ACCIBERG will demonstrate its pilot iceberg forecasts for beta-testers in the Summer 2025. Volunteers can go iceberg-watching using the IceWatch mobile app and request a forecast in return.
Iceberg Tagging
ACCIBERG needs your help!
In-situ iceberg trajectories tagged with buoys are vital for validating the iceberg forecast model. However the data is scattered between industry, academia, and public bodies. One of the largest deployments was done by DMI in 2021 in Disko Bay (West Greenland) as part of ICE-PPR Iceberg Tagging (IIT) Experiment 21, led by the US Office of Naval Research (ONR). This deployment is the most extensive and publicly available so far, and defines the main validation period of the project: from August to October 2021, during which the Sentinel-1 constellation was nominal. Additional data from various other sources, some going back to 1977, will also be available to the project.
ACCIBERG can provide a GPS tracker to be placed on an iceberge, which will then follow iceberg and help calibrate the iceberg model. We have 12 of them available, on a first come, first served basis. The deployment of buoys on icebergs is a dangerous operation and strict security protocols are required by the Ice Services, so security protocols for tagging icebergs are available. Go to the contact page to volunteer.
Above: Three main types of icebergs considered in ACCIBERG: Pinnacle, tabular, and tilted tabular. Credits: Ian Pettigrew (pbase.com), Oceanwide Expeditions, PolarTREC respectively.