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Digital Waters Flagship members attended AGU2025!

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The American Geophysical Union’s conference was organized in New Orleans between 15-19 December, where Digital Waters Flagship members attended.

At the conference, Vice Director of DIWA & Principal Investigator Petteri Alho, Vice-Principal Investigator Hannu Marttila, and Doctoral Researcher Asfand Tehseen shared and discussed innovative research on digital solutions for water systems and climate resilience. The team presented in several sessions that align with the DIWA Flagship activities:

  • H13R: Digital Solutions for Hydrological Process Observations and Water Resource Management
  • H34I: Water and Society: Leveraging Digital Twins, AI, and Other Emerging Technologies to Support Management and Governance of Coupled Human-Water Systems
  • H34I-05:Sustainable water governance & digitalization

Petteri Alho presenting a poster

Picture 1. Vice Director of DIWA & Principal Investigator Petteri Alho presenting a poster at AGU.

Contributions to other sessions:

  • H13R-1329: Environmental impacts of peat extraction site rewetting – Can we make a digital replicate from the restored peatland?
  • H13R-1330: Hydrodiversity: Advancing a Framework to Understand River System Resilience in a Changing Climate
  • H41V-1499: Modelling nature-based solutions for nitrogen and phosphorus reduction in northern agricultural catchment: SWAT+ model and digital tools to help decision making
  • H13R-1327: Climate Change and River Regime Alterations in Arctic Region: Trends, Impacts, and Hydrological Implications

Hannu Marttila presenting a poster
Picture 2. Vice-Principal Investigator Hannu Marttila presenting a poster at AGU.

Convening and contributing to several water and digitalization-related sessions reflects our commitment to integrating AI, digital twins, and data-driven models for sustainable water management and climate adaptation.

octoral Researcher Asfand Tehseen presenting a poster
Picture 3. Doctoral Researcher Asfand Tehseen presenting a poster at AGU.

18.12.2025

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