…global profiles of aerosols, clouds, and precipitation properties, and to relate these quantities to the amount of solar and thermal energy escaping the Earth’s atmosphere into space. By combining comprehensive…
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Wildfires Research Laboratories and Instrumentation
…fires or combustions have complex chemical compositions, comprising gas species, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and particulates. These emissions have adverse effects on the environment, human health, and climate change. Understanding…
National capability
…better understand the linkages between the water and vegetation productivity from plot to continental scales so as to better understand how these processes should be represented in climate models. In…
NCEO join First Connected Capability Network to Unite UK Communities Through Space Technology
…communities across the UK, enabling them to harness the benefits of satellite data and space technology The National Centre for Earth Observation has joined the consortium which will link diverse communities…
Carbon Cycle
…by the oceans, and is released by combustion of fossil fuels or biomass fires. We want to understand the feedbacks between the physical and biological processes involved in the carbon…
EO DataHub awards £3 million to simplify access to Earth observation data
…of UKRI institutes, public sector establishments and commercial organisations who are known for their expert capabilities in EO data, computing and data quality systems. Our new partners are: Airbus Defence…
UK’s AI ‘twin’ will use big data to show the way to net zero
…technologies that are needed to get us on a path to net zero. Our team comprises not only environmental and computer scientists but also social scientists, behavioural scientists and media…
Celebrating Earth Day 2024
…celebration. Our event served as inspiration for raising awareness about environmental conservation and engaging participants from the local community in a series of eco-friendly activities. Year one students from Wolsey…
Wildfire Research Themes
…est laborum. Map showing global distribution of fire derived PM2.5 from CAMS based estimates. (Roberts & Wooster, 2021) We need better information to quantify fires and their smoke emissions across…
NCEO leading environmental facilities included in £70 million NERC investment
…infrastructures with which we underpin UK scientific excellence. These ground-based operations are a vital complement to the high-quality satellite instruments we support in space, providing comprehensive insights into UK and…
National programmes
National programmes Home NCEO is part of pioneering research initiatives to address critical environmental challenges and support sustainable development. Our programmes leverage advanced technologies and collaborative partnerships to drive innovations…
Lower Secondary
…glacier This brief activity uses false-colour images of the Columbia glacier in Alaska to introduce the idea of using sequences of satellite images to monitor change. It focuses on the…
Upper Secondary
…these quantities would change as they moved a camera to a series of vantage points above the surface of the Earth. There is an optional practical component. Pack includes: worksheet…
Wildfire Research Key Datasets
…images the UK every 10 minutes (and in the future every 2.5 minutes) in multiple spectral bands, including those highly sensitive to hot targets, with spatial resolution approximately 10 times…
Sustainability
…and environmental activities work cohesively with the policies and practices of NCEO partners. Companies, industries and cities pollute air directly or indirectly. The main area of focus for reducing NCEO’s…
Atmosphere and land emissions
…the UK and international communities. Search datasets NCEO produces various datasets related to climate change, including measurements of greenhouse gases, atmospheric composition, land surface changes and ocean health. Our datasets…
Open Access Courses
…to understand the Copernicus data landscape. Image: @NASA The Landsat Series Led jointly by USGS and NASA, the Landsat Programme comprises a series of Earth observation satellite missions, including Landsat…
NCEO future leaders recognised and awarded at prestigious STEM for Britain competition
…that will impact our lives in coming years. They attended Parliament to present their chemistry research to a range of politicians and a panel of expert judges, as part of…
Natural methane emissions
…derive improved estimates of methane from wetlands using EO data, machine learning and the Joint UK Land Environment Simulator (JULES). This activity is part of the European Space Agency (ESA)…
Anthropogenic methane emissions
…organic matter within waste sites can lead to methane emissions. Fires – fires in forests and other biospheres, often caused by human activity, release methane to the atmosphere. Combined, these anthropogenic…
New directors drive next phase of national climate science partnership
…UKNCSP, and together I believe we can build on the good progress already made under our initial activities around making the full use of climate observations, coordinating new global climate…
NCEO scientists contribute to study which reveals the changing role of the Amazon rainforest in the global carbon cycle
…estimates of carbon stored in wood across the Amazon and how it changes over time. In combination with model-data fusion approaches, this could be instrumental in understanding the overall Amazon…
Data Services
Data Services Home Data Services Understanding global environmental issues requires robust computational resources, as well as efficient data access, storage and archiving systems. Within the NCEO, the Centre for Environmental…
£1.5m funding to create ‘Digital Twin’ model to reduce emissions
…increases. As we try to achieve Net Zero targets and meet commitments to the Methane Pledge to reduce methane emissions, it is vital that we understand the background of underlying…
Data Assimilation
…processes at the interfaces between Earth-system components (e.g. land-atmosphere). Uncertainty quantification and machine learning: speeding up computations using modern deep learning approaches, while quantifying and improving accuracy and physical fidelity….