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  The Yangtze River "digital twin" is revolutionizing flood management and mitigation along Asia's longest river. This innovative technology creates a virtual replica of the entire Yangtze River and the Three Gorges Dam, allowing for real-time monitoring, simulation, and prediction of flood events.   Ships pass the five-tier ship lock of the Three Gorges Project in October. WANG GANG/XINHUA Key Features and Benefits Real-time Monitoring: The digital twin provides instant access to critical metrics of the Three Gorges Dam, enabling continuous monitoring of dam pressure and safety. Flood Prediction: By analyzing existing flood data in the upper reaches, the system can predict future flood trends in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze.   Early Warning System: The digital twin enables earlier and more accurate flood warnings, allowing for safer evacuations and more targeted flood defense measures. Comprehensive Database: A database of 706 polders along the Yan...

🌊The European Digital Twin Ocean (EU DTO) is making strides! The Digital Ocean Forum 2024 on 13 June marked an important milestone for the #EUDTO, as the European Commission, Mercator Ocean International (MOi) and the @vlizostend - Flanders Marine Institute unveiled the pre-operational platform. The event featured a live demonstration in the presence of European Commission representatives, scientific officers and civil society organisations, underscoring the collaborative nature of the project.  A powerful tool for science-driven decision-making, the #EUDTO will represent a significant leap forward in our ability to monitor, predict, and understand Ocean dynamics, helping to drive sustainable Ocean management. As a flagship initiative of the EC's Mission Restore Our Ocean and Waters, the EU DTO supports the EU Green Deal and the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. The platform is set to gradually scale up throughout 2025. The...

  By Sundip R. Desai, Lockheed Martin Associate Fellow and Guidance, Navigation, and Controls Engineer at Lockheed Martin Space     The use of data-driven modeling to represent complex systems has become prevalent due to the rise of artificial intelligence and machine learning, which we primarily attribute to the advancements in hardware acceleration, better end-to-end software pipelining, and open-sourced architectures. With these advancements in mind, engineers and scientists can now take massive amounts of data collected from a physical device and create a somewhat usable digital twin in a day. We say “somewhat” because the model is not complete, just a mere reflection of the data organizations provided. Data-driven modeling, or ‘surrogate’ modeling, only captures the structural artifacts of the data that organizations present. The model does not contain innate knowledge, reasoning capability, or perception of the world.     A “World Model” ...

Information hour on running a Satellite Event on Digital Twins of the Ocean The snapshot of the Summit could be found as follows. Detailed agenda will be updated when it is ready prior to the commencement of the Summit. Stay tuned! We sincerely call for abstracts submitting to the following sessions for in-depth discussions on advancing and applying DTOs 1. Ocean Observations & Data Systems Co-chairs:  Toste Tanhua, Marjolaine Krug, Yan Du Ocean observation is important to generate the information needed to understand, manage and protect the ocean. Data systems are essential for integrating ocean observations and key information for ocean and climate research. Ocean observations and data systems allow us to understand and improve our predictions of ocean systems, different ocean hazards, climate variability and global change, as well as to provide critical information for policymakers on ocean sustainable development. This session welcomes topics: (1) bringing together research...

Exploring shallow lagoons with USV mapping technology   Parallel to the in-person  International Digital Twins of the Ocean Summit  in Xiamen, China, GEOMAR is coordinating a worldwide series of  virtual satellite events . We would like to encourage you to register a satellite event supporting the engagement and advancement of actions in the broad area of Digital Twins of the Ocean. All information regarding the timing, format and  registration  for hosting a satellite event can be found below. https://ditto-summit2023.scimeeting.cn/en/web/index/17765_ Introduction The ocean is facing challenges from both climate change and increasing impacts caused by anthropogenic activities. This calls for breakthrough solutions to address the challenges for a shared sustainable ocean future. Digital twins of the ocean (DTOs) are digital representation of the ocean that help to answer ‘what if’ questions. Thus, they are intended to provide science-based decisio...