LTER-LIFE: a research infrastructure to develop Digital Twins of ecosystems in a changing world

The facility

The LTER-LIFE lab allows building digital twins (digital replicas) of ecosystems. With these twins, scenarios can be constructed to understand how ecosystems respond to pressures in order to develop effective response strategies. LTER-LIFE will initially focus on 2 of the most extensive and best-studied ecosystems in the Netherlands representing aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems: the Wadden Sea and the Veluwe. 

Research topics 

Biodiversity, climate change, digital twins, e-infrastructure, plants, animals, environment 

References

https://lter-life.nl

Running period

20 August 2023 – 19 August 2033 

Equipment/facilities

LTER-LIFE will develop online facilities to support ecological research on a specific locations, specifically to  

• Find relevant data, models, tools and expertise
• Support the publication of data and models according to FAIR standards
• Setup and perform data analysis & model runs
• Build and execute digital twins of ecosystems

Data management

LTER-LIFE currently does not manage any data of its own. We do provide support for FAIR data-management and storage. E.g.  

https://lter-life.github.io/FDFDT-Manual/ 

https://lter-life-experience.org/fairset/ 

Available datasets

lter-life-experience.org, lter-life.nl, https://datahuiswadden.openearth.nl/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/…  

Condition for access

LTER-LIFE is currently in development. Resources are distributed through lter-life-experience.org.  

Conditional access might apply at resource level.