A digital twin is a digital replica of a living or non-living physical entity. The digital twins will give users tailored access to high-quality information, services, models, scenarios, forecasts, and visualisations. Digital twins rely on the integration of continuous observation, modelling and high-performance simulation, resulting in highly accurate predictions of future developments.
ILIAD will develop, operate, and demonstrate the ILIAD Digital Twin of the Ocean (DTO). The ILIAD DTO is an interoperable, data-intensive, and cost-effective Digital Twin of the Ocean (DTO), capitalizing the explosion of new data provided by many different earth sources, modern computing infrastructure (Internet of Things, social networking, Big Data, cloud computing, and more) in an inclusive, virtual/augmented, and engaging fashion to address all Earth Data challenges. ILIAD will combine high-resolution modelling with real-time sensing of ocean parameters, advanced algorithms for forecasting of spatio-temporal events and pattern recognition. The DTO will consist of several real-time to near-real-time digital replicas of the ocean (DT). These DT will be used to support the design and development of smart and innovative services, paving the way for an open, actionable, and equitable digital twin of the ocean throughout the EU and beyond, starting with the partner countries.
