Digital Twin Component
Ice Sheets
The DTC Ice Sheets Project is part of the European Space Agencyβs Digital Twin Earth (DTE) initiative, developed under the Lead Digital Twin Components (DTC) Development Actions for the Ice Sheets.
Our objective is to design, implement, and validate a pre-operational DTC focused on the Ice Sheets and Ice Shelves. This DTC integrates Earth Observation (EO) data with advanced computational modelling and stakeholder engagement to address critical topics in ice shelf stability, Greenland ice sheet hydrology, mass balance, and climatology. The DTC will address four specific use cases:
- π Hydropower (led by Lancaster University) β Predict climatically driven changes to freshwater flux from the Greenland Ice Sheet into the proglacial environment.
- π EU Sea Level Response Fingerprint (led by Technical University of Denmark) β Simulate and predict the impact of melting ice sheets on sea levels within the EU.
- βοΈ State and Fate of Antarctic Ice Shelves (led by University of Edinburgh) β Provide up-to-date reconstruction of Antarctic Ice Shelves and their interactions with the ice sheet, atmosphere, and ocean, and forecast their evolution.
- π Enhanced Surface Climate (led by Katholike Universiteit Leuven) β Leverage super-resolution modeling techniques to enhance the monitoring and prediction of surface climate conditions over Greenland and Antarctica.
Consortium
The consortium is led by Technical University of Denmark (DTU) as the project and science lead, with partners including:
Project and Science Lead
Technology Development and Project Management
Use Case Lead
Use Case Lead
Use Case Lead
EO-data Provider
EO-data Steward
Project Stakeholder