The proposal "Diagnostic of marine currents from satellite observations" submitted by Jordi Isern-Fontanet to the first call of Comfuturo projects has been one of the 14 selected out of 293. Comfuturo is a public-private partnership program created by the CSIC General Foundation aimed at capturing the the best young research talent and allow it to develop relevant projects within the Spanish science and technology system. This first call was targeting original and innovative projects with a high degree of aplicability, to provide answers to the present big scientific, technological and societal challenges