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Welcome to the National Centre for Earth Observation UKSA/ISRO Joint Working Group Andy Shaw Director of Knowledge Exchange. University of Reading 29 March 2011. Mission statement. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Welcome to the National Centre for Earth Observation
UKSA/ISRO Joint Working Group
Andy ShawDirector of Knowledge Exchange
University of Reading
29 March 2011
Mission statement
• To be a world leading centre in exploiting Earth Observation (EO) to address the challenges of climate and environmental change.
Introducing NCEO - key roles:
... ~£6M per annum investment
... to develop UK national capability in EO science and applications:- directed research programme
- informatics
- EO services and facilities
- training and outreach
... focal point for international collaboration
Network of 100+ UK
researchers
Directorate at University of
Reading
Cryosphere
NCEO Science: the big picture
Cryosphere
& flooding
Dynamic Earth
Carbon,
s
Core challenge: using EO to test Earth system models stringently
so that we can help develop them to make better predictions
Geohazards
HazardousWeather
&Flooding
Cryosphere
Atmospheric Composition
CarbonCycles
EO for Climate (Earth system)Diagnosis & Prediction
Data Assimilation
Christchurch Earthquake• Improving our understanding of earthquake dynamics
Monitoring Polar Oceans
• Ocean topography from Cryosat-2
OBSERVATIONS MODEL PREDICTION
ESA Climate change initiative
- €75million programme
- Major UK leadership
ECV Science Leadercloud_cci DWD (OU/RAL)
ozone_cci BIRA (RAL, U Cam)
aerosol_cci DLR/FMI (RAL,OU,U Swan)
ghg_cci U Bremen (U Leic)
sst_cci U Edinburgh
landcover_cci UCL (UKMO Hadley)
sealevel_cci CLS (Logica, ECMWF)
oceancolour_cci Plymouth Marine Lab
glaciers_cci U. Zurich (U Leeds/Bristol)
fire _cci U.Alcala (U Leic)
International Space Innovation Centre (ISIC)
at Harwell
- £40m investment- focus for international
collaboration- major focus on EO and
climate monitoring
Earth Observation at ISIC
ISIC Visualisation and Application Centre
Facility for Climate and Environment Monitoring from
Space