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e-GEOS (Telespazio 80% and ASI 20%) is Prime Contractor of the consortium commissioned by the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop a digital twin for the simulation of heat island and urban flooding scenarios.
The project, called "SURE" (Smart Urban Resilience Enhancement), began on 6 November.
The project will be developed by a consortium led by e-GEOS and composed of Politecnico di Milano (POLIMI), Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) and Stefano BOERI Architetti, with external services provided by the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Computer Science - Department of Complex Systems.
Digital twins are virtual reproductions of the Earth, its environments and the dynamics of territories, allowing people to monitor the health of the Planet. Through simulation scenarios based on satellite data, they can provide information supporting emergency response in the event of extreme weather events.
The SURE project integrates multi-platform data from remote and close-range sensing with in-situ information for the development of two digital twins for urban environments, focusing on heat islands and on urban floods. Urban digital twins offer a powerful tool for understanding, simulating and undertaking data-driven decision-making processes, with the ultimate goal of studying solutions for mitigating the impact of climate change in urban areas.
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