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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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Covid-19

30 March 2020

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NCEO Covid-19 Update

Following recent government recommendations as a result of Covid-19 (Coronavirus), NCEO staff are working remotely for the foreseeable future consistent with practices across UK Research and Innovatio...

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Latest News

20 May 2020

Remote Sensing reveals that green snow is likely to spread in the Antarctic as temperatures rise

Dr Andrew Grey a researcher at the University of Cambridge and FSF (NCEO’s Field Spectroscopy Facility at the Universi...

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Latest Event

28 June 2021 - 9 July 2021

Mathematics of Climate Science Research School in Rwanda

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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
Energy & water cycles Learn more
Environmental forecasting & data assimilation Learn more

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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