Delivering transformational Earth observation science capability to meet Earth system challenges

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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.

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Weighing the World's Forests

12 December 2018

News

Weighing the World's Forests wins NERC Economic Impact Award

Professor Shaun Quegan and Biomass mission wins prestigious Award

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Latest News

14 February 2019

High resolution satellite observations give new view of UK air quality

High resolution satellite observations from the TROPOMI instrument on Sentinel 5-P give new view of UK air quality

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Latest Event

5 March 2019 - 8 March 2019

Data Assimilation training course

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Using climate datasets to understand the Earth system Learn more
Atmospheric pollution & land emissions Learn more
Carbon cycle: land, atmosphere & oceans Learn more
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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....

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Data & Tools

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

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Skills

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

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Innovation

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

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