Nadia Pinardi, University of Bologna, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Bologna, Italy, Vassiliki Kourafalou, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States, Tintore Joaquin, Balearic Islands Coastal Observing And Forecasting System (SOCIB), Palma, Spain, Emma Heslop, IOC/UNESCO, GOOS, Paris Cedex 15, France, Giovanni Coppini, CMCC Foundation - Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, Bologna, Italy, Aletta Yñiguez, Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines and Mairéad O'Donovan, CMCC Foundation - Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, Lecce, Italy