Digital Earth
Objective: Significant advances in Earth system understanding will only be achieved through better integration of data and knowledge from the different Earth science disciplines and Earth compartments. Improvement in this field strongly depends on our capabilities of dealing with fast growing multi-parameter data and on our effort employing novel Data and Computer Science methods and technologies.
Digital Earth proofs and develops approaches and tools for scientific needs regarding digital workflows, visual data exploration, machine learning, and component-based software frameworks. The main focus of Digital Earth is on Integrated Data Exploration and Smart Monitoring.
Digital Earth has been initiated by eight centres of the Helmholtz research field Earth and Environment:
- Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung
- Forschungszentrum Jülich
- GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon
- Helmholtz Zentrum München
- Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ
- Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
Funding period: 01.06.2018 - 31.12.2021
Funded by: Initiative and Networking Fund of the Helmholtz Association
Results with GFZ contribution or leadership
- Book: Bouwer, L. M., Dransch, D., Ruhnke, R., Rechid, D., Frickenhaus, S., Greinert, J. (Eds.)(2022): Integrating Data Science and Earth Science Challenges and Solutions, (SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences), Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 1 online resource (158 pages) p. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99546-1
- Scientific workflows: https://digital-earth.pages.geomar.de/digital-earth-website/results/workflows/
- Data Analytics Software Framework DASF: https://digital-earth.pages.geomar.de/digital-earth-website/results/software-components/software-framework/
- Digital Earth Flood Event Explorer: https://digital-earth.pages.geomar.de/digital-earth-website/results/workflows/flood-event-explorer/
- Publications
- Paper
- Eggert, Daniel; Sips, Mike; Sommer, Philipp S.; Dransch, Doris (2022). DASF: A data analytics software framework for distributed environments. Journal of Open Source Software, 7(78), 4052, https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.04052
- Eggert, D., and Dransch, D. (2020): An integrative framework for data-driven investigation of environmental Systems, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, 4 May 2020 - 8 May 2020, EGU 2020-9251, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-9251
- Eggert, D., and Dransch, D. (2020): An integrative framework for data-driven investigation of environmental Systems, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, 4 May 2020 - 8 May 2020, EGU 2020-9251, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-9251
- Erik Nixdorf, Daniel Eggert, Peter Morstein, Thomas Kalbacher, Doris Dransch; Tocap: a web tool for ad-hoc campaign planning in terrestrial hydrology. Journal of Hydroinformatics 2022; jh2022057. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/hydro.2022.057
- Software
- Eggert, D., Sips, M., Sommer, P. S., Dransch, D.(2022): DASF: A data analytics software framework for distributed environments, Potsdam : GFZ Data Services. https://doi.org/10.5880/GFZ.1.4.2021.008
- Eggert, Daniel; Rabe, Daniela; Dransch, Doris; Lüdtke, Stefan; Nam, Christine; Nixdorf, Erik; Wichert, Viktoria; Abraham, Nicola; Schröter, Kai; Merz, Bruno (2022): The Digital Earth Flood Event Explorer: A showcase for data analysis and exploration with scientific workflows. GFZ Data Services. https://doi.org/10.5880/GFZ.1.4.2022.001
- Collection of computational methods published via Zenodo: Digital Earth @ Zenodo
- Paper
- Videos:Digital Earth Youtube Channel
- Award: Digital Earth was awarded a special first-time prize for 'Digital Science' at the 'Digital Leader Awards' in the category 'Society'. More information is available here:
The entire project website: https://www.digitalearth-hgf.de
