The ICTS SOCIB Terms of Use establish two types of data access for users and institutions: Open Access and On Demand.
Open Access
The ICTS SOCIB Terms of Use establish a particular procedure, outlined in the Agreement of the Scientific, Technological, and Innovation Policy Council on the update of the Map of Unique Scientific and Technical Infrastructures, Annex II (see Annex D, section d.), which allows open access to online metocean data in line with the Spanish National Strategy for Open Science for the period between 2023 and 2027. The data, therefore, are offered in a permanent open mode and are distributed in open access and near-real-time through the SOCIB Metocean Data Repository outstanding facility.
Terms of Use and Legal Notice
Licence
Users can view, download, copy, distribute, or use the data from the SOCIB Data Repository for any lawful purpose (commercial and non-commercial), under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0 DEED).
Restrictions: Ethics and Confidentiality
According to the regulations governing access to the metocean data of the ICTS SOCIB, this is subject to regulatory exceptions according to the following supplementary provisions:
Legal Notice
The data from ICTS SOCIB is published under an Open Data Policy to make it available to the scientific community and the general public. Although ICTS SOCIB strives to ensure the data is accurate and of the highest possible quality, it may contain errors or inaccuracies. Therefore, users are encouraged to carefully assess its suitability according to their specific needs, considering the information on its quality and accuracy. ICTS SOCIB promotes open communication and welcomes any inquiries, comments, or notifications of potential errors through the contact details included in the corresponding files.
Acknowledgement and Citation
Acknowledgement
The use, reproduction, modification, or distribution of data from the SOCIB Metocean Data Repository outstanding facility, under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0 DEED), requires the acknowledgement of the Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting System (SOCIB), as the data source in the following manner:
"Data obtained from the Metocean Data Repository of the Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting System (SOCIB). [year of data download], [Title], [URL to access the data], data consulted on [date of access]."
The text in brackets is only mandatory in the case of bibliographic references.
Example of acknowledgment: "Data obtained from the Metocean Data Repository of the Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting System (SOCIB). 2010, Data from the IME-MET002 instrument on the Salines Station platform, https://apps.socib.es/data-catalog, data consulted on 18-10-2010."
Furthermore, where applicable, more organizations that fund or contribute to the used data can also be acknowledged.
In the case of using SOCIB data in applications developed by third parties, it is recommended to include, in addition to the text above, the institution's logo.
Citation
Users or institutions using data products with a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) from the SOCIB Metocean Data Repository must cite the data source appropriately, as indicated below, to enable reproducibility.
Example of citation:
"Tintoré, J., Lana, A., Marmain, J., Fernández, V., Casas, B., & Reyes, E. (2020). HF Radar Ibiza data from date 2012-06-01 (Version 1.0.1) [Data set]. Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting System, SOCIB. https://doi.org/10.25704/17GS-2B59."
The ICTS SOCIB offers the following catalog of data on demand, to which the following terms of use apply:
Terms of Use and Legal Notice
License
The Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED) allows others to share and redistribute the on-demand data from ICTS SOCIB for any purpose (commercial and non-commercial), provided they give credit to the original author (attribution) and do not make modifications. It is a license that prioritizes the integrity and preservation of the original work.
Legal Notice
The data from ICTS SOCIB is published under an Open Data Policy to make it available to the scientific community and the general public. Although ICTS SOCIB strives to ensure the data is accurate and of the highest possible quality, it may contain errors or inaccuracies. Therefore, users are encouraged to carefully assess its suitability according to their specific needs, considering the information on its quality and accuracy. ICTS SOCIB promotes open communication and welcomes any inquiries, comments, or notifications of potential errors through the contact details included in the corresponding files.
Acknowledgement
The use of the data must be acknowledged as follows:
"Data obtained from the Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting System (SOCIB). [year of the data]. [Type of data consulted], data accessed on [date of access]."
E.g.
"Data obtained from the Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting System (SOCIB). 2023. Radial velocities in near-real time and OMA (Open-Boundary Modal Analysis) data from the high-frequency radar network of the Ibiza Channel, data accessed on 18-10-2020."
"Data obtained from the Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting System (SOCIB). 2023. Data from the SIRENA video monitoring system of the Son Bou Station platform, data accessed on 18-10-2020."
Download the informational sheet on open data at ICTS SOCIB
Everything you need to know about the policy, use, and acknowledgment of data.
