Digital twins of the ocean

A digital twin of the ocean is a virtual, dynamic model of the marine environment that combines models, observations, and advanced analysis. Many ongoing national and EU projects already support the development of a Digital Twin of the Ocean capability covering Denmark, the Faroe Islands, and Greenland. There are also already a number of tools and services that can be considered standalone Digital Twins of the Ocean covering Denmark, the Faroe Islands, and Greenland. Read more about the projects and try the various services and tools by clicking on them below.

Projekter

Tjenester

ARCFISH

Digital Twin of the Ocean for Arctic Fisheries will develop new data products and services for improved decision-making in fisheries management to support sustainability and resilience of Arctic fisheries.

OLAMUR

Development of tools for aquafarming co-usage at offshore wind farms

EDITO Model Lab

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 (EDITO-Infra) and providing access to focus applications and simulations of what-if scenarios for the sustainable management of marine environments

MarinePlan

Transdisciplinary science for effective ecosystem-based maritime spatial planning and conservation in European Seas

OceanICU

Understanding of the biological carbon pump

BlueCea

Key processes governing pelagic productivity in sub-arctic North Atlantic fjord ecosystems

Denmark's Depth Model (DDM)

Denmark's Depth Model (DDM) is a digital bathymetric model with mean depths, covering Denmark's exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The model has a resolution of 50 metres and is based on a collection of hydrographic surveys and other sources.

NOCOS DT

The NOCOS DT project applies digital twin technology to sea ice research in the Nordic, Arctic and Baltic regions.

CodeBlue

Harmonised ocean data sets for blue sustainable eutrophication management of the North-East Atlantic Ocean and Baltic Sea.

MOIRAI

Multiscale Ocean models and Information for climate Risk Assessment and Impact mitigation. Development of state-of-the-art ocean modeling to be able to make more robust climate projections for both the ocean and coastal areas.

Global Seas

DHI Global Seas provides global forecasts of winds, waves, ocean currents and water levels where satellite data are used to improve and validate the wave and current models. The service is targeted at offshore wind and shipping but supports all users working at sea

DTO4OWE

The project aims to develop a sub-regional Digital Twin Ocean for offshore wind energy in the Baltic-North Sea. DMI focuses on building up a DTO for Baltic-North Sea transition waters and also leads a workpackage developing data-driven tools for forecast optimization, downscaling and data fusion

Mission Atlantic

DTO Bioflow

In the EU Digital Twin Ocean create a digital replica of marine biological processes

FjordProcesses

Investigating fjord shelf processes in Faroe Islands with FarCoast model, making a high resolution coastal hindcast library (130m x 130m) available through thredds. Making hydrodynamical data readily available for biogeochemical models.

ADepoPlan

ADepoPlan - Accessible deposition modelling tools for improved environmental planning. The overall objective of this project is to improve the environmental planning toolbox for the Faroese industry and government by making validated deposition models more accessible to stakeholders with limited modelling and programming experience.

Skærkortlægning in Greenland

The purpose of the pilot project is to map the coastal areas in Greenland using satellite technology in order to improve coastal navigation and navigational safety. The project will focus on, among other things, the determination of tidal zones, refinement of coastlines, and identification of high-risk areas. This will benefit the search and rescue services in Greenland (SAR), voyage planning, and general navigational safety.

Mytigate

Mytigate - site selection tool for mussel farming. Mytilus edulis (Blue Mussel) Mitigation Farm Site Selection Tool for the Western Baltic Sea.

OLAMUR

Micro-siting tool for site selection of low trophic aquaculture in offshore wind farms.

Coastal Bathymetry

Satellite-based mapping of bathymetry to create a fully up-to-date and detailed depth model of the shallow part of the Danish coastal zone.

Prognosedata

Havprognosedata 5 dage for Nordatlanten, Arktis, Disko Bay.

Baltic Sea Physics Reanalysis

Baltic-North Sea high resolution physical-biogeochemical ocean reanalysis. This reanalysis is a Copernicus product generated by DMI (1993-2023, 1 n.m. resolution), to be extended to 1980 by 2025.

EDITO

Commn Validation toolbox. Impacts of offshroe infrastructure and vegetation will be parameterized in the DMI ocean-wave model HBM-WAM.

IBMlib

Generic framework for coupled individual-based simulation

Forecast Data

Download of raw forecast data from our own forecasts for use in other systems, e.g. GRIB for navigation software.

FMHAT

FMHAT - Fjord modeling with the FarCoast model and HPC in the Faroe Islands. A 20 year hindcast data set from FarCoast model from 2000 to 2020 with 2km resolution for the Faroe shelf and beyond, will be available though thredds later this year.

FlexSem.

FlexSem - open access dynamic model tool. The modeling framework FlexSem is a fast, flexible and user friendly OA tool specifically targeted towards scientific and management challenges of the complex biogeochemical processes in coastal zone ecosystems.