay-Irish regional seas.
The initial and boundary conditions to the coastal and regional models of the complementary datasets.
Near-real time observations for model data assimilation and validation.
Finally, this information is used in IBISAR to evaluate the performance of every model available in the Iberian-Biscay-Irish regional seas.
FACTS & NUMBERS
Effective response to emergencies at sea needs reliable observations and predictions.
The Copernicus Marine Service allows the access to a wide variety of data.
The key over-arching concern of the users is to know which prediction is the most accurate.
SAR operators need user-friendly automated system to evaluate the performance of the different predictions..
Video of the CMEMS General Assembly – About IBISAR |
HF Radar applications – Emma Reyes (SOCIB) |
IBISAR service – Introduction |
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IBISAR service – Tutorial |
Adèle REVELARD – PostDoc Coastal HF Radar Facility – SOCIB |
Adèle REVELARD – PostDoc Coastal HF Radar Facility – SOCIB |
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Joaquin Tintore Subirana – Director – SOCIB |
Presentation of IBISAR at IMDIS conference |
SASEMAR-25 years with you |
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Iberian Biscay Ireland Regional Seas |
About EU Copernicus |
Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting System- SOCIB |
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Webinar from D. de Staerke and V. Rosmorduc (CLS/CNES) |
How to view CMEMS products |
How to discover and search for CMEMS Products |
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IBISARcontact |
ibisar@socib.es |
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Copernicus MarineService Desk |
servicedesk.cmems@mercator-ocean.eu |