i) to investigate the limitations and potential improvements of altimetry data in the coastal area,
ii) to test the feasibility of new technologies (gliders),
iii) to intercalibrate and quality control in situ instruments,
iv) to develop methods for the combination of different sensors (including the estimation of geostrophic velocities close to the coast imposing a boundary condition),
v) to estimate vertical velocities and derived variables to study coastal dynamics (eddies, fronts, filaments,…),
vi) to use high resolution observations together with the numerical results obtained (ROMS and HOPS) to study the formation, evolution and decay of mesoscale and sub-mesoscale features.