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Virtual Laboratory · European Coastal Observations
Integration of Coastal Ocean Observations along Europe
Access, integrate and analyse multidisciplinary observations to investigate connectivity, extreme events and glider-measured change across Europe’s coastal ocean.
Open to EOSC users. This welcome page is available anonymously. Sign in through EOSC AAI or another supported identity to use the Virtual Lab.
Purpose and scope
Connect observations across Europe’s dynamic coastal ocean
The ICOOE Virtual Lab helps users access, integrate and analyse coastal observations collected by JERICO-RI partners and other European marine-data infrastructures.
It brings diverse in-situ observations, remote-sensing information and numerical-model results into shared analytical workflows. Users can investigate transport and connectivity, characterise coastal responses to major storms, and turn repeated glider sections into quality-controlled, FAIR data products and advanced visualisations.
Integrated capabilities
From heterogeneous observations to coastal knowledge
Quality control
Inspect and process measurements so that heterogeneous inputs can be analysed consistently.
Integrate
Combine in-situ, remote and model information across space, time and coastal domains.
Analyse
Apply statistics, correlations, anomaly detection and domain-specific scientific workflows.
Visualise
Interpret profiles, sections, maps and time series through interactive representations.
Reuse
Create documented outputs that support FAIR reuse, reproducibility and open science.
Thematic services
Three perspectives on coastal-ocean change
The services combine complementary observations and analytical methods to address connected processes, disruptive events and sustained monitoring.
Service 1 · Transboundary Processes & Connectivity
Investigate transport and connectivity along European margins by integrating in-situ and remote observations with numerical-model results.
- Explore currents, river outflows and water-mass pathways
- Assess biological connectivity and contaminant dispersion
- Map processes whose impacts cross administrative boundaries
Service 2 · Extreme Events
Explore available observations and characterise how major storms affect coastal waters and shorelines.
- Compare conditions before, during and after an event
- Analyse anomalies and coastal-environment responses
- Support impact assessment and preparedness
Service 3 · Ocean Glider
Demonstrate the added-value chain from repeated glider observations to advanced products, analyses and visualisations.
- Process and quality-control glider profiles and sections
- Use T–S diagrams, current estimates and anomaly detection
- Compare observations and models for validation
Data and scientific context
European coastal observations in context
The VLab is designed around observations produced by JERICO-RI partners and data available through European Blue Data Infrastructures. Depending on the service, these may be complemented with remote sensing, atmospheric forcing, river information and numerical-model products.
Coverage, update frequency, licence and citation requirements depend on the selected source and product. Users should consult the metadata associated with every input and generated resource.
Access and policies
Open to EOSC users
Anyone may consult this public page and the linked service documentation. EOSC users can enter the Virtual Lab after signing in through EOSC AAI or another identity provider supported by D4Science.
Sign in and explore the services
No project-membership invitation is required. Use a supported academic or federated identity to access analytical tools, shared resources and collaborative facilities.
Research, monitoring and decision support
The VLab supports coastal-process research, observing-system integration, education, environmental assessment and evidence-based coastal management.
Users must review licences, attribution requirements and access conditions attached to input data, software and generated resources.
Acceptable Use Policy
Use the environment responsibly and lawfully for legitimate research, education or innovation. Respect security, privacy, intellectual property and computational limits.
Read the D4Science AUPUser Access Policy
The VLab is open to EOSC users authenticating through a supported identity. Access remains subject to the AUP, operational capacity and any conditions attached to individual services.
Resource conditions
Integrated datasets, algorithms and documentation retain their own licences, citation requirements and provider conditions. Consult each resource record before reuse.
Responsibility and provenance
Developed with Europe’s coastal-observation community
The ICOOE Virtual Lab is led by the Instituto Hidrográfico and developed with the Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting System (SOCIB), in collaboration with IEEE and partners from the JERICO-RI coastal-observation community.
The service was developed through Blue-Cloud 2026. It is operated on the D4Science infrastructure and presented as part of the EOSC Node | European Digital Twin Ocean. Scientific partners are responsible for methods and guidance; source-data providers retain responsibility for their resources and conditions.
- Instituto Hidrográfico · Virtual Lab lead
- SOCIB and IEEE · Scientific and technical development
- JERICO-RI partners · Coastal observations and expertise
- D4Science · Digital infrastructure and technical operation
Blue-Cloud 2026 received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101094227.