EUMETSAT takes key role in innovative project to model the Earth system

EUMETSAT takes key role in innovate project to model the Earth system An image of the Earth taken by EUMETSAT's Meteosat-11 satellite at 09:12 CET this morning An image of the Earth taken by EUMETSAT's Meteosat-11 satellite at 09:12 CET this morning - EUMETSAT's contribution involves providing seamless access to massive amounts of data via a multi-cloud data lake. Europe's meteorological satellite agency, EUMETSAT, will take responsibility for the massive amount of Earth observation data underpinning the EU's project Destination Earth (DestinE) , that will model the entire Earth system. EUMETSAT's governing council has approved involvement in the project, worth €35 million to the organisation in its first phase. DestinE is a major plank in the European Commission's digital and green agendas. The ground-breaking digital twins initiative involves building virtual replicas of Earth systems, ultimately allowing greater insight into weather and climate phenomena and their impacts on society. "EUMETSAT will have end-to-end responsibility for the multi-cloud data lake underpinning DestinE, including its design, establishment, and testing, as well as its operations and provision of an online inventory," Director-General Phil Evans said. "The data lake will incorporate and make accessible massive amounts of data from EUMETSAT's own Earth observation satellite systems, as well as the EU's Copernicus Sentinel missions, ESA missions, data from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and, over time, other major data holdings in Europe.