Professor Sarah Dance

Professor Sarah Dance NCEO Divisional Director of Data Assimilation and Professor of Data AssimilationData Assimilation Research interests I am interested in data assimilation, the science of combining mathematical models with observation data.…
Blank Silhouette Passport Photo

Sophie Bricknell

Sophie Bricknell EOS Project Finance Officer & Group Administrator Research interests Finance, Operations and Administration Contact details National Centre for Earth ObservationSpace Park Leicester92 Corporation RdLeicester LE4 5SP +44 (0)116 373 6060…

Tara Thompson

Tara Thompson Communications and Engagement Manager Research interests I lead the communications and engagement activities at NCEO. My team are responsible for all internal and external communications, digital communication resources, science and…

Shrijana Poudel

Shrijana Poudel PhD studentEO Data-Model Evaluation Research interests I am interested in understanding the response of tropical forests to climate change due to disturbances, such as fire, drought, and deforestation. My research…
Blank Silhouette Passport Photo

Shaun Quegan

Shaun Quegan ProfessorEO Data-Model Evaluation Research interests Terrestrial carbon cycle, biomass Recent publications Contact details University of Sheffield s.quegan@sheffield.ac.uk
Blank Silhouette Passport Photo

Visweshwaran Ramesh

Visweshwaran Ramesh Postdoctoral Research Associate Data Assimilation Research interests My work is towards updating the state parameter of the Hydro-JULES model by assimilating UKCEH’s COSMOS soil moisture product along with in-situ streamflow…
Blank Silhouette Passport Photo

Lavinia Toso

Lavinia Toso PhD StudentEO Data-Model Evaluation Research interests I work on monitoring halogenated species, such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), using atmospheric sounders to support the Montreal Protocol. These species release halogen atoms that…
Blank Silhouette Passport Photo

Thea Stevens

Thea Stevens PhD StudentEO Data-Model Evaluation Research interests Analysing upper tropospheric humidity variability and trends through satellite observation and models. Recent publications Contact details University of Reading 0118 987 5123 Thea.stevens@pgr.ac.uk

Sally Stevens

Sally Stevens Communications and Engagement ManagerSpace4Climate Research interests Earth Observation for climate. Recent publications Contact details University of Reading 0118 987 5123 s.stevens@reading.ac.uk

Don Grainger

Don Grainger Reader in Atmospheric PhysicsEO Data-Model Evaluation Research interests I am interested in aerosol, clouds and trace gases in the Earth’s atmosphere. I work on a range of satellite instruments to…
Blank Silhouette Passport Photo

Ross Maidment

Ross Maidment Earth Observation ScientistData Assimilation Research interests I am interested in using satellite information to support the generation of climate services, with a particular interest over Africa. As an Earth Observation…

Deep S. Banerjee

Deep S. Banerjee Modelling ScientistEO Data-Model Evaluation Research interests I am interested in Numerical Ocean Models (Biogeo chemical and physical), Data Assimilation, Ocean Observation networks and model validation and Machine learning. I…
Blank Silhouette Passport Photo

Riccado Monfardini

Riccardo Monfardini PhD StudentEO Data-Model Evaluation Research interests I am interested in land surface temperature, earth observation and data assimialtion. I work on evaluating land surface temeprature data from Land Surface Analysis…

Prof Richard Allan

Prof Richard Allan Professor of Climate ScienceEO Data-Model Evaluation Research interests I use Earth Observation data to explore fluctuations in clouds, water vapour, rainfall and the Earth’s radiative energy balance to improve…

Prof Tristan Quaife

Prof Tristan Quaife Professor of Climate ScienceData Assimilation Research interests I work at the interface of Earth system models and observations, with a focus on the terrestrial carbon cycle. This encompasses Data…

Guannan Hu

Guannan Hu Postdoctoral Research AssistantData Assimilation Research interests I am interested in data assimilation and observation impacts in numerical weather prediction. I work on improving the speed and accuracy of data assimilation,…
Blank Silhouette Passport Photo

Nancy K Nichols

Nancy K Nichols Professor of Applied MathematicsData Assimilation Research interests My work is on data assimilation – theory and practice. I am particularly interested in topics on atmospheric and oceanic assimilation, including…

Meg Stretton

Meg Stretton Postdoctoral Research AssistantEO Data-Model Evaluation Research interests I am interested in radiative transfer modelling, and how we can better represent the land surface (e.g., cities, vegetation) in models. Currently, I…

Laura Risley

Laura Risley PhD StudentData Assimilation Research interests I am interested in data assimilation. I work on improving the velocity variables that are currently used in ocean data assimilation which is important because…
Blank Silhouette Passport Photo

Laura Carrea

Laura Carrea Postdoctoral Research AssistantEO Data-Model Evaluation Research interests I am interested in thermal characterisation and dynamic of coastal and inland waters and on their influence on climate and local weather. I…

Krupa Nanda Kumar

Krupa Nanda Kumar Climate Services Development ManagerOperations Support Research interests Bridging the gap between satellite climate science research, commercialisation and industry uptake. Recent publications Contact details University of Reading 0118 987 5123…

Ivo Pasmans

Ivo Pasmans Postdoctoral Research AssistantData Assimilation Research interests My field of interest is the development of novel data assimilation algorithms to exploit the discontinous Galerkin numerical core of the new neXtSIM_DG sea…

Ieuan Higgs

Ieuan Higgs PhD StudentData Assimilation Research interests Using machine learning to improve data assimilation methods in marine biogeochemical models. Recent publications Contact details University of Reading 07546540567 i.higgs@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Dr Yumeng Chen

Dr Yumeng Chen Data Assimilation Scientific ProgrammerData Assimilation Research interests I am interested in the implementation of data assimilation and its applications to climate systems. I work on the parameter estimations in…

Dr Ranjini Swaminathan

Dr Ranjini Swaminathan NCEO UKESM Core ScientistEO Data-Model Evaluation Research interests I am a member of the UK Earth System Model Core Development (UKESM) team. As an NCEO researcher in the team,…