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The National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) is a distributed NERC centre of over 80 scientists from UK universities and research organisations.

NCEO provides the UK’s Natural Environment Research Council with national capability in Earth observation science – monitoring the health of our planet through satellite instruments and more – with world-class capability in interpreting these data.

Latest News

12 December 2018

Weighing the World's Forests wins NERC Economic Impact Award

Professor Shaun Quegan and Biomass mission wins prestigious Award

Latest Event

14 December 2018

Challenge Workshop on ESA Earth Explorer 10 Mission Candidates

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Facilities and Instrumentation

Our instruments, data facilities and key tools for Earth Observation support the work of NERC scientists undertaking research anywhere worldwide....

Data & Tools

There are many tools that scientists use to study the Earth System, from computer algorithms for extracting and comparing Earth observation datas...

Skills

NCEO provides a range of tools and support for people who use Earth Observation data.

Innovation

NCEO links scientific expertise in environmental science with progress in the satellite technology sector, and supports the exploitation of satel...