DCC-CR and CoastPredict showcased advances in satellite and in situ observations and modelling approaches for coastal hazard prediction and resilient coastal communities at AGU25 in New Orleans
Published on 09 January 2026 | Events
The Decade Collaborative Centre for Coastal Resilience, together with CoastPredict, participated in the AGU Fall Meeting 2025, held in New Orleans, USA, from 15 to 19 December 2025. The event provided an important international platform to showcase advances in coastal hazard prediction, observation systems, and resilience-building strategies.
CoastPredict contributed to two dedicated scientific sessions on Monday, 15 December 2025, focusing on the role of satellite and in situ observations in supporting the prediction of coastal hazard impacts and enhancing the resilience of coastal communities. Both sessions, convened by Vassiliki Kourafalou (Chief Scientific Officer of the DCC-CR), were highly successful, fostering active discussion on the scientific objectives and implementation pathways of CoastPredict and GlobalCoast, alongside the specific results presented in the oral and poster contributions.
The oral session, OS12A Satellite and In Situ Observations in Support of the Prediction of Coastal Hazard Impacts for Enhancing the Resilience of Coastal Communities II Oral (10:30–12:00, Room 214, New Orleans Convention Center), featured presentations that covered a broad spectrum of topics, including: addressing global coastal challenges through adapted tools and CNES know-how; satellite-based estimation of intertidal topography using SWOT interferometric observations to improve coastal inundation modelling; modular digital twin solutions for coastal hazards, ecosystem monitoring, and resilience; data-driven forecasting of compound coastal–fluvial floods in urban environments; high-tide flood detection using multi-satellite remote sensing data and in situ flood sensors.
One of the oral presentations, titled “ProtoCoast: the new advancements of the prototype of GlobalCoast Cloud for coastal resilience” , showcased ProtoCoast, the first operational prototype of the GlobalCoast Cloud, co-designed by CMCC, EGI, and SOCIB, in collaboration with PANGEO EOSC under GlobalCoast. ProtoCoast offers a scalable and federated cloud infrastructure tailored for regional coastal monitoring and forecasting, currently operational across the Mediterranean region and expanding to multiple geographically and climatically diverse regions. Each region will include several pilot sites under CoastPredict’s GlobalCoast initiative and will leverage interoperable Regional Clouds connected to a unified Data Lake infrastructure. The system integrates computing services, real-time and historical oceanographic data ingestion, data analysis.
The poster session, OS11D Satellite and In Situ Observations in Support of the Prediction of Coastal Hazard Impacts for Enhancing the Resilience of Coastal Communities I Poster (08:30–12:00, Poster Hall, Hall EFG), showcased a wide range of poster contributions addressing complementary observational and modelling approaches. This session also highlighted the advancements in integrating satellite and in situ observations with coastal models to enhance community resilience to ocean hazards. Highlights included coastal risk assessment through Digital Twins, water level sensor networking for coastal resilience, use of variable satellite observations and in situ flood sensors, advances in assimilation of Altimetry Sea Level anomalies, furthering Early Warning Systems for coastal hazardsand strengthening Nature Based resilience, integration of Machine Learning with observations and models toward science-based and user-oriented solutions.
Participation in AGU25 reinforced the role of the DCC-CR and CoastPredict in advancing integrated observation, modelling, and digital solutions to support coastal hazard prediction and strengthen the resilience of coastal communities worldwide.