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The project aims to build a Polycentric Infrastructure for operational coastal modelling, generating information on the weather conditions, wave climate and surface currents and downscale it to the local scale where endusers need it. The main contribution of this project is for Maritime Security by providing forecasts for meteorology, ocean currents and wave height both at regional and local scales, allowing the enduser to interact directly with the system and not just to obtain standard information. Another contribution is for coastal management, including protection of shore infrastructures and bathing water quality forecasting. The technology necessary for building such a system is already available in the countries of the Atlantic Arc, but is spread for various countries and institutions. The Polycentric Infrastructure proposed combine those technologies creating added value. The Mercator Ocean is running a model for the whole world forecasting the circulation - currents, levels, temperature and salinity - and assimilating field data - levels and temperatures- every week. MOHID model has been applied off the Iberian coast forced by results of Mercator and by results of the Meteorological model run by MeteoGalicia for producing results at regional and local scales. In order to add value, INTECMAR will use the local models in real cases, pointing out the needs and lacks as well the improvements and sucess. Main objectives of the project: - To produce results at a regional scale forcing the system with a regional meteorological model and the Global Circulation Model for currents and with a large scale wave generation model for the waves - To produce results at a local scale, nesting the local model within the regional model, being concerned with local processes - To develop an internet based bidirectional interface permitting to the End-user the submission of jobs to the modelling system that is running operationally.