Environmental data science can be shaped around the concepts of data streams (or the data deluge), and both data driven and process models. Together they lead to the concept of a digital earth. In this short opinion piece, I reflect on some of the challenges in truly realizing the digital earth concept.

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围绕数字地球概念构建数据科学、分析和统计

环境数据科学可以围绕数据流（或数据泛滥）以及数据驱动和过程模型的概念进行塑造。它们共同导致了数字地球的概念。在这篇简短的评论文章中，我反思了真正实现数字地球概念所面临的一些挑战。