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Satellite Data and Digital Twin Models to support River Basin Management

SPACE-SI, Slovenian Centre of Excellence for Space Sciences and Technologies (
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SPACE-SI commits to develop cost-effective technologies and applications for acquisition of high-resolution Satellite Data and generation of innovative Digital Twin Models to support knowledge sharing and advanced transboundary River Basin Management approaches for less developed countries.

Main objective of this initiative is to showcase how societies in these countries can benefit from new microsatellite technologies and how space born data can be applied to Digital Twin Models in order to analyze sensitivities of multi-physics and multi-scale interactions in River Basin Eco-systems.

The initiative stems from the successful results of Space-SI project Nemo-RBS for European Space Agency in the scope of Future EO – Science for Society programme dedicated to the advanced microsatellite technologies for agile scanning of river basins which are capable of accurate tracking of river paths in order to acquire high resolution multispectral images and video data for water surfaces and land-use including information about water quality, state of vegetation, urban infrastructure, maritime traffic as well as many other aspects important for river basin monitoring and management.

Space-SI has developed several successful technology demonstration cases by using Nemo-HD microsatellite for Soča, Sava, Drina and Danube rivers in Alpine, Ionian-Adriatic and Danube EU macro-regions. The new technologies are now being transferred and tested in India in collaboration with cGanga Centre for Ganga River Basin Management and Studies and Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in the scope of Ganga and Sava River Twinning initiative.

The goal of this international cooperation is to extend the Twinning programme for sharing knowledge, showcasing the Satellite Technologies and assessing Digital Twin Models to a global level where the worldwide efforts will be led by Indian partners with an ambition to form at least 22 twinning programmes including transboundary source to sea (S2S) streams in Europe, Asia, Africa, Nord and Latin Americas as well as Caribbean countries in 2023-2028 period.

To facilitate dissemination of scientific and technological results and to enrich communications with beneficiaries new approaches employing symbolic language of art will be developed in order to sensitize all stakeholders including public at large about the vital importance and value of advanced ecosystem services for river basins and our well-being on global scale.

Expected Impact

Enable more sustainable management of water resources (SDG 6)
- Implementation of Satellite Data and Digital Twin Models into integrated water resources and river basin management at all levels, including through transboundary cooperation
- Expansion of international cooperation and capacity-building support through River Twinning approaches

Improved actions to combat climate change and its impacts (SDG 13)
- Strengthened resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries
- Integration of Satellite Data and Digital Twin Models to optimise climate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning
- Improved education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity for adaptation to climate change as well as impact reduction and early warning

Enable sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, combat desertification as well as halt land degradation and biodiversity loss (SDG 15)
- combat desertification, drought and floods, and strive to minimize/eliminate land degradation
- ensure the conservation of ecosystems, including their biodiversity

Strengthen Global Partnership for Sustainable Development (SDG 17)
- Enhance international scientific and technological cooperation through Twinning of Rivers initiative for sharing knowledge and best management practices
- Dissemination of environmentally sound technologies to developing countries on favorable terms

Partners

SPACE-SI, Slovenian Centre of Excellence for Space Sciences and Technologies
C3M, Centre for Computational Continuum Mechanics
cGanga, Centre for Ganga River Basin Management and Studies
IITK, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
ISRBC, International Sava River Basin Commission
ESA, European Space Agency

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Timeline
01 March 2023 (start date)
01 March 2028 (date of completion)
Entity
SPACE-SI, Slovenian Centre of Excellence for Space Sciences and Technologies
SDGs
Region
  1. Africa
  2. Europe
  3. Asia and Pacific
  4. Latin America and the Caribbean
Other beneficiaries

River basin organizations, civil society, private sector, transboundary water professionals, space agencies, academic and research organizations, etc.

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Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil
Brazil
Croatia
Croatia
India
India
Mexico
Mexico
Serbia
Serbia
Slovenia
Slovenia
Contact Information

Tomaz, Director