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The National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) is a distributed NERC centre of over 100 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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28 February 2020

NCEO CEOI Conference 24-26 June 2020

Latest Event

29 June 2020 - 10 July 2020

Mathematics of CLimate Science Research School in Rwanda

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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...