About

NOCOS DT is a digital twin project focusing on sea ice in the Arctic, Nordic and Baltic regions. It ties to Destination Earth, a project ultimately aiming at creating a digital model of the whole world, and especially to its Climate Change Adaptation Digital Twin. The project aims to explore and pilot the digital twin technology and showcase how it could be leveraged for key sea-ice impact sectors in the Arctic, Nordic and Baltic context.

NOCOS DT is funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers. The consortium brings together CSC – IT Center for Science (CSC), Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI), Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Norwegian Meteorological Institute (MetNo), Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), and Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech).

Read more about NOCOS DT:

Introducing Nordic Cryosphere Digital Twin

Contact us

SEEC – Strategic European 

Engagement and Coordination

CSC – IT Center for Science

nocos@listat.csc.fi

News

21 November 2024, re-published newspiece available on CSC's website

Panel at COP29: Digital twins supporting climate change adaptation

The Arctic region is one of critical hot spots for climate change, where changes like ice melting and rising sea levels have irreversible global impacts. At the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Baku in November 2024, a panel discussion focused on how digital twins can support climate change adaptation efforts. As an example, the digital twin modeling sea ice in the Arctic and Baltic Seas was highlighted.

In a panel discussion held at the UN Climate Change Conference COP29 Nordic Pavilion, titled “Global and Regional Approaches to Cryosphere and Related Climate Challenges,” experts explored how changes in sea ice affect ecosystems, ocean currents, and coastal communities worldwide. Digital twins were presented as valuable tools that offer earth system projections and forecasts to aid adaptation and mitigation of the impact of climate change.

→ Read the full news piece of the session on the website of the CSC - IT Center for Science (click this hyperlink).

→ Watch the recording of the panel discussion (start at 4:20)

 

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23 October 2024

NOCOS DT panel "Global and regional approaches to cryosphere and related climate challenges" at COP29

The Arctic area is one of the hot spots of climate change. The observed air temperature change is 3–4 times larger than the global average. The European Arctic area, including the coasts of Greenland and Svalbard as well as the Barents, has been heavily impacted by those climate changes triggering the need to take actions in the region. 

One of these actions is the Nordic Cryosphere Digital Twin project, funded by The Nordic Council of Ministers. NOCOS DT aims at piloting new models for climate information and impact sectors such as navigability, engineering and vessel design, fishing and shipping, and renewable energy. The tools developed by NOCOS DT will improve climate-smart practices and assessment of climate-related risks making shipping in the Arctic and Baltic Sea safer and more efficient.

Changes in the cryosphere affect the whole world, including the atmosphere, sea levels, and ocean streams. Digital Twin technologies have great potential to predict and support climate change adaptation. To tackle this issue, NOCOS DT organises the panel "Global and regional approaches to cryosphere and related climate challenges" at COP29.

  • What? Panel discussion: Global and regional approaches to cryosphere and related climate challenges organised by Nordic Cryosphere Digital Twin (NOCOS DT)
  • When? Saturday 16 November 2024, 13:15–14:00 AZT (UTC+4), 10:15–11:00 CET
  • Where? Onsite at the Nordic Council of Ministers' Pavillion (sector E, pavillion C13), and online
  • Moderator: Tero Aalto, Programme Manager of NOCOS DT, CSC – IT Center for Science
  • Speakers: 
    • Irina Sandu, Director of Destination Earth, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)
    • Avijâja Rosing-Olsen, Special Advisor, Ministry of Agriculture, Self-Sufficiency, Energy and Environment, Government of Greenland
    • Till Soya Rasmussen, Sea Ice Researcher, Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI)
  • Event website: https://unfccc.int/cop29
  • Live streaming: https://www.norden.org/en/live-stream-cop29

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11 October 2024

Find out latest developments in NOCOS DT use cases through the new factsheets

Learn about the latest evolvements of the Digital Twin application tools developed by NOCOS DT:

  • Ship navigation risk indicator
  • Landfast ice
  • Ridged ice
  • Marginal ice zone
  • Marine spatial planning
  • DEM-based sea ice model development

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1 October 2024

COP29 event website: https://cop29.az/en

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