SOCIB has celebrated the mid-term review meeting of IBISAR
Taking advantage of the context offered by IMDIS 2018, SOCIB has celebrated the mid-term review meeting (face-to-face) with IBISAR team members, collaborators and targeted users to update on the project progress on the 5th November, hosted by CSIC-ICM (Barcelona).
The meeting attendees, listed in the agenda, include participants from different institution: AZTI, Puertos del Estado, SASEMAR - Jovellanos, SASEMAR - CSS Palma, CSIC-ICM (COSMO project team) plus SOCIB staff.
The goals of this mid-term meeting were:
- Meet with the project team and collaborators 6 months after the start date
- Update on the project progress
- Discuss any questions, concerns, difficulties and user's feedback
- Define follow up actions
The main outcomes that emerged from the meeting:
- User's feedbacks add a new dimension and very valuable insights to CMEMS data
- Significant improvements have been made in the COSMO Lagrangian models
- Five data (from CMEMS and complementary databases) are expected to be integrated into the IBISAR service database
- Collaborators suggest the integration of HFR from Ebro Delta
- Potential synergies with NARVAL (the IBI-MFC validation tool) have been considered
- Compilation of historical drifters data and their integration into CMEMS INSTAC is needed
- Modellers have been identified as potential users of IBISAR service
- New surface lagrangian drifters deployments are expected in the forthcoming months
Thanks to all participants for their contributions and feedbacks and special thanks to CSIC-ICM for hosting the meeting.