Luca Brocca and colleagues | A digital twin of Earth’s water cycle: progress and promise

In this Frontiers Forum Deep Dive session on 29 May 2024, Dr Luca Brocca, Dr Lorenzo Alfieri, and Dr Mariette Vreugdenhil explored the groundbreaking Digital Twin Earth Hydrology Platform and how it can enhance flood and landslide prediction and optimize water resource management in the face of climate change. They were joined for a panel and question and answer session by Dr Giriraj Amarnath, and Prof Ilias Pechlivanidis.
The session brought together the authors of the Frontiers in Science lead article ‘A Digital Twin of the terrestrial water cycle: a glimpse into the future through high-resolution Earth observations’ to discuss steps for expanding these digital twins to a global scale.
Links:
• View the Frontiers in Science lead article at: www.frontiersin.org/journals/...
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Speakers:
• Dr Luca Brocca | National Research Council, Italy
• Dr Lorenzo Alfieri | CIMA Research Foundation, Italy
• Dr Mariette Vreugdenhil | Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), Austria
• Dr Giriraj Amarnath | International Water Management Institute, Sri Lanka
• Prof Ilias Pechlivanidis | Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Sweden
INTRODUCTION
00:00:07 Welcome & introduction | Gilbert de Gregorio | Associate Director, Frontiers Planet Prize
PRESENTATIONS
00:04:29 A digital twin of the terrestrial water cycle | Dr Luca Brocca | National Research Council, Italy
00:24:33 High-resolution satellite products for hydrological modeling | Dr Lorenzo Alfieri | CIMA Research Foundation, Italy
00:37:14 Building a high resolution EO data cube | Dr Mariette Vreugdenhil | Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), Austria
PANEL DISCUSSION & AUDIENCE Q&A
00:51:54 Introduction of panel session | Gilbert de Gregorio | Associate Director, Frontiers Planet Prize
00:53:43 Panel discussion on linking individual stress to societal and planetary health | Facilitated by Gilbert de Gregorio | Associate Director, Frontiers Planet Prize
CONCLUSION
01:26:58 Closing remarks from Gilbert de Gregorio | Associate Director, Frontiers Planet Prize
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