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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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New method for assessing the impacts of ozone-destroying substances

25 August 2022

News

Scientists develop new method to assess ozone layer recovery

NCEO and NCAS researchers have developed a new method for assessing the impacts of ozone-destroying substances that threaten the recovery of the ozone layer.

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Latest News

29 September 2022

#UKEO2022 UK National Earth Observation Conference

The #UKEO2022 conference may have landed in the perfect setting at the National Space Centre, plus NCEO staff reflection...

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Latest Event

6 September 2022 - 8 September 2022

UK National Earth Observation Conference 6-8 Sept 2022

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Latest Tweet

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RT @simon_sat: #Methane from the #Nordstream pipeline seen from space! The leaking pipeline is putting lots of methane into our atmosphere…

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Using climate datasets to understand the Earth system 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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