Joanna Staneva, Helmholtz Zentrum Hereon, Geesthacht, Germany, Kelli Johnson, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Institute of Coastal Systems-Analysis and Modelling, Geesthacht, Germany, Mrs. Emma Reyes, PhD, Balearic Islands Coastal Observing And Forecasting System (SOCIB), Palma, Spain, Antonio Bonaduce, Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Bergen, Norway, Giorgia Verri, CMCC, Ocean application and Prediction Division, Lecce, Italy, Ivan Federico, CMCC Foundation - Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, Lecce, Italy, Alena Bartosova, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, United States, Pavel Terskii, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping, Sweden, Kai Christensen, Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Ocean and Ice, Oslo, Norway, Quentin Jamet, Service Hydrographique Et Oceanographique De La Marine (SHOM), Brest, France, Isabel Garcia Hermosa, Mercator Océan, Ramonville-Saint-Agne, France, Lorinc Meszaros, Deltares, Delft, Netherlands and FOCCUS Horizon Europe Project