EcoPro: A Digital Twin for Ecological Projections and Environmental Assessment Using Earth Systems Models and Observations

EcoPro serves as a digital twin designed for ecological projections, aiming to forecast how ecosystems might change in response to environmental factors. It acts as a platform facilitating access to Earth Systems Model (ESM) outputs and Earth Systems observation datasets. EcoPro enables the development of an ecological model linking ecosystem predictors with environmental drivers. It further allows the downscaling of ESM model outputs to a resolution relevant to the specific ecosystem. The platform then applies the ecological model to these downscaled ESM model outputs. The results of the ecological projection are visualized at a high resolution, providing valuable information for application users and decision-makers. Additionally, EcoPro assesses the performance of new observing systems tailored for ecological projection. This discussion outlines the design and implementation of EcoPro, along with the scientific use cases studied using the digital twin.