Institute: University of Edinburgh

Robbie Ramsay

Robbie Ramsay Earth Observation Equipment Specialist EO Instrumentation and Facilities Research interests I operate the in-house optical calibration laboratory for the Field Spectroscopy Facility, ensuring the calibration, validation and quality assurance of…

Liang Feng

Liang Feng Research Associate Data Assimilation Research interests I am interested in natural and anthropogenic GHG emissions. I work on top-down flux inversions using space-borne and surface-based atmospheric GHG observations. Recent publications…

Susie Sun

Susie Sun PDRA in Atmospheric Composition EO Data-Model Evaluation Research interests I’m interested in using satellite data and chemical transport models to understand more about Earth’s atmospheric composition and interactions between land…

Dr Mark Grosvenor

Dr Mark Grosvenor Research Associate EO Instrumentation and Facilities Research interests I am interested in wildfire emissions and air quality impacts. I work on measuring particulate and gas emissions from landscape fire…
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Thomas Laraia

Thomas Laraia PhD Student Research interests Using satellite lidar to model fractional snow cover beneath trees. Measuring reflectivity ratios between the canopy and the ground to do so. Recent publications Contact details…

Dr Luke Smallman

Dr Luke Smallman Research Fellow – Terrestrial C-dynamics EO Instrumentation and Facilities Research interests I am interested in understanding how terrestrial ecosystems function. I combine process-models with observations to constrain ecosystem states…

Steven Hancock

Steven Hancock Reader in 3D environmental data capture EO Instrumentation and Facilities Research interests Remote sensing of forest structure. Especially with spaceborne, airborne and terrestrial lidar. My main projects are the Global…

Dr Alexander Kurganskiy

Dr Alexander Kurganskiy PDRAData Assimilation Research interests I am interested in GHG flux estimates and inverse modelling. I use the GEOS-Chem atmospheric chemistry transport model and assimilate the ground-based remote sensing data…
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Mathew Williams

Mathew Williams ProfessorData Assimilation Research interests carbon cycle, ecosystem processes, model-data fusion, biomass dynamics, science-policy interactions. Recent publications Contact details University of Edinburgh 0131 650 7776 mat.williams@ed.ac.uk.

Fei Yao

Fei Yao Research Scientist Research interests I am interested in atmospheric composition modelling and remote sensing. I work on the GEOS-Chem Adjoint model, which provides an efficient approach to interpreting geostationary satellite…

Songyan Zhu

Songyan Zhu Post Doctoral Research AssociateData Assimilation Research interests I am interested in terrestrial ecosystem carbon sequestration and modelling. I work on the satellite data-model (DALEC) fusion framework CARDAMOM, which assimilates Earth…

Emily Anderson

Emily Anderson Graduate Environmental Data ScientistCEDA Research interests I am interested in the management and archival of environmental data. The archival and management process helps to ensure that data is accessible and…

Professor Paul Palmer

Professor Paul Palmer NCEO Science DirectorEO Data-Model Evaluation Research interests Atmospheric chemistry, carbon cycle science, inverse modelling, satellite remote sensing. Recent publications Contact details University of Edinburgh 0131 650 7724 paul.palmer@ed.ac.uk