Implementing digital twin technology of the earth system in Destination Earth

作者：Nils Wedi, Irina Sandu, Péter Bauer, Mario Acosta, Rune Andersen, Ulf Andrae, Ludovic Auger, Gianpaolo Balsamo, Vasileios Baousis, Victoria Bennett, Andrew Bennett, Carlo Buontempo, Pierre-Antoine Bretonnière, René Capell, Miguel Castrillo, Matthew Chantry, Matthieu Chevallier, Ricardo Correa, Paolo Davini, Leif Denby, Francisco J. Doblas‐Reyes, Peter Dueben, C. Fischer, Claudia Frauen, Inger‐Lise Frogner, Barbara Früh, Estíbaliz Gascón, Élisabeth Gérard, Oliver Gorwits, T. Geenen, Katherine Grayson, Nadia Guenova-Rubio, Ioan Hadade, Jost von Hardenberg, Utz‐Uwe Haus, James Hawkes, Marcus Hirtl, Joern Hoffmann, Kristian Horvath, Heikki Järvinen, Thomas Jung, Alexander Kann, Daniel Klocke, Nikolay Koldunov, Jenni Kontkanen, Outi Sievi-Korte, Jørn Kristiansen, E. S. Kuwertz, Jarmo Mäkelä, Ilja Maljutenko, Pekka Manninen, Ursula S. McKnight, Sebastian Milinski, Andreas Mueller, Antony McNally, Umberto Modigliani, N. Devaraju, Kristian Pagh Nielsen, Thomas N. Nipen, Henrik Nortamo, Vincent‐Henri Peuch, Suraj D. Polade, Tiago Quintino, Irene Schicker, Balthasar Reuter, Simon Smart, M. A. Sleigh, Martin Suttie, Piet Termonia, Stephan Thober, Roger Randriamampianina, Natalie Theeuwes, Daniel Thiemert, Benoît Vannière, Stéphane Vannitsem, Christoph Wittmann, Xiaohua Yang, Marc Pontaud, Björn Stevens, Florian Pappenberger · 发表于：Journal of the European Meteorological Society. · 年份：2025 · DOI：10.1016/j.jemets.2025.100015 · 被引用次数：17 · 研究领域：Economic and Technological Systems Analysis、Geological Studies and Exploration、Advanced Data Processing Techniques

The Destination Earth (DestinE) initiative of the European Commission applies digital twin technology to the Earth system, enabling bespoke, high-resolution simulations of extreme weather events and climate scenarios. At its core, DestinE features Digital Twins and a Digital Twin Engine — a software framework that connects computing, Earth system models, data, and applications. DestinE’s Digital Twins combine observations, physics-based high-resolution simulations and emerging Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods, and leverage Europe’s most powerful supercomputers, through a strategic partnership with the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU). DestinE enables tailored Earth system simulations to dynamically explore future weather and climate scenarios and to address “what-if” questions. It also establishes an operational framework for multi-decadal, multi-model climate projections, linking them to applications that transform vast climate data into actionable insights for climate sensitive sectors. By offering detailed, customized information on weather and climate extremes, DestinE enhances existing capabilities and supports both immediate and longer-term climate adaptation strategies. 3 Key points of the paper: • Defines the Destination Earth digital twin concept • Demonstrates the implementation of the world’s first two digital twin prototypes for two distinct purposes, anticipating weather-induced extremes and supporting climate change adaptati...