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A “digital twin” to manage the water cycle
The model was created within the framework of the “Digital Twin Earth Hydrology” project, funded by the European Space Agency with the aim of providing a tool to optimize water resource management and mitigate water-related natural disasters.
3 min readMar 6, 2024
An international study published in Frontiers in Science, coordinated by the Institute for Research and Hydrogeological Protection of the National Research Council of Perugia (Cnr-Irpi), describes the development of an innovative virtual model that for the first time replicates the water cycle on Earth integrating high-resolution satellite observations.
The model was created within the framework of the “Digital Twin Earth Hydrology” project, funded by the European Space Agency with the aim of providing a tool to optimize water resource management and mitigate water-related natural disasters.
