SOCIB is managed by a consortium financed equally by the General Administration of the State and the Government of the Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands. Located in Palma de Mallorca, it has been in the operational phase since 2013.
SOCIB’s activity is focused on the Western Mediterranean, including the Balearic Islands and adjacent areas (Alboran Sea, Algerian Sea…).Due to its strategic position, close to the transition between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, it is one of the “hot spots” of global biodiversity.
SOCIB is made up of a network of facilities and equipment dedicated to marine observation, acquisition, processing, analysis, operational numerical modeling and dissemination of multidisciplinary information on the marine environment in a systematic and regular way.
The synergy between the different observation systems (oceanographic catamaran, high-frequency radars, autonomous underwater vehicles, buoys, ARGO profilers, etc. ), the prediction systems and data assimilation tools and the computerized data management and distribution system provide a complete and integrated description of the physical and biogeochemical properties of marine and coastal systems and their evolution.
