Periodic Reporting for period 2 - EDITO-Model Lab (Underlying models for the European DIgital Twin Ocean - EDITO-Model Lab)
Période du rapport: 2024-01-01 au 2024-09-30
EDITO-Model Lab is a Horizon Europe project working to develop the next generation of ocean numerical models to be integrated into the EU public infrastructure of the European Digital Twin of the Ocean, providing access to focus applications (FA) and simulations of what-if scenarios (WiS) for the sustainable management of marine environments. The project will demonstrate the feasibility to connect and interoperate, on a common platform, a large variety of ocean and coastal numerical models, allowing for global, regional-to-coastal model configuration and the co-development of new simulations and scenarios for on-demand ocean forecasting and ocean climate prediction.
As a collaborative and user driven initiative, the 8-Work Packages EDITO-Model Lab project will deliver a Virtual Ocean Model Lab, an interactive and co-development environment to operate models, including:
• Core model suite with global high-resolution models and coastal configurations
• Downstream user toolkits
• Developer’s toolkit
The EDITO core model suite is based on modelling and simulation software, artificial intelligence, algorithms, and specialised tools to form a new service capacity for accessing, manipulating, analysing, and understanding marine information, with enhanced ocean forecasting and ocean climate prediction capabilities. Intermediate and downstream users will find digital tools, models, data, and information for:
• FOCUS APPLICATIONS related to the Mission Ocean Lighthouses and Blue Economy sectors, including Marine Protected Areas, ship routing, and pollution
• WHAT-IF SCENARIOS to find solutions to natural and human-induced hazards, such as marine plastic and carbon emissions from aquaculture
As a collaborative and user driven initiative, the 8-Work Packages EDITO-Model Lab project will deliver a Virtual Ocean Model Lab, an interactive and co-development environment to operate models, including:
• Core model suite with global high-resolution models and coastal configurations
• Downstream user toolkits
• Developer’s toolkit
The EDITO core model suite is based on modelling and simulation software, artificial intelligence, algorithms, and specialised tools to form a new service capacity for accessing, manipulating, analysing, and understanding marine information, with enhanced ocean forecasting and ocean climate prediction capabilities. Intermediate and downstream users will find digital tools, models, data, and information for:
• FOCUS APPLICATIONS related to the Mission Ocean Lighthouses and Blue Economy sectors, including Marine Protected Areas, ship routing, and pollution
• WHAT-IF SCENARIOS to find solutions to natural and human-induced hazards, such as marine plastic and carbon emissions from aquaculture
The two-thirds of the second year of the Project was marked by the delivery of the first version of the VOML and the strong progress of the integration of EDITO-Model Lab core components into the EDITO virtual environment, building on the Year 1 co-design workshops, the initial integration tests considering the specific requirements of Focus Applications and What-if Scenarios, and the Digital Ocean Forum high-level event of June 2024: ongoing integration of the six demonstrators, deployment of AI-based emulators, models’ optimization, data transfer to EDITO Datalake, integration of diagnostic tools,...- leading to the project integration review of September 2024 (MS11), signalling the project readiness to start the next project phase (Demonstration, Year 3).
WP1 coordinated key activities, in particular the September 2024 Integration Review Workshop enabling to reach Milestone 11-Prototype,as well as the successful first general assembly and first project review leading to the update of Deliverable D1.2 strategic plan to include further demonstrations’ details and user engagement strategies.
WP2 advanced AI-based emulators for ocean modelling, developing differentiable emulators for the NEMO dynamical core and making progress in satellite altimetry and Lagrangian drift trajectory simulations.
WP3 enhanced ocean models, including high-resolution GLO36v1, SHYFEM-MPI, and HBMos, to improve global and regional simulations.
WP4 progressed in integrating the models and DDEs from WP2/WP3 on both cloud and HPC infrastructures, This effort involved incorporating components from both EDITO-Infra platform and WP5’s Virtual Ocean Model Lab and was validated through a series of demonstrators.
WP5 co-developed the Virtual Ocean Model Lab, integrating services like Autosubmit with PostgreSQL and developing SURF and HBMos platforms for high-resolution modelling.
WP6 integrated Focus Applications into the EDITO platform, advancing biodiversity, ship routing, and microplastic applications, with ongoing testing and validation.
WP7 integrated and advanced the What-If Scenarios for Nature-based Solutions and environmental management, focusing on coastal risk reduction, marine plastic pollution, and aquaculture, with plans for user training in 2025.
WP8 published six news articles, enlarged LinkedIn followers, and maintained a presence on X. It promoted EDITO at high-impact events like the DOF’24 and UNODC’24, and laid the groundwork for 2025 user engagement activities.
WP1 coordinated key activities, in particular the September 2024 Integration Review Workshop enabling to reach Milestone 11-Prototype,as well as the successful first general assembly and first project review leading to the update of Deliverable D1.2 strategic plan to include further demonstrations’ details and user engagement strategies.
WP2 advanced AI-based emulators for ocean modelling, developing differentiable emulators for the NEMO dynamical core and making progress in satellite altimetry and Lagrangian drift trajectory simulations.
WP3 enhanced ocean models, including high-resolution GLO36v1, SHYFEM-MPI, and HBMos, to improve global and regional simulations.
WP4 progressed in integrating the models and DDEs from WP2/WP3 on both cloud and HPC infrastructures, This effort involved incorporating components from both EDITO-Infra platform and WP5’s Virtual Ocean Model Lab and was validated through a series of demonstrators.
WP5 co-developed the Virtual Ocean Model Lab, integrating services like Autosubmit with PostgreSQL and developing SURF and HBMos platforms for high-resolution modelling.
WP6 integrated Focus Applications into the EDITO platform, advancing biodiversity, ship routing, and microplastic applications, with ongoing testing and validation.
WP7 integrated and advanced the What-If Scenarios for Nature-based Solutions and environmental management, focusing on coastal risk reduction, marine plastic pollution, and aquaculture, with plans for user training in 2025.
WP8 published six news articles, enlarged LinkedIn followers, and maintained a presence on X. It promoted EDITO at high-impact events like the DOF’24 and UNODC’24, and laid the groundwork for 2025 user engagement activities.
The Digital Ocean Forum 2024 was the occasion to unveil the prototype of the European Digital Twin Ocean. EDITO-Model Lab provided solid contribution including insights from partners (Deltares, CMCC) during scientific workshop and visual showcases of marine plastic tracker (MOi) and Nature Based Solution for coastal erosion (Hereon) during public event.