About the project

Over the course of 42 months starting in January 2023, Blue-Cloud 2026 will evolve the core services, integrating more blue analytical services, configuring more Virtual Labs, improving services for uptake of new data sets from a multitude of data originators (such as SeaDataNet, EurOBIS, Euro-Argo, ELIXIR-ENA, SOCAT, EcoTaxa, and ICOS-Ocean), and major e-infrastructures, namely EUDAT, D4Science, and WEkEO (CMEMS DIAS)  and for discovery and access to their structured data collections.

Blue-Cloud 2026’s overall Objective is to expand the federated approach of Blue-Cloud, involving more aquatic data stakeholders, and interacting with EOSC developments, in support of the EU Green Deal, UN SDG, EU Destination Earth, and the EU Mission Starfish on healthy oceans, seas, coastal and inland waters, ultimately to provide a core data service for the Digital Twin of the Ocean.

Blue-Cloud tools and services

• Data Discovery & Access Service: An easy and FAIR service for discovering and retrieving multi-disciplinary data sets and products managed and provided by Blue Data Infrastructures.

• Virtual Research Environment: An Open Science platform for collaborative marine research, using a wide variety of datasets and analytical tools, complemented by generic services.

• Thematic Virtual Labs: Researchers work closely together with the Blue-Cloud 2026 technical team to describe Virtual Lab workflows and technical requirements.

• Workbenches for Essential Ocean Variables (EOVs): Ocean and data scientists will implement efficient workflows that allow them to harmonise, validate and qualify large and various in situ data sources, exploiting the services available in the Blue-Cloud VRE.

• Data Catalogue: The Blue-Cloud Data Catalogue includes data, products, and resources of interest for the Blue-Cloud community.