Digital twins (DTs) promise innovation for the marine renewable energy sector using modern
technological advances and the existing maritime knowledge frameworks. The DT is a …

Great strides have been made in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) research over the
past half-century. However, this progress has created both opportunities and challenges …

This manuscript discusses the key characteristics of the Digital Ecosystems (DEs) model,
which, we argue, is particularly appropriate for connecting and orchestrating the many …

This paper updates and builds on 'Modelling with Stakeholders' Voinov and Bousquet, 2010
which demonstrated the importance of, and demand for, stakeholder participation in …

Integrated environmental modeling (IEM) is inspired by modern environmental problems,
decisions, and policies and enabled by transdisciplinary science and computer capabilities …

Land degradation is a critical issue globally requiring immediate actions for protecting
biodiversity and associated services provided by ecosystems that are supporting human …

Modeling is a crucial approach for understanding the past and exploring the future of
coupled human-natural systems. However, uncertainty in various forms challenges …

There are many expectations and concerns about Big Data in the sector of Earth
Observation. It is necessary to understand whether Big Data is a radical shift or an …

Abstract Virtual Geographic Environments (VGEs) are proposed as a new generation of
geographic analysis tool to contribute to human understanding of the geographic world and …

Abstract The Iowa Flood Information System (IFIS) is a web-based platform developed at the
Iowa Flood Center (IFC) in order to provide access to flood inundation maps, real-time flood …