The TerraDT first annual webinar will offer an accessible overview of how TerraDT is contributing to advanced Earth system modelling via digital twin components and impact tools for the cryosphere, land surface and aerosols within the Destination Earth (DestinE) initiative.
In this 90 min online session, participants will hear short “story-driven” presentations from TerraDT technical leads, showcasing preliminary results and early demonstrators to illustrate how new components and emulators can support applications such as sea-ice and land-ice risk assessment, land and extremes monitoring, and aerosol and air-quality services. A panel discussion with representatives from DestinE, sister digital twin projects and external stakeholders will explore how these developments fit into a broader European digital twin ecosystem and what is needed to translate components and simulations into operational services that people actually use.
Interactive polls and a live Q&A will be used throughout the webinar to collect participants’ interests, perceived barriers and collaboration ideas.
Who should join:
- Researchers and modellers working on the cryosphere, land surface, aerosols and related Earth system processes.
- Developers of impact models and climate or environmental services (e.g. sea-ice and polar services, hydrology, forestry, air quality, urban applications).
- Teams involved in DestinE (ClimateDT, platform and data infrastructure, service providers) and other EU digital twin initiatives.
- Data scientists, software engineers and HPC specialists interested in digital twin components, emulators and integration workflows.
- Representatives of public authorities, operational agencies and organisations considering or already using digital twins to support decision-making.
- Other stakeholders and networks engaged in climate services, environmental monitoring and digital infrastructures who wish to explore synergies with TerraDT.
Introduction to the webinar - Maria Giuffrida (Trust-IT Services)
TerraDT in a nutshell - Project coordinator Jenni Kontkanen (CSC)
- Coupling land ice with the climate system - Clemens Schannwell and Hauke Schmidt (Max Planck Institute for Meteorology)
- Highlights on interactive User Interface for impact models - Katri Tegel (CSC)
- Land–atmosphere interactions and aerosol effects
Moderator: Roberta Fabrizi (Trust-IT Services)
- Interactive session with audience participation on Mentimeter
- Open discussion with keynote speakers on transversal topics including sister projects and other initiatives.
Questions from the audience
Concluding remarks - Maria Giuffrida (Trust-IT Services)