LTER-LIFE het belang van bruikbare data in digital twins

LTER-LIFE Where you build digital twins of ecosystems 4-nov-2025 Geerten Hengeveld [email protected] Wadden datadag 2025 Leaning heavily on all the work within the LTER-LIFE consortium especially Stefan Vriend, Cherine Jantzen, Qing Zhan, Stanley Nmor Illustration: Geerten Hengeveld Illustration: Geerten Hengeveld Photos: Hannes Grobe (Boxcore), Benjamen Gep (Knot) Jan Smit, NIOZ (others) Illustration: Geerten Hengeveld Photos: Hannes Grobe (Boxcore), Benjamen Gep (Knot) Jan Smit, NIOZ (others) Main elements of a Digital twin •Best estimate •Integrating ʻall’ data, models & knowledge •Using the tools that we have •Specific location •Continuous in space & time & variables •Tailored to application Illustration: Geerten Hengeveld Illustration: Geerten Hengeveld Illustration: Geerten Hengeveld Three types of service Expertise & Stewardship VRE & Tools Education & Training Illustration Geerten Hengeveld, Stefan Vriend, adapted from Storyset Community & Research FAIRify & Share Search & Find Compose & Align Execute & Sustain LTER-LIFE cycle for digital twinning •Four fields of focus •Community & Research are at the core of what we do Some examples Veluwe Illustration: Geerten Hengeveld Lily role: FAIR data analyst I want to make longterm dataset on oak phenology FAIR so that the data can be made available in the LTER-LIFE asset library and reused by others. organisation NIOO-KNAW job data manager background ecology Mary role : Ecological researcher I want to couple data and models to analyse the timing of tree leaf unfolding so that I can understand how climate change will affect the phenology of oak in the future. organisation RuG job PhD student background conservation biology Mary Illustration: Stefan Vriend, adapted from Freepik Illustration: Stefan Vriend, adapted from Freepik www.lter-life-experience.org Illustration: Stefan Vriend, adapted from Freepik www.lter-life-experience.org Illustration: Stefan Vriend, adapted from Freepik Illustration: Stefan Vriend, adapted from Freepik Illustration: Geerten Hengeveld, Stefan Vriend, adapted from Freepik 1 2 3 Illustration: Stefan Vriend, adapted from Freepik Illustration: Stefan Vriend, adapted from Storyset