NCEO LTS-S

Lead Research Organisation: University of Leicester
Department Name: National Centre for Earth Observation

Abstract

NCEO research in this programme will make use of the latest, most interesting information from satellite data in combination with state-of-the-art NERC-supported global models of principally the land, atmosphere and ocean. NCEO staff have internationally recognised skills in analysing satellite data, evaluating models and merging the data into models (data assimilation) which will enable us to take major steps forward in analysing and understanding the Earth system and feedbacks between the component domains (air, water, land and ice) within it.

A primary underpinning NCEO activity is to produce high quality data sets from the latest satellite observations. We will use observations from ESA Earth Explorers, Eumetsat operational weather satellites, Copernicus Sentinels, NASA/NOAA research and operational missions and JAXA satellites. We will devise innovative algorithms to generate state-of-the-art Earth Observation (EO) data, with uncertainties, for significant variables which allow us to monitor and understand change and variability in the Earth system: vegetation change and stored carbon (biomass); fire radiative power and combustion completeness; surface reflectance and emissivity; atmospheric trace gases including CO2, CH4 and O3; aerosols, clouds and precipitation; top-of-atmosphere radiances and fluxes, surface temperatures over land and sea.

These datasets are powerful when combined with models. NCEO's second underpinning activity will provide a flexible community data assimilation tool for scientists to trial different methods and EO data with important community models. Uncertainties are critical to the performance of assimilation systems and NCEO scientists will characterise these for our key models and data, making them available publically. We will also examine new non-linear methods, collaborating with the mathematics community to ensure the appropriateness of our techniques.

Our assimilation methods and EO data will be employed in our three strategic Programme science areas: 1. Global and Regional Carbon Cycle (GRCC); 2. Large-scale coupling of the biosphere-atmosphere during the Anthropocene (BIOATM); 3. Diagnosing Energy and Water Exchanges in the Earth System (DEWEES).
The global carbon cycle plays a central role in the Earth system but a comprehensive understanding of its current state, main drivers and sensitivities remains a key challenge in climate science. In the GRCC area we will seek to meet this challenge, exploiting the developments made in our two underpinning activities to advance understanding of: dynamic carbon pools in ocean and land ecosystems; exchanges of carbon between the surface and atmosphere; regional carbon budgets. Ultimately, we will advance our data assimilation methods towards an integrated carbon observing system that links process models and global EO data across domains.

The atmosphere globally integrates spatially and temporally varying surface emissions over a wide range of time scales. Consequent atmospheric variations in affect weather, climate and air quality with feedbacks to the biosphere. In the BIOATM area we will quantify the links between the surface fluxes driving atmospheric composition, including the interactions between human and natural emissions, and assess large-scale consequences for variations and trends.

Energy flows between the surface, atmosphere and space play a fundamental role in establishing the large scale circulation that drives our weather and climate, being intrinsically coupled to the water cycle via the exchange of latent heat. However, understanding how clouds, precipitation and the land surface respond to, and themselves modify, changes to the circulation is a major challenge. In the DEWEES area we will develop the first global observational framework linking the large-scale circulation, convection and land surface processes in order to meet this challenge.

Planned Impact

The main beneficiaries of the project will be: government departments, particularly Defra, BEIS Climate Team and DfID and related agencies such as Environment Agency, Natural England and JNCC for environmental policy and regulation; the operational meteorological community who routinely use EO data and data assimilation; space agencies planning next generation systems and programmes to exploit current data sources; those involved in the development of the Copernicus programme; industry who will benefit from the latest scientific breakthroughs; IPCC and international reports. Our impact will be enhanced by publishing new datasets, organising and participating in conferences, developing MOOCs and developing outreach activities, using the successful EO Detective project as a template.

Science into Policy and its Implementation: UK public sector is showing increased interest in EO applications for cost effective services, stimulated by the free and open access to Copernicus data. Increasing the use of EO will depend, at least in part, on adopting new data methods beyond the current state-of-the-art. Our advances in data assimilation techniques, bringing data and models together offer the potential for improved services; for example we see advances in land-based data assimilation, as pioneered with the Forestry Commission to infer forest thinning influences on carbon budgets, as a model for future work.

Improving the Performance of the Operational Meteorological Community: Represented by the Met Office and ECMW, this group is the largest civil "consumer" of EO data and uses data assimilation on an operational basis. They will benefit from our work, for example, on observation error covariance estimation and atmospheric chemistry DA. Our work will support the Met Office in land surface model (JULES) development and provide new information on aerosol emissions sources, e.g., in relation to air quality forecasting and climate modelling. We will work together on the exploitation of EO datasets for targeted model evaluation, complementing work in LTSM UKESM and ACSIS. Both the Met Office and ECMWF have expressed interested in the EMPIRE DA software system for further development of their DA system.

Planning for the future with Space Agencies and for Copernicus: We will continue to work with the space agencies including UK Space Agency, and ESA to ensure science evidence is translated into new space technologies and influences future missions, stimulating industrial innovation and the provision of services. For example we will advise on future Copernicus Sentinels (particularly for future CO2 and Thermal Infrared missions) stemming from knowledge gained in our carbon programme and EO data activities. NCEO participation in the Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring Service (CAMS) and Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) operated by ECMWF is a direct result of scientific developments in NCEO, e.g. in relation to fire emissions, sea surface temperature data, CO2 and CH4 monitoring and assimilation.

Wealth Creation: NCEO works both strategically and one-to-one with a range of companies (Airbus, SSTL, Thales Alenia Space, CGI and environmental data SMEs). Through NCEO's innovation programme we have invested in the Space4Climate group, which is broadening use of EO climate data in end user communities such as agriculture and insurance. We will work with UK space trade associations and present at industry led meetings, such as UK Space Conference. We will also support the activities of the Satellite Applications Catapult (eg NCEO is a member of SAC's East Midlands Centre of Excellence) and of the Institute for Environmental Analytics.

Maximising the UK Contribution to IPCC and International Reports: An important motivation for NCEO is the delivery of science to underpin the UK contribution to international reports such as the IPCC. Publications are key to this but we will also supply co-authors and expert reviewers.

Organisations

Publications

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Description This grant has enabled new, high quality global data sets (from satellite) for environmental science, advances in techniques for data assimilation which is the framework by which models are modified by data, and discovery of improvements in our knowledge of Earth system processes. As a result, we have made advances in our understanding of the carbon cycle, of the control of atmospheric composition and its interaction with the and surface, and in energy and radiative processes. Climate model biases and uncertainties have been identified. Some highlights include: 1) Improving knowledge of terrestrial carbon stocks through unique biomass datasets; 2) New determinations of carbon net fluxes from satellite and in situ observations of carbon dioxide; 3) A new data assimilation (DA) capability for soil moisture in the JULES model ; 4) Quantifying the sources of aerosol across the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) and policy-related shifts of crop-burning; 5) Development of an integrated framework for quantitative assessment of energy and water balances across the global surface ocean-land and atmosphere-to-space system.
Exploitation Route Our results will be used by the global community of environmental scientists, by policy makers through international and national reports and by industry to design and build better satellite missions for observing the Earth. International services are building information products based on our data. Results from these activities are supporting other NERC-funded projects including the highlight topic project, DARE-UK, led by U. Bristol, examining greenhouse gas emissions in the UK; SECO, led by the U. Edinburgh, investigating carbon dynamics in the dry tropics; UNFOGS led by U. Leeds focussing on new, relevant laboratory chemistry data. We have considerable engagement with public sector bodies such as the Met Office, the Defra family of environmental agencies and the National Physical Laboratory. Internationally, there is huge activity through our datasets in working to produce synthesized datasets, undertake international comparisons and drive satellite missions. Support to new satellite missions includes TRUTHS (metrology for visible radiation and satellite inter-calibration), MicroCarb (first European mission dedicated to greenhouse gases), Sentinel high priority candidate missions (CO2M for carbon dioxide; LSTM for land surface temperature) and FORUM (first mission to measure systematically the far infrared spectrum of the Earth).
Sectors Environment

Financial Services

and Management Consultancy

 
Description Findings have been used to verify government policy with respect to understanding of carbon and greenhouse gases in the light of the Paris Agreement and COP-26 (Defra, BEIS); to agree spends of UK monies on international operational satellites and the launch of new technologies (UK Space Agency); to support thousands of farmers in Africa and associated agricultural insurances. We have considerable engagement with public sector bodies such as the Met Office, the Defra family of environmental agencies and the National Physical Laboratory. Our datasets, assimilation techniques and findings are fed into the Met Office through a myriad of activities, with particularly good connections through data assimilation theory, support of operational biogeochemical models and joint activities with the Hadley Centre particularly in surface temperature, surface controls on the atmosphere, aerosols and carbon stocks. We are pro-actively working with the Defra EO Centre of Excellence, e.g., with JNCC improving their knowledge of analysis-ready data for surface reflectance, air quality and greenhouse gases. CEFAS is applying a reanalysis delivered by the ocean biology assimilative system to assess the oxygen criteria of the Eutrophication Indicator in UK waters
First Year Of Impact 2020
Sector Agriculture, Food and Drink,Environment
 
Description Contributing with data to the Second Order Draft (SOD) of the 2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (2019 Refinement), Volume 4 (AFOLU), Chapter 4 (Forest Land), Table 4.7 (Above-Ground Biomass In Natural Forests).
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Membership of a guideline committee
 
Description INFCOM 2 citation 2023
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Citation in other policy documents
URL https://library.wmo.int/records/item/66287-commission-for-observation-infrastructure-and-information...
 
Description Invited Expert onto the CEOS WGClimate Panel
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
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Description Invited Expert onto the GCOS-TOPC Panel
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Description LSTM Mission Advisory Group
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Description Lead Author WMO/UNEP Ozone Assessment 2022
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Impact Input to the Montreal Protocol on substances which protect the ozone layer.
 
Description Lectures at ESA Earth Observation Summer School, August 2018
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Impact Approximately 70 early-career researchers from all round the world followed a 2-week course on Earth Observation in Frascati, Italy. I provided training in data assimilation through a series of lectures and computer exercises, Videos of the lectures are online and my introductory lecture has been watched over 170 times in 2 months.
URL https://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Sets/Earth_observation_summer_school_lectures_2018
 
Description NCEO Researchers' Forum
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
 
Description Training course in collaboration with ECMWF
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Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
Impact Lectures and tutorials were provided to students on a "Theory of data assimilation" course, linked to the ECMWF one-week course in data assimilation. 24 early career researchers from the UK, Europe and international were trained on the fundamentals of data assimilation.
URL https://research.reading.ac.uk/met-darc/ecmwf2019/
 
Description Training course in collaboration with ECMWF
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
Impact Lectures and tutorials were provided to students on a "Theory of data assimilation" course, linked to the ECMWF one-week course in data assimilation. 23 early career researchers from the UK, Europe and international were trained on the fundamentals of data assimilation.
 
Description Training course in collaboration with ECMWF
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
 
Description Training course in data assimilation
Geographic Reach Europe 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
 
Description Training course in data assimilation
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Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
URL https://research.reading.ac.uk/met-darc/training/training-courses/
 
Description Training course on data assimilation for the Ghana Space Institute as part of NCEO ODA
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Description Umwelt Bundesamt citation 2023
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Policy Influence Type Citation in other policy documents
URL https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/publikationen/satellite-based-emission-verification
 
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Description CGLOPS2
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Sector Public
Country European Union (EU)
Start 03/2018 
End 03/2021
 
Description NOWMAPS-3
Amount € 3,600,000 (EUR)
Organisation Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service 
Sector Public
Country European Union (EU)
Start 12/2021 
End 12/2022
 
Description NUBICOS - Horizon Europe
Amount £3,470,000 (GBP)
Funding ID 10101542 
Organisation Innovate UK 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 01/2024 
End 12/2027
 
Description Newton Fund: IND21_1.5 P109792 - Novel Assimilation Methods for Coupled Atmosphere-ocean Prediction Follow On (NAMCAP-FO) extension
Amount £188,498 (GBP)
Organisation Newton Fund 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2022 
End 03/2023
 
Description Newton-Fund CSSP-China VEgetation near Real time Detection And moNiToring for China (VERDANT) Project
Amount £221,755 (GBP)
Funding ID P107722 
Organisation Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2020 
End 03/2021
 
Description Novel Assimilation Methods for Coupled Atmosphere-ocean Prediction (NAMCAP)
Amount £191,588 (GBP)
Funding ID P107915 
Organisation Newton Fund 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2020 
End 03/2021
 
Description Novel Assimilation Methods for Coupled Atmosphere-ocean Prediction Follow On (NAMCAP-FO)
Amount £120,191 (GBP)
Funding ID IND21_1.5 P109792 
Organisation Newton Fund 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 06/2021 
End 03/2022
 
Description Novel Assimilation Methods for Coupled Atmosphere-ocean Prediction Follow On (NAMCAP-FO) extension
Amount £90,741 (GBP)
Funding ID IND21_1.5 P109792 
Organisation Newton Fund 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2023 
End 09/2023
 
Description OC-CCI (ESA)
Amount £861,666 (GBP)
Organisation European Space Agency 
Sector Public
Country France
Start 03/2019 
End 03/2022
 
Description OPTIMA (Optical Data Modelling and Assimilation) - Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS) - Service Evolution
Amount € 122,585 (EUR)
Organisation Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service 
Sector Public
Country European Union (EU)
Start 03/2018 
End 03/2020
 
Description Ocean-Colour Data in Climate studies
Amount £41,067 (GBP)
Funding ID NE/P020135/1 
Organisation Natural Environment Research Council 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2017 
End 03/2018
 
Description Optical Mission Performance Cluster (OPT-MPC)
Amount € 20,000,000 (EUR)
Organisation European Space Agency 
Sector Public
Country France
Start 01/2022 
End 12/2026
 
Description Pathways Of Dispersal for Cholera And Solution Tools (PODCAST)
Amount £404,617 (GBP)
Funding ID NE/S012567/1 
Organisation Natural Environment Research Council 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 02/2019 
End 02/2022
 
Description Phase A/B1/B2/C/D - Land Surface Temperature Monitoring Mission
Amount £158,000 (GBP)
Organisation Airbus Group 
Department Airbus Defence & Space
Sector Private
Country United States
Start 03/2019 
End 04/2027
 
Description REVIVAL
Amount £484,885 (GBP)
Organisation United Kingdom Research and Innovation 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 01/2018 
End 12/2021
 
Description Research Experience Placement (REP): Summer placement funding for an undergraduate student to use TROPOMI NO2 data to derive UK NOx emissions
Amount £1,000 (GBP)
Organisation University of Leeds 
Department School of Earth and Environment
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 05/2019 
End 07/2019
 
Description SNOWITE
Amount € 200,000 (EUR)
Organisation European Space Agency 
Sector Public
Country France
Start 01/2021 
End 06/2022
 
Description SPRINT - ESDIM (Environmental Sites Data Intelligent Monitoring)
Amount £49,950 (GBP)
Organisation UK Space Agency 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 09/2021 
End 03/2022
 
Description Satellite Monitoring of Atmospheric Methane
Amount € 1,500,000 (EUR)
Organisation European Space Agency 
Sector Public
Country France
Start 01/2024 
End 12/2025
 
Description Scientific Service Support for GHG Product Processing and Continuous Cal/Val Requirements Definition using UoL-FP
Amount £501,792 (GBP)
Organisation European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites 
Sector Public
Country Germany
Start 09/2019 
End 09/2023
 
Description SeaBIOMES
Amount £972,180 (GBP)
Organisation Simons Foundation 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country United States
Start 06/2017 
End 06/2022
 
Description Self-Learning Digital Twins for Sustainable Land Management
Amount £2,492,148 (GBP)
Funding ID EP/Y00597X/1 
Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 04/2023 
End 03/2025
 
Description Sentinel 4 L2 processor development contract change notices (CCNs) 4-12
Amount £179,000 (GBP)
Organisation European Space Agency 
Sector Public
Country France
Start 12/2019 
End 12/2022
 
Description Sentinel 5 Precursor Mission Performance Centre extension CCN8
Amount € 26,647 (EUR)
Funding ID MPC-KNMI-CC-0003-SD-service-level-agreement CCN8 
Organisation European Space Agency 
Sector Public
Country France
Start 09/2021 
End 03/2022
 
Description Sentinel 5 precursor mission performance centre CCN6
Amount £128,000 (GBP)
Organisation European Space Agency 
Department ESRIN
Sector Public
Country Italy
Start 03/2020 
End 12/2021
 
Description Sentinel-4 Level-2 Processor CCN17
Amount € 38,676 (EUR)
Organisation European Space Agency 
Sector Public
Country France
Start 05/2023 
End 03/2024
 
Description Sentinel-4 Level-2 Processor Contract Change Notices 14 & 15
Amount £172,000 (GBP)
Organisation ESA - ESTEC 
Sector Public
Country Netherlands
Start 08/2022 
End 03/2024
 
Description Sentinel-5 Level-2 Processor CCN10
Amount € 57,029 (EUR)
Organisation European Space Agency 
Sector Public
Country France
Start 04/2023 
End 12/2024
 
Description Sentinel-5 Precursor Mission Performance Centre CCN11
Amount € 36,486 (EUR)
Organisation European Space Agency 
Sector Public
Country France
Start 03/2022 
End 12/2022
 
Description Sentinel-5p+ Innovation WaterVapour Isotopologue
Amount £99,918 (GBP)
Organisation European Space Agency 
Sector Public
Country France
Start 06/2019 
End 06/2021
 
Description Solar wind data assimilation - maximising the accuracy of space-weather forecasting
Amount £357,854 (GBP)
Funding ID NE/S010033/1 
Organisation Natural Environment Research Council 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 04/2019 
End 04/2022
 
Description Space4Climate
Amount £501,251 (GBP)
Organisation UK Space Agency 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2022 
End 03/2025
 
Description Standard grant
Amount £387,224 (GBP)
Organisation Natural Environment Research Council 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 04/2022 
End 04/2025
 
Description Study for Alternative MAP-based CO2 Retrieval Algorithm
Amount € 100,000 (EUR)
Organisation European Space Agency 
Sector Public
Country France
Start 01/2021 
End 12/2021
 
Description TIRCALNet
Amount € 200,000 (EUR)
Funding ID 4000143150/23/I-DT-bgh 
Organisation European Space Agency 
Sector Public
Country France
Start 01/2024 
End 06/2025
 
Description TONOEC - Funding to support the research for the coordination and submission of a proposal for a large Horizon Europe grant (TOPIC ID: HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01-41)
Amount £10,000 (GBP)
Organisation The British Academy 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 11/2021 
End 03/2022
 
Description TRUTHS Mission Accompanying Consolidation Study
Amount € 14,776 (EUR)
Organisation European Space Agency 
Sector Public
Country France
Start 08/2021 
End 05/2023
 
Description TRUTHS Mission Accompanying Consolidation Study CCN3
Amount € 29,307 (EUR)
Funding ID ESA RFP/3-16931/20/NL/FF/an 
Organisation European Space Agency 
Sector Public
Country France
Start 06/2023 
End 04/2024
 
Description TRUTHS URD - User requirements Study for SI traceable measurements of Incoming and Reflected Spectrally Resolved Solar Radiance and Irradiance
Amount £62,199 (GBP)
Organisation ESA - ESTEC 
Sector Public
Country Netherlands
Start 09/2019 
End 03/2020
 
Description TRUTHS User Requirements Study for SI Traceable Measurements of Incoming and Reflected Spectrally Resolved Solar Radiance and Irradiance
Amount £175,000 (GBP)
Funding ID 4000128791/19/NL/FF/ab 
Organisation European Space Agency 
Sector Public
Country France
Start  
End 06/2020
 
Description Thermal InfraRed Imager Scientific sIMulation study (TIRI-SIM)
Amount € 90,000 (EUR)
Funding ID 4000117242/16/NL/FF/mc 
Organisation ESA - ESTEC 
Sector Public
Country Netherlands
Start 06/2016 
End 06/2017
 
Description Transatlantic Data Science Academy Scoping Project
Amount £569,705 (GBP)
Organisation Meteorological Office UK 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 11/2023 
End 07/2024
 
Description UK Analysis-Ready Data Tests in Support of CEOS Standards
Amount £12,330 (GBP)
Organisation UK Space Agency 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2019 
End 05/2019
 
Description UK Earth Observation Climate Information Service
Amount £7,740,000 (GBP)
Organisation United Kingdom Research and Innovation 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 01/2023 
End 03/2025
 
Description UKRI FLF - The First Environmental Digital Twin Dedicated to Understanding Tropical Wetland Methane Emissions for Improved Predictions of Climate Change - Rob Parker
Amount £1,600,000 (GBP)
Funding ID MR/X033139/1 
Organisation United Kingdom Research and Innovation 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2024 
End 03/2028
 
Description WCSSP India
Amount £9,677,379 (GBP)
Organisation Meteorological Office UK 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 06/2021 
End 03/2022
 
Title Basic tools in Data Assimilation 
Description Code containing basic data assimilation methods (variational, ensemble Kalman filters, particle filters) in some simple systems. This was used for training purposes in an international DA course (in partnership with ECMWF) and the tools are available online for download and practice. 
Type Of Material Improvements to research infrastructure 
Year Produced 2020 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact PhD students from different institutions can use these tools in their research as they are, or they can use it as base to build more complicated tools. 
URL https://research.reading.ac.uk/met-darc/ecmwf2020/
 
Title Capability to effectively assimilate phytoplankton functional types in NEMOVAR 
Description Balancing scheme enabling us to update biomass of phytoplankton functional types (PFTs) either using total chlorophyll assimilation or, PFT chlorophyll assimilation. 
Type Of Material Improvements to research infrastructure 
Year Produced 2018 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Operational reanalyses of PFTs for the North-West European Shelf (NWES) produced by the Met Office for CMEMS and range of other stakeholders. It also supports operational forecasts for NWES biogeochemsitry run at the Met Office. 
 
Title (A)ATSR cloud properties and radiation products 
Description Multi-year global data on cloud properties retrieved from the ATSR-2 and AATSR instruments on ERS-2 and Envisat, respectively, and derived top and bottom of atmosphere shortwave and longwave radiative fluxes. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2022 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact This data set was delivered to the EUs Copernicus Climate Change Service and available to users through the Climate Data Store. 
URL https://climate.copernicus.eu/climate-data-store
 
Title 2010-2018 global methane emissions inferred from GOSAT satellite observations 
Description The dataset includes gridded methane emission fluxes from a global inversion of GOSAT methane (CH4) observations by Zhang et al. (2021) (https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-3643-2021). Monthly prior and posterior sectoral emissions from 2010-2018 are reported on a 4x5 degree grid. Source sectors include anthropogenic (oil exploitation, gas exploitation, coal mining, livestock, rice cultivation, wastewater treatment, landfills, and other anthropogenic sources) and natural (wetlands, geological seeps, termites, and biomass burning). The total methane flux is also reported. Usually small differences exist between the total methane flux and the sum of sectoral fluxes, which is due to the soil absorption flux.The monthly gridded sectoral emission flux product presented in this dataset are derived from an inversion by Zhang et al. (2021). Original inversion results (including posterior scaling factors, error covariance, and averaging kernel matrix) are archived at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4052518 Although monthly gridded sectoral emissions are reported here, this does not mean that the inversion can resolve emissions for each 4x5 degree grid cell by sector on a monthly basis. See the description below and Zhang et al. (2021) for the inversion configuration. The main purpose of creating this dataset is to facilitate follow-up transport model simulations and analysis. A brief description of the inversion configuration: The inversion is performed with the GEOS-Chem model for the period of 2010-2018 with GOSAT CO2-proxy CH4 retrievals from Parker and Boesch (2020). The inversion optimizes mean and trend of non-wetland emissions, monthly wetland emissions for 14 subcontinental regions, and annual hemispheric OH concentrations (methane loss rates). Sector attribution of posterior non-wetland emissions in a 4x5 degree grid cell is done on the basis of the relative contribution of a sector to prior emissions in the grid cell. Detailed description of the methodology can be found in Zhang et al. (2021). 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2022 
Provided To Others? Yes  
URL https://www.scidb.cn/en/detail?dataSetId=6af071bd156a46e0974fadb5ebe1209c
 
Title A global database of vertical profiles derived from Biogeochemical Argo float measurements for biogeochemical and bio-optical applications 
Description The presented database includes 0-1000 m vertical profiles of bio-optical and biogeochemical variables acquired by autonomous profiling Biogeochemical-Argo (BGC-Argo) floats. Data have been collected between October 2012 and January 2016, around local noon, in several oceanic areas encompassing the diversity of ocean's trophic environments. The database includes profiles of downward irradiance at 3 wavelengths (380, 412 and 490 nm), photosynthetically available radiation, chlorophyll a concentration, fluorescent dissolved organic matter, and particle light backscattering at 700 nm. All variables have been quality controlled following specifically-developed procedures, that aimed to support biogeochemical and bio-optical applications at the global scale. Data corruption by biofouling and any instrumental drift has also been verified. Moreover, to allow users for different biogeochemical applications, vertical profiles of chlorophyll a and particle light backscattering at 700 nm have been presented before and after advanced processing (e.g., non-photochemical quenching correction, identification of spikes). Vertical profiles of temperature and salinity associated to these bio-optical data are also provided although they have been only quality-controlled for sensor issues related to bio-fouling and instrumental drift. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2017 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact n/a 
URL https://www.seanoe.org/data/00383/49388/
 
Title A statistical method for structural error diagnostic in multiple EO data 
Description An EOF-based statistical model designed to diagnose structural error in multiple EO data. 
Type Of Material Data analysis technique 
Year Produced 2019 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact The estimated structural bias in EO data can be used to generate off-diagonal error covariances in the Earth's energy budget inverse model. The spatially correlated bias map can be used to improve the domain selection/definition for regional energy budget. 
 
Title ACOS GOSAT v9 Super Lite XCO2 data 
Description This data set consists of a set of monthly NetCDF files containing the GOSAT quality filtered and bias corrected XCO2 values derived from the version 9 (v9) Atmospheric Carbon Observations from Space (ACOS) Level 2 full physics (L2FP) retrieval algorithm. Only the most essential variables for each satellite observation are preserved in these "superlite" files: latitude and longitude (both at the surface viewing location), the unique sounding identification number (format is: 4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day, 2 digit hour, 2 digit minute, 2 digit second), and the estimated dry-air mole fraction of total column carbon dioxide in parts per million. The monthly files also contain the set of operational L2FP "lite" files from which the data was extracted, and which can be downloaded from the NASA Goddard Earth Sciences (GES) Data and Information Services Center (DISC) (10.5067/VWSABTO7ZII4). This superlite "teaser" product is a companion to the recently published journal article "An eleven year record of XCO2 estimates derived from GOSAT measurements using the NASA ACOS version 9 retrieval algorithm" in Earth System Science Data by T.E. Taylor, et al. (https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2021-247) It is meant to provide entry level users with a light weight satellite product for initial exploration. Interested users of the superlite product are encouraged to reach out to Tommy Taylor (tommy.taylor@colostate.edu) and/or Dr. Chris O'Dell (christopher.odell@colostate.edu) with questions on best uses practices for the GOSAT v9 XCO2 data. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? Yes  
URL https://data.caltech.edu/records/2178
 
Title Aerosol properties gridded data from 1995 to present derived from satellite observations 
Description Aerosol properties retrieved using the ORAC scheme from the ATSR-2 and AATSR instruments on ERS-2 and Envisat, respectively. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2019 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The data set was delivered to the EU Copernicus Climate Change Service and is on the Climate Data Store 
URL https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/doi/10.24381/cds.239d815c
 
Title CARDAMOM Brazil C-cycle analysis (1x1 degree; monthly; 2001-2017) 
Description This dataset contains a netCDF file reporting terrestrial C-cycle analysis of Brazil at 1 x 1 degree spatial and monthly temporal resolutions for 2001 to 2017. The analysis uses the CARDAMOM model-data fusion framework to retrieve information on Brazil's terrestrial C-cycle uncertainty uniquely for each location based on location and time specific observations and their uncertainties. The files contains pixel-level estimates of C storage (plant tissues and dead organic matter), C fluxes (photosynthesis, respiration, fire emissions), allocation of C to plant tissues and their residence times. All variables include uncertainty information reporting the 2.5 %, 25 %, 50 %, 75 % and 97.5% quantiles. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact This dataset supports uncertainty bounded benchmarking of JULES and INLAND land surface models C-cycle processes. The benchmarking allows identification of model-observation mismatch and targeting of the underlying process responsible for the error. 
URL https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/handle/10283/3841
 
Title CARDAMOM Brazil C-cycle multi-DALEC, multi-CMIP6 scenarios (1x1 degree; monthly; 2001-2017) 
Description Dataset continues CARDAMOM output for the calibration of 5 DALEC C-cycle models (M1-5) across Brazil for a 17 year period (2001-2017) at a monthly time step and 1 x 1 degree spatial resolution. The calibration used Earth Observation derived estimates of leaf area, above ground woody biomass and databased soil carbon stocks. The calibrated models were then projected to 2100 using 4 climate change scenarios drawn from the UKESM submission to CMIP6. The dataset includes C-stocks, fluxes and ecosystem properties along with their associated parameteric uncertainties. Separate files exist for each model, calibration period and climate change scenario. The multi-model ensemble provides a quantification of the role of model structural uncertainty allowing partitioning of the relative importance of parametric, model structure and climate change scenario uncertainties. This dataset is associated with a paper intended for submission to Earth System Dynamics. Smallman et al., (in prep) Parameter uncertainty dominates forecast error across Brazil for much of the 21st Century. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Explicit quantification of the relative roles of parametric, model structural and climate change uncertainties on the simulated trajectories and uncertainty of Brazilian ecosystems to 2100 
URL https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/handle/10283/3856
 
Title CARDAMOM Kenyan C-cycle analysis (0.25 degree, monthly, 2014-2017): Forest and savannah specific 
Description This dataset contains two netCDF file reporting terrestrial C-cycle analysis of Kenya at 0.25 x 0.25 degree spatial and monthly temporal resolutions for 2014 to 2017. One analysis specifically focused on forested land of Kenya, the other analysis focused on savannah land. The analysis uses the CARDAMOM model-data fusion framework to retrieve information on Kenya's terrestrial C-cycle uncertainty uniquely for each location based on location and time specific observations and their uncertainties. The files contains pixel-level estimates of C storage (plant tissues and dead organic matter), C fluxes (photosynthesis, respiration, fire emissions), allocation of C to plant tissues and their residence times. All variables include uncertainty information reporting the 2.5 %, 25 %, 50 %, 75 % and 97.5% quantiles. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Provides a first demonstration of a model-data fusion analysis where the observational constraints are derived from aggregating fine spatial scale information about specific ecosystems (i.e. forest or savanna) to a coarse resolution analysis allowing for the inclusion of ecosystem specific analysis achieved in a computationally efficient way. This analysis underpins future continental scale analyses. 
URL https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/handle/10283/3848
 
Title CARDAMOM panarctic retrievals 2000-2015 
Description Pan Arctic estimates of C cycling at 1 degree resolution, from 2000-2015, at monthly resolution with confidence intervals. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2018 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact This results underpin a publication by Lopez-Blanco et al. 
URL http://datashare.is.ed.ac.uk
 
Title CARDAMOM pantropical retrievals 2000-2015 
Description This dataset includes netCDF files reporting pantropical retrievals of the terrestrial carbon cycle using the CARDAMOM model-data fusion framework. Two experiments are included that alternatively include or omit fire disturbances. For each experiment, 4 files are included that report mean annual land-atmosphere carbon fluxes, carbon allocation to plant parts, vegetation and dead organic matter carbon pool sizes and transit times. Files include the pixel-wise uncertainty by reporting the median value as well as bounds of the 95%, 90% and 50% confidence intervals. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2018 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Demonstrated that fire impacts on ecological traits can be inferred through models data fusion. Demonstrated a knowledge gap in current generation of land surface models used in global analyses - that they do not vary their plant traits in response to fire impacts. 
URL https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/handle/10283/3039
 
Title Calibrated Far-infrared radiances and atmospheric state datasets used to retrieve emissivity of water from 400 - 1300 cm-1 
Description This repository contains calibrated radiance measurements from the FINESSE instrument and related auxilary files as referenced in the article "The Far-INfrarEd Spectrometer for Surface Emissivity (FINESSE) Part II: First measurements of the emissivity of water in the far-infrared." by Warwick, L., Murray, J. and Brindley, H 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2024 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Demonstrates the capability of a new instrument, FINESSE, to retrieve the spectrally and angularly resolved emissivity of a given target. FINESSE extends the capability of exisiting instruments into the Far-Infrared in support of new Far-Infrared satellite missions from ESA (FORUM) and NASA (PREFIRE) 
 
Title Clinical dataset of cholera incidence in coastal district in India 
Description Surveillance data of cholera outbreaks at the district level in India over the period July 2009 to December 2019 were collected from publicly available weekly epidemiological reports published in Portable Document Format by the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme of India (IDSP). Each report describes the incidences of communicable diseases for a given week with detailed information per state and district on the disease, number of cases, number of deaths, start date, reporting date, current status and comments related to each outbreak. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2020 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The epidemiological datasets of have been used has a core input for the development of machine learning model to produce environmental cholera-risk forecast based on combination satellite climate data records. We have demonstrated a novel application of machine learning for cholera risks in coastal India. The algorithm identified correctly 89.5% of outbreaks across all coastal Indian district reporting cholera outbreaks. We are investigating potential for transfer of model to other regions and possible inclusion of socio-economic data. Peer-reviewed article has been published in Dec 2020 in the peer-reviewed journal Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health. Amy Campbell is first author, and Dr Racault is corresponding author. The results have been presented by Amy Campbell at the International Symposium Ocean & Human Health 2-3 Dec 2020. The paper has achieved an altimetric score of 57 (In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric). The paper has been taken up by more than 7 news outlets including the BBC world news. The results have also been presented in a press release by ESA https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Preparing_for_the_Future/Space_for_Earth/Space_for_health/Cholera_outbreaks_predicted_using_climate_data_and_AI 
URL https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/24/9378
 
Title Coefficients for the SMACPy atmospheric correction algorithm 
Description This dataset stores coefficients used by the updated Simplified Method for Atmospheric Correction - Python (SMACPy). The coefficients are used, together with meteorological data, to remove the effects of atmospheric gases and aerosols from a satellite image. Currently, this is a beta version and more updates to these coefficients may be expected in the future. Coefficients exist for various aerosol types, all defined from the equivalent 6S (10.1109/36.581987) aerosol types: BIOMA: Biomass burning plumes. CONTI: Continental aerosol. DESER: Desert dust aerosol. MARIT: Maritime aerosol, primarily sea salt. STRATO: Stratospheric aerosol. URBAN: Urban pollution aerosol. NOAER: A profile with no aerosol effects, just atmospheric gases and Rayleigh scattering. In this version the following satellites / sensors are supported: NASA Aqua / MODIS NASA Terra / MODIS Fengyun-4A / AGRI GEO-KOMPSAT-2A / AMI GOES-16 / ABI GOES-17 / ABI Himawari-8 / AHI Landsat-8 / OLI Meteosat-8 / SEVIRI (no HRV channel) Meteosat-9 / SEVIRI (no HRV channel) Meteosat-10 / SEVIRI (no HRV channel) Meteosat-11 / SEVIRI (no HRV channel) NOAA-20 / VIIRS (M and I bands) Suomi-NPP / VIIRS (M and I bands) Sentinel-2A / MSI Sentinel-2B / MSI Sentinel-3A / OLCI Sentinel-3B / OLCI Sentinel-3A / SLSTR Sentinel-3B / SLSTR 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? Yes  
URL https://zenodo.org/record/5784635
 
Title DALEC2 
Description Data assimilation linked ecosystem carbon model - an intermediate complexity model of the terrestrial carbon cycle. 
Type Of Material Computer model/algorithm 
Year Produced 2015 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact DALEC is a core component of the CARDAMOM carbon-data model framework 
 
Title EDGAR v5.0 emissions inventory speciated for the MOZART chemical mechanism 
Description Emission inventories need to be adapted to be used in chemical transport models (CTMs). They usually need ad-hoc preprocessing based on the chemical mechanism used in the CTM, including speciation of non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOCs). Here we provide monthly EDGAR v5.0 global air pollutant emissions for the year 2015, speciated for the MOZART chemical mechanism. The dataset is also ready to use in WRF-Chem atmospheric model with MOZART-MOSAIC options. Emission files are provided as individual NetCDF files for each pollutant containing anthropogenic sector emissions as individual variables. In the folder you will find: edgarv5_MOZART_data.tar.gz: EDGAR v5.0 monthly emissions for the year 2015 (NetCDFformat), speciated for MOZART chemical mechanism. Both total and individual sector emissions are included in each file. edgarv5_MOZART_MOSAIC.inp: Input file for anthroemiss preprocessing tool for MOZART-MOSAIC options in WRF-Chem. technical_note_EDGARv5_MOZART.pdf : documentation. These files are also ready-to be used in WRF-Chem anthro-emiss preprocessing tool with the MOZART-MOSAIC options. Accompanying code for preparing the dataset can be found at repository: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6145846 For more detail, please refer to the technical documentation (technical_note_EDGARv5_MOZART.pdf). 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2022 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact This dataset contains emissions from EDGAR v5.0 that we have reprocessed for compatibility with the MOZART chemical mechanism and the WRF-Chem chemical transport model. It is currently being used to evaluate air quality over India. 
URL https://zenodo.org/record/6130621
 
Title Earth's radiation budget from 1979 to present derived from satellite observations 
Description Multi-year global data on Earth's shortwave and longwave radiation fluxes from the ATSR and SLSTR instruments were derived from cloud properties retrieved using the ORAC scheme. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2020 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact These shortwave and longwave radiation fluxes were provided to the Climate Data Store in EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service. 
URL https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/doi/10.24381/cds.85a8f66e
 
Title GEDI datsets for calibrating above-ground biomass estimation by BIOMASS 
Description The BIOMASS mission needs reference data to calibrate the above-ground biomass invesion. This data sets provides such reference data using GEDI lidar data 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2022 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact This is basic to calibrating the AGB product from the BIOMASS satellite using the current AGB algorithm 
 
Title GOSAT solar induced fluorescence for the time period 2009-2018 
Description GOSAT solar induced fluorescence for the time period 2009-2018 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2018 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact This dataset has been used by a number of publications. 
 
Title Global ocean lagrangian trajectories based on AVISO velocities, v2.2 
Description The National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) Long Term Science Single Centre (LTSS) Global Ocean Lagrangian Trajectories (OLTraj) provide 30-day forward and backward Lagrangian trajectories based on AVISO (Satellite Altimetry Data project) surface velocities. Each trajectory represents the path that a water mass would move along starting at a given pixel and a given day. OLTraj can be thus used to implement analyses of oceanic data in a Lagrangian framework. The purpose of OLTraj is to allow non-specialists to conduct Lagrangian analyses of surface ocean data. The dataset has global coverage and spans 1998-2019 with a daily temporal resolution. The trajectories were generated starting from zonal and meridional model velocity fields that were integrated using the LAMTA (6-hour time step - part of ) as described in Nencioli et al., 2018 and SPASSO (Software package for and adaptive satellite-based sampling for ocean graphic cruises containing LAMTA) software user guide. Please see the documentation section below for further information. Version 2.2 is a higher resolution version of V2.0 and also has double value for time variables to permit access via THREDDS. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact n/a 
URL https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/5c2b70d069cb467ab73e80b84c3e395a
 
Title INVICAT V3.0 
Description This is the updated version of the INVICAT model. Previously version 2.0 was available for use. Version 3.0 uses an updated version of the TOMCAT model (V1.81) and now does not require large amounts read/write to disk. Non-diagonal prior covariance error matrices are supported, and the model now is able to but run in parallel using MPI. 
Type Of Material Computer model/algorithm 
Year Produced 2019 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact None as yet. 
 
Title Improved high-resolution ocean reanalysis of Met Office GloSea5 data using the simple smoother algorithm, v1.0, June 2016 
Description The dataset is a Global ¼° 0-2000m ocean reanalysis for June 2016, providing temperature and salinity data. The product is based on Met Office GloSea5 reanalysis (Blockley et al. 2014), with the simple smoother algorithm applied to improve the original reanalysis. The simple smoother is designed for smooth data adjustments in sequentially generated reanalysis products by utilizing knowledge of future assimilation increments. A decay time parameter is applied to the smoother increments to account for memory decay timescales in the ocean. Further information is available in the documentation section. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact This dataset has significant improvement over the original Met Office FOAM reanalysis in the 3D temperature and salinity state and variability, as well as in the sea surface height (SSH) and ocean currents. The time variability of conservative quantities, particularly ocean heat and salt content, as well as kinetic energy and the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), is also improved. This dataset is an advance of the existing ocean reanalysis products, and is of practical significance for ocean and climate research. 
URL https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/b0cf5a39647e4036bd5351274c5daa5f
 
Title Intital simulation of Hunga-Tonga volcanic aerosol cloud with the UM-UKCA composition-climate model 
Description This dataset is from a series of "forward projection" interactive stratospheric aerosol simulations of the Jan 2022 Hunga-Tonga volcanic aerosol cloud with the UM-UKCA composition-climate model. The model experiments predict how the cloud will disperse through 2022, and apply the UM-UKCA model at GA4 (Walters et al., 2014), with GLOMAP v8.2, as applied for the "MajorVolc" datasets for Agung, El Chichon and Pinatubo (Dhomse et al., 2020), those runs aligned with the Historical Eruption SO2 emissions Assessment experiment within ISA-MIP (Timmreck et al., 2018). The "standard" Hunga-Tonga GA4 UM-UKCA experiment emits 0.4Tg of SO2 at 29-31km, within a 24-hour period, matching the detrainment duration specified for the ISA-MIP HErSEA experiment protocol. Following the stronger than expected mid-visible backscatter ratios (BSR) measured by CALIOP satellite-borne lidar, and from ground-based lidar from Reunion Island (very high BSR values > 200), we also ran UM-UKCA simulations with "scaled-up Hunga-Tonga SO2 emission", at 0.8, 1.2 and 1.6 Tg of SO2 emitted. Unexpectedly strong stratospheric AOD observed from the OMPS satellite months after the eruption further strengthens the motivation for these simulations. Several hypotheses for the high AOD from Hunga-Tonga have been suggested: 1) an unusual amount of (or influence from) co-emitted ultra-fine ash particles 2) "in-plume oxidised sulphate" already converted from SO2 at the time of detrainment (e.g. via aqueous-phase oxidation within water droplets within the eruptive plume). 3) co-emitted marine aerosol (e.g. sea-salt aerosol) from seawater vaporized in the plume There are 4 types of netcdf files, Stratospheric AOD (saod), Effective Radius (reff), Extinction (ext) and sulphate aerosol surface area density (sad). For e.g. saod550_HT_0pt4Tg_T2Mz-20220101-20230831.nc contains Stratospheric aerosol optical depth (sAOD) at 550nm (2D-monthly dataset vs latitude and time) with 0.4 Tg SO2 injection Jan2022 to August 2023 Whereas other files reff_HT_0pt4Tg_T2Mz_20220101-20230831.nc, sad_HT_0pt4Tg_T2Mz_20220101-20230831.nc ext550_HT_0pt4Tg_T2Mz-20220101-20230831.nc contain particle effective radius (reff), aerosol surface area density, aerosol extinction as 3D-monthly fields (altitude, latitude , time) from the same simulation. Other saod and extinction files are also available at 870 and 1020 nm. Note that these are preliminary simulations, hence we do not expect good match with the observations. We plan to perform additional UM-UKCA simulations, comparing to the satellite and ground-based lidar measurements, and to in-situ balloon observations from Reunion Island rapid response campaign & upcoming high-altitude balloon sampling flights in Brazil. References : Dhomse SS, Mann GW, Antuña Marrero JC, Shallcross SE, Chipperfield MP, Carslaw KS, Marshall L, Abraham NL, Johnson CE. 2020. Evaluating the simulated radiative forcings, aerosol properties, and stratospheric warmings from the 1963 Mt Agung, 1982 El Chichón, and 1991 Mt Pinatubo volcanic aerosol clouds. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 20(21), pp. 13627-13654 Timmreck, C., Mann, G. W., Aquila, V., Hommel, R., Lee, L. A., Schmidt, A., Brühl, C., Carn, S., Chin, M., Dhomse, S. S., Diehl, T., English, J. M., Mills, M. J., Neely, R., Sheng, J., Toohey, M., and Weisenstein, D.: The Interactive Stratospheric Aerosol Model Intercomparison Project (ISA-MIP): motivation and experimental design, Geosci. Model Dev., 11, 25812608, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-2581-2018, 2018. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2022 
Provided To Others? Yes  
URL https://zenodo.org/record/6621919
 
Title Kapiti land surface temperature ground validation data 
Description This is the land surface temperature (LST) ground validation data collected at ILRI Kapiti Research Ranch Kenya. The useable data series is from October 2018 to March 2019. The data stored here are the raw readings, the values used to correct them and then the final emissivity and downwelling corrected surface temperature values. Also included in the table are the corresponding satellite surface temperatures from MODIS, SEVIRI LWIR, MLST-AS and ERA5-land. Finally, upscaled and corrected ground temperatures for the SEVIRI pixel sizes is given.Each .csv contains one full record from one mast. To get the 'Kapiti upscaled average' take a mean of the four (or three given Mast 2 short record) upscaled ground LST.Please cite the use of this date with both the dataset DOI and the accompanying paper (when available).Column headings are as follows:TIMESTAMP > The date and time of the ground observation.BattV > The battery voltage at time of observation.Sky_heitronic > Sky temperature from Mast 3.EM_108 > SEVIRI FVC derived emissivity at 10.8um.EM_108_errorbar > The error assoicated with EM_108.EM_120 > SEVIRI FVC derived emissivity at 12.0um.EM_120_errorbar > The error assoicated with EM_120.EM_39 > SEVIRI FVC derived emissivity at 3.9um.EM_39_errorbar > The error assoicated with EM_39.EM_87 > SEVIRI FVC derived emissivity at 8.7um.EM_87_errorbar > The error assoicated with EM_87.EM_BB > SEVIRI FVC broad band derived emmisivity.EM_BB_errorbar > The error assoicated with EM_BB.FVC > MLST product assoicated fractional vegetation cover.FVC_errorbar > FVC assoicated error.LAT > SEVIRI pixel sensor latitude.LON > SEVIRI pixel sensor longitude.LST > SEVIRI land surface temperatureLSTS > MLSTS-AS all weather surface temperatureLST_Q_FLAGS > MLST product quality flagsLST_errorbar > Error assoicated with the given SEVIRI LST value.SAA > SEVIRI satellite azimuth angle.SZA > SEVIRI satellite zenith angle.TCWV > Total column water vapour.VAA > SEVIRI pixel view azimuth angle.VZA > SEVIRI pixel view zenith angle.f_sun > Fraction of SEVIRI pixel sunlitf_shade > Fraction of SEVIRI pixel in shade.f_canopy > Fraction of SEVIRI pixel with canopy cover.Sky_apogee > Modelled Apogee equivelant sky temperature (from Heitronics).JPL_em > Calculated emissivity for the Apogee sensor in the JPL from the SEVIRI FVC emissivity values. ERA5 > ERA-5 provided LST for the pixel.ERA5 land skt > ERA-5 land provided LST for the pixel.MODIS_LST > MODIS LST for the pixel. Satellite > Name of the MODIS platform that provided MODIS_LST.MODIS_em > MODIS used emissivity value.MODIS_VA > MODIS view angle.JPL_1_LST_LUT > JPL first angle ground rounding corrected with look up table based approach and SEVIRI emissivity.JPL_2_LST_LUT > JPL second angle ground reading corrected with look up table based approach and SEVIRI emissivity..JPL_3_LST_LUT > JPL third angle ground reading corrected with look up table based approach and SEVIRI emissivity..Heitronic_LST_LUT > Ground reading corrected with look up table based approach and SEVIRI emissivity..JPL_1_LST_MODIS > JPL 1 ground reading corrected with MODIS emmisivity. JPL_2_LST_MODIS > JPL 2 ground reading corrected with MODIS emmisivity. JPL_3_LST_MODIS > JPL 3 ground reading corrected with MODIS emmisivity. Heitronic_LST_MODIS > Heitronics ground reading corrected with MODIS emmisivity. JPL_1_LST_LUT_cal > Calibration correction added.JPL_2_LST_LUT_cal > Calibration correction added.JPL_3_LST_LUT_cal > Calibration correction added.Heitronic_LST_LUT_cal > Calibration correction added.TA_1_2_1 > 2 m air temperature at Mast 1.JPL_wv > JPL central wavelength as provided by look up table.Sky_wv > Skywards Heitronics central wavelength as provided by look up table.H_wv > Groundwards Heitronics central wavelength as provided by look up table.Heitronics_uncert > Ground heitronics calculated uncertainty.JPL_1_uncert > JPL 1 calculated uncertainty.JPL_2_uncert > JPL 2 calculated uncertainty.JPL_3_uncert > JPL 3 calculated uncertainty.tod > Time of day classification (night or day).JPL_1_upscaled_LSTS > JPL1 upscaled to the SEVIRI pixel scale using the geometric model.JPL_2_upscaled_LSTS > JPL2 upscaled to the SEVIRI pixel scale using the geometric model.JPL_3_upscaled_LSTS > JPL3 upscaled to the SEVIRI pixel scale using the geometric model.Heitronics_upscaled_LSTS > Ground heitronics upscaled to the SEVIRI pixel scale using the geometric model. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? Yes  
URL https://kcl.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Kapiti_land_surface_temperature_ground_validation_data/171...
 
Title LST_cci AATSR 
Description ESA Land Surface Temperature Climate Change Initiative (LST_cci): Land surface temperature from AATSR (Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer), level 3 collated (L3C) global product (2002-2012), version 3.00 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2022 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Climate model evaluation 
 
Title LST_cci ATSR-2 
Description ESA Land Surface Temperature Climate Change Initiative (LST_cci): Land surface temperature from ATSR-2 (Along-Track Scanning Radiometer 2), level 3 collated (L3C) global product (1995-2013), version 3.00 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2022 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Climate model evaluation 
 
Title LST_cci Aqua-MODIS 
Description ESA Land Surface Temperature Climate Change Initiative (LST_cci): Land surface temperature from MODIS (Moderate resolution Infra-red Spectroradiometer) on Aqua, level 3 collated (L3C) global product (2002-2018), version 3.00 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2022 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Climate model evaluation 
 
Title LST_cci IRCDR 
Description ESA Land Surface Temperature Climate Change Initiative (LST_cci): Multisensor Infra-Red (IR) Low Earth Orbit (LEO) land surface temperature (LST) time series level 3 supercollated (L3S) global product (1995-2020), version 2.00 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2022 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Climate model evaluation 
 
Title LST_cci IRMGP 
Description ESA Land Surface Temperature Climate Change Initiative (LST_cci): Multisensor Infra-Red (IR) Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) land surface temperature (LST) level 3 supercollated (L3S) global product (2009-2020), version 1.00 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2022 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Climate model evaluation 
 
Title LST_cci SLSTR-A 
Description ESA Land Surface Temperature Climate Change Initiative (LST_cci): Land surface temperature from SLSTR (Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer) on Sentinel 3A, level 3 collated (L3C) global product (2016-2020), version 3.00 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2022 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Climate model evaluation 
 
Title LST_cci SLSTR-B 
Description ESA Land Surface Temperature Climate Change Initiative (LST_cci): Land Surface Temperature from SLSTR (Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer) on Sentinel 3B, level 3 collated (L3C) global product (2018-2020), version 3.00 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2022 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Climate model evaluation 
 
Title LST_cci Terra-MODIS 
Description ESA Land Surface Temperature Climate Change Initiative (LST_cci): Land Surface Temperature from MODIS (Moderate resolution Infra-red Spectroradiometer) on Terra, level 3 collated (L3C) global product (2000-2018), version 3.00 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2022 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Climate model evaluation 
 
Title Land Surface Temperature (LST) dataset from the (A)ATSR instruments 
Description Land Surface Temperature (LST) products from the Along-Track Scanning Radiometers (ATSRs) at Level-2 (swath) and Level-3 (gridded) 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2014 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Use of this dataset in multiple user applications 
URL http://data.globtemperature.info/
 
Title Land Surface Temperature (LST) datasets from the MODIS instruments 
Description Land Surface Temperature (LST) datasets from the MODIS instruments with uncertainties estimated from first principles 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2015 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Use the dataset in investigative studies on data assimilation into NWP, and building relationships between land and air temperature to fill the gaps in the global air temperature coverage 
 
Title Land Surface Temperature Climate Data Record from ATSRs 
Description A first Climate Data Record (CDR) of Land Surface Temperature from the ATSR sensors 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2016 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact First publications in preparation Collaborations with other group in intercomparing the CDR with Air Temperature data records 
URL http://data.globtemperature.info
 
Title Land Surface Temperature from SLSTR 
Description Operational Land Surface Temperature from the SLSTR sensor 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2017 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Operational Sentinel dataset available to the wide user community via Copernicus 
URL http://data.globtemperature.info
 
Title Multi-sensor Merged Land Surface Temperature Dataset 
Description 3-hourly Multi-sensor GEO + LEO Merged Land Surface Temperature dataset to resolve the diurnal cycle on a global basis 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2016 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Exploitation of this dataset in first publications 
URL http://data.globtemperature.info
 
Title NCEO LTSS: Global Ocean Lagrangian Trajectories, v1.0, 1998-2018 (OLTraj) 
Description The National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) Long Term Science Single Centre (LTSS) Global Ocean Lagrangian Trajectories (OLTraj) provides 30-day forward and backward Lagrangian trajectories based on surface velocities from an ocean reanalysis. Each trajectory represents the path that a water mass would move along starting at a given pixel and a given day. OLTraj can be thus used to implement analyses of oceanic data in a Lagrangian framework. The purpose of OLTraj is to allow non-specialist 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2020 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The dataset will be used to facilitate Lagrangian analysis of ocean satellite and in-situ data 
URL https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/b9c80907bb37487fa1744f3c86f3e792
 
Title Neural network model to predict dissolved oxygen 
Description Machine learning model to predict oxygen across the water-column from the observed data. It is to be uploaded soon on the GitHub repository and will be publicly available. 
Type Of Material Computer model/algorithm 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact It supported a recent publication and will be available to use for observational scientists, as well as available for potential applications in aquaculture. 
 
Title Obs4MIPs: Monthly-mean diurnal cycle of top of atmosphere outgoing longwave radiation from the GERB instrument (GERB-HR-ED01-1-1 rlut 1hrCM), v20231221 
Description This dataset contains top of atmosphere (TOA) outgoing longwave radiation from the Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget (GERB) instrument on board the Meteosat-9 geostationary satellite, for the period from May 2007 until December 2012. In this dataset (labelled 'GERB-HR-ED01-1-1 rlut 1hrCM'), the data provided consist of monthly-mean diurnal cycles, with each day resolved into 1-hour means. Data are only available for eight months of each year (January, February, May, June, July, August, November and December), due to operational constraints of the GERB instrument. This is version 1.1 of the product and contains significant improvements over the original version. These improvements include lower estimated uncertainties owing to missing data having been filled where possible and subsequently a greater availability of data within the period provided. Users are strongly encouraged to use this latest version of the products. It has been produced in Obs4MIPs (Observations for Model Intercomparisons Project) format, as part of an activity to increase the use of GERB satellite observational data for the modelling and model analysis communities. This is not currently a standard GERB satellite instrument product, but does represent an effort on behalf of the GERB project team to identify a product that is appropriate for routine model evaluation. The data have been reprocessed and reformatted, utilising additional data sources where necessary, to create a product primarily intended for comparison with climate model output. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Comparison with UK Met Office model to help highlight and diagnose model ability to represent the diurnal cycle of various processes. 
URL https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/90148d9b1f1c40f1ac40152957e25467
 
Title Obs4MIPs: Monthly-mean diurnal cycle of top of atmosphere outgoing shortwave radiation from the GERB instrument (GERB-HR-ED01-1-1 rsut 1hrCM), v20231221 
Description This dataset contains top of atmosphere (TOA) outgoing shortwave radiation from the Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget (GERB) instrument on board the Meteosat-9 geostationary satellite, for the period from May 2007 until December 2012. In this dataset (labelled 'GERB-HR-ED01-1-1 rsut 1hrCM'), the data provided consist of monthly-mean diurnal cycles, with each day resolved into 1-hour means. Data are only available for eight months of each year (January, February, May, June, July, August, November and December), due to operational constraints of the GERB instrument. This is version 1.1 of the product and contains significant improvements over the original version. These improvements include lower estimated uncertainties owing to missing data having been filled where possible and subsequently a greater availability of data within the period provided. Users are strongly encouraged to use this latest version of the products. It has been produced in Obs4MIPs (Observations for Model Intercomparisons Project) format, as part of an activity to increase the use of GERB satellite observational data for the modelling and model analysis communities. This is not currently a standard GERB satellite instrument product, but does represent an effort on behalf of the GERB project team to identify a product that is appropriate for routine model evaluation. The data have been reprocessed and reformatted, utilising additional data sources where necessary, to create a product primarily intended for comparison with climate model output. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Comparison with UK Met Office model to help highlight and diagnose model ability to represent the diurnal cycle of various processes. 
URL https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/57821b58804945deaf4cdde278563ec2
 
Title Ocean Reanalysis including RAPID Array Data 
Description New Reanalysis based on Met Office Glosea5 system but including additional impact from assimilating RAPID array data 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2019 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact Reanalysis data will be transferred to CEDA and published by June 2019 
 
Title Output data for the PyCoxMunk example notebooks 
Description The PyCoxMunk python library allows users to calculate the expected sea surface reflectance under a given set of geometric and meteorological conditions. It is designed for use in satellite remote sensing and supports the majority of common satellite platforms. This archive contains data related to the example notebooks distributed with PyCoxMunk. Here you can find: 1) An input dataset for the SLSTR example notebook. 2) Output files for the SLSTR, SEVIRI and GOES example notebooks. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2023 
Provided To Others? Yes  
URL https://zenodo.org/record/7885995
 
Title Ozone monthly gridded data from 1970 to present derived from satellite observations 
Description Height-resolved ozone data (L2) retrieved from uv nadir sounders with the RAL scheme were provided to the Copernicus Climate Change Service for the period 1995-2021. Monthly gridded data (L3) are available through the C3S Climate Data Store along with other gridded height-resolved and total column ozone data sets from other sounders. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2018 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact RAL height-resolved ozone data have ben used in the TOAR Report, a number of scientific publications reported in the literature, PhD theses and in ERA-5. 
URL https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/doi/10.24381/cds.4ebfe4eb
 
Title Posterior South American monthly mean surface flux of methane (2010-2018) produced using the INVICAT 4D-Var inverse model. 
Description This data set consist of a single file which contains a set of optimised global surface fluxes of methane (CH4), produced through variational inverse methods using the TOMCAT chemical transport model, and the INVICAT inverse transport model. These surface fluxes are produced as monthly mean values on the (approximately) 5.6-degree horizontal model grid. The associated uncertainty for the flux from each grid cell is also included. The fluxes and uncertainties are global and cover the period Jan 2010 - Dec 2018. The emissions from fossil fuels are labelled FF_FLUX, whilst the uncertainties are labelled FF_ERROR. The emissions from natural, agricultural and biomass burning sources are labelled NAT_FLUX, whilst the uncertainties are labelled NAT_ERROR. These two sectors (fossil fuel and non-fossil fuel) are solved for separately in the inversion. Flux and uncertainty units are kg(CH4)/m2/s, and time units are days since January 1st 2010. These emissions show improved performance relative to independent observations when included in the TOMCAT model. Further details about the data can be found in Wilson et al. (2020) in the documentation section. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Related publication, DOI: 10.5194/acp-21-10643-2021 
URL https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/88224a922439441fa6644b4564dcd90c
 
Title RAL extended Infrared Microwave Sounder (IMS) retrievals of atmospheric and surface properties: subset of four selected months in 2018 from Suomi-NPP, v1 
Description The Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) extended Infrared Microwave Sounder (IMS) data set retrieves vertical profiles of temperature, water vapour (H2O), ozone (O3), carbon monoxide (CO), together with cloud optical depth and effective radius and column amounds of minor gases, dust and sulfuric acid aerosol optical depth. The scheme also provides surface temperature and surface spectral emissivity spanning infrared and microwave. Column amounts of the following minor gases are retrieved: Nitric acid (HNO3), ammonia (NH3), sulfur dioxide (SO2), methanol (CH3OH), formic acid (HCOOH) and (for Suomi-NPP only) isoprene (C5H8). The retrieval scheme has been applied to the infra-red and microwave sounders on platforms Metop (IASI, AMSU and MHS) and Suomi-NPP (CrIS and ATMS). The data sub-set provided here comprises four months (April, July, September, December) of Suomi-NPP data in 2018 produced with the horizontal sampling of CrIS, ~18x18 km. Development of the core IMS scheme was funded by the UK's National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) under the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), with additional funding from EUMETSAT contract EUM/CO/13/4600001252/THH. Development of the extended IMS scheme and production of this Suomi-NPP data sub-set were funded through NCEO. Data were produced by the Remote Sensing Group (RSG) at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL)." 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The data on isoprene have been used in a paper in Science on the link between nocturnal isoprene and organic aerosol in the upper troposphere https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.abg4506 
URL https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/5aa32fb863a048f0b24c541639cfd990
 
Title Reanalysis and regionalization of the biogeochemistry of the Mediterranean Sea (1998-2014) 
Description We assimilated ocean-colour phytoplankton functional types into a three dimensional physical-biogeochemical model of the Mediterranean Sea, in a reanalysis spanning 1998-2014. Daily and/or monthly outputs were collected in a database (NETCDF files) that is freely available on request to Stefano Ciavatta 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2019 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The post-processing of the database led to a novel definition of ecoregions in the Mediterranean Sea, based on the spatial distribution of the phytoplankton community structure and related carbon fluxes. The main purpose of such regionalization is to support Blue Growth in the Mediterranean Sea, and to test analysis tecniques that can be applied in the context of the North West European Shelf-Seas. These findings are the object of a manuscript submitted to Journal of Geophysical Research - Ocean 
 
Title Reconstructions of the radiation fluxes at the top of atmosphere and net surface energy flux: DEEP-C Version 5.0 
Description In order to study the energy flow in the climate system, the radiative fluxes (OLR: Outgoing Longwave Radiation, ASR: Absorbed Solar Radiation, NET: Net Radiative Flux) at the top of atmosphere (TOA) prior to the CERES (Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System) period have been reconstructed using satellite observations of CERES v4.1 and ERBS WFOV v3.0 (Earth Radiation Budget Experiment Satellite Wide Field Of View), atmospheric reanalysis (ERA5: the fifth generation ECMWF ReAnalysis) and AMIP6 (the sixth phase of the coupled model intercomparison project) model simulations. The new approach using the mass-corrected atmospheric energy divergencies (transports) and consistent enthalpy treatment of water substances is employed to estimate the net surface energy fluxes. This is version 5.0 of the DEEP-C dataset. CERES version 4.1 and ERBS WFOV version 3.0 are used. The TOA flux anomaly is constrained by WFOV anomaly in each 10 degree x 10 degree grid box. The atmospheric energy transport is based on the new enthalpy treatment of water substances described in Mayer et al. (2017), 'Toward consistent diagnostics of the coupled atmosphere and ocean energy budgets', Journal of Climate 30(22): 9225-9246. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0137.1. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2022 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The dataset is developed from the DEEP-C, SMURPHS and NCEO DEWES projects and is being used in multiple scientific studies 
URL https://researchdata.reading.ac.uk/id/eprint/347
 
Title Reliability Ensemble Averaging of ISIMIP NPP projections for 2095-2099 under RCP8.5 
Description Multi-model averaging techniques provide opportunities to extract additional information from large ensembles of simulations. In particular, present-day model skill can be used to evaluate their potential performance in future climate simulations. Multi-model averaging methods have been used extensively in climate and hydrological sciences, but they have not been used to constrain projected plant productivity responses to climate change, which is a major uncertainty in earth system modelling. Here, we use three global observation-orientated estimates of current net primary productivity (NPP) to perform a reliability ensemble averaging (REA) using 30 global simulations of the 21st century change in NPP based on the Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project (ISIMIP) 'business as usual' emissions scenario. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2018 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact We find that the three REAs support an increase in global NPP by the end of the 21st century (2095-2099) compared to 2001-2005, which is 2 - 3% stronger than the ensemble ISIMIP mean value of 24.2 Pg C y-1. Using REA also leads to a 45 - 68% reduction in the global uncertainty of 21st century NPP projection, which strengthens confidence in the resilience of the CO2 fertilization effect to climate change. This reduction in uncertainty is especially clear for boreal ecosystems although it may be an artefact due to the lack of representation of nutrient limitations on NPP in most models. Conversely, the large uncertainty that remains on the sign of the response of NPP in semi-arid regions points to the need for better observations and model development in these regions. 
URL https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-2017-83
 
Title STFC RAL methane retrievals from IASI on board MetOp-B, version 2.0 
Description This Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) methane dataset contains height-resolved and column-averaged volume mixing ratios of atmospheric methane (CH4) retrieved from the IASI instrument on the MetOp-B satellite. It also includes column-averaged water vapour (H2O), a scale factor for the HDO (water vapour isotopologue) volume mixing ratio profile, surface temperature, effective cloud fraction, effective cloud-top pressure and scale factors for two systematic residual spectra which are jointly retrieved from the spectral range 1232.25-1290.00 cm-1. This dataset was produced by Version 2.0 of the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory's (RAL's) IASI optimal estimation scheme to retrieve methane, which takes as input temperature and water vapour profiles and surface spectral emissivity pre-retrieved by RAL's Infrared and Microwave Scheme applied to IASI, MHS and AMSU-A on MetOp-B. The dataset additionally contains selected a priori values and uncertainties adopted in the optimal estimation scheme and retrieval output diagnostics such as the retrieval cost and the averaging kernels. Development of the Version 2.0 scheme and its application to MetOp-A (2007-2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.5285/f717a8ea622f495397f4e76f777349d1) was funded by the National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) under the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) with additional funding from EUMETSAT. Adaptation to MetOp-B and production of the IASI MetOp-B methane dataset 01/2018-03/2021 were funded by NCEO and ESA Contract No. 4000129987/20/I-DT Methane+. Data were produced by the United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI) Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Remote Sensing Group (RSG) at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL). 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2022 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The MetOp-B methane data were used in ESA's Methane+ project for inverse modelling of fluxes by several groups. As a result, methane data produced by this scheme for Metop-A and B are being trialled for flux inversion in the next GHG re-analysis by the Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring Service. 
URL https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/4bbcb1722f2842c1b0a5ebc19160a863
 
Title Surface radiation budget from 1982 to present derived from satellite observations 
Description Surface downwelling and upwelling shortwave and longwave fluxes derived from cloud data retrieved using the ORAC scheme from the ATSR and SLSTR instruments. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2020 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The data set was provided to the Climate Data Store in the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service 
URL https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/doi/10.24381/cds.cea58b5a
 
Title TOMCAT CTM simulated ozone profiles using NRL2, SATIRE and SORCE solar fluxes 
Description Individual file contain TOMCAT CTM simulated ozone profiles from five model simulations analysed in the following publication. Briefly, vmro3_T2Mz_TOMCAT_A_NRL2_2005-2020.nc contain ozone profiles from the control simulation that uses ERA5 dynamical forcing fields and NRL V2 solar fluxes vmro3_T2Mz_TOMCAT_B_SATIRE_2005-2020.nc and vmro3_T2Mz_TOMCAT_C_SORCE_2005-2020.nc contain ozone profiles from a simulations that are similar to the control simulation but with SATIRE and SORCE solar fluxes vmro3_T2Mz_TOMCAT_D_SFix_2005-2020.nc has ozone profiles from simulation that is similar to the control simulation but with fixed solar fluxes, whereas vmro3_T2Mz_TOMCAT_E_DFix_2005-2020.nc also contain ozone profiles from a simulation where model uses annually repeating dynamical fields. Dhomse, S. S., Chipperfield, M. P., Feng, W., Hossaini, R., Mann, G. W., Santee, M. L., and Weber, M.: A Single-Peak-Structured Solar Cycle Signal in Stratospheric Ozone based on Microwave Limb Sounder Observations and Model Simulations, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss. [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2021-663, in review, 2021. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2022 
Provided To Others? Yes  
URL https://zenodo.org/record/5875189
 
Description ALOS L-band SAR data to improve country-level carbon reporting in the forest sector 
Organisation Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency
Country Japan 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Developing countries would benefit greatly from having robust, spatially explicit estimates of forest above-ground biomass (AGB) to help them in reporting changes in their carbon stocks. This project seeks to develop and test methods to estimate stocks and changes in AGB using ALOS-1, ALOS-2 and ALOS-4 observations in Mozambique (Southern Africa). Currently, L-band SAR satellite observations are the most sensitive to forest structural properties. JAXA ALOS-1 and ALOS-2 global observations now cover a period of ~15 years (ALOS-1: 2006-2011, ALOS-2: 2014-present) and ALOS-4 will further extend this critical archive. Therefore, a systematic assessment of forest AGB stocks and changes now becomes possible, paving the way for the P-band SAR data from the ESA BIOMASS mission, which launches in 2023. This project builds upon previous research studies led by the University of Sheffield undertaken in the framework of the Kyoto and Carbon Initiative in phases 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Collaborator Contribution NA
Impact This project will develop and test methods at selected sites in Mozambique where reference observations are available and apply them to the full extent of the ALOS-1, ALOS-2 and potentially ALOS-4 imagery covering Mozambique to generate maps of forest AGB change. Particularly valuable would be the provision of time series of ALOS-4 fully-polarimetric acquisitions in interferometric mode, since such data will be routinely produced by the ESA BIOMASS mission (Quegan et al. 2019) and should allow development of a whole new range of methods to retrieve AGB and AGB change. We expect these methods to provide improved estimates of forest AGB and change in tropical dry forests, where AGB density is usually lower than the saturation value of L-band SAR observations. These activities must be considered in a broader perspective where L-band data are one of multiple Earth Observation streams that can be exploited to measure forest AGB and change. The results will also inform the acquisition strategy of future SAR missions, which, unlike past and current missions, have an explicit target of mapping and monitoring forest AGB (NISAR, TanDEM-L, BIOMASS).
Start Year 2022
 
Description ALOS L-band SAR data to improve country-level carbon reporting in the forest sector 
Organisation University of Sheffield
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Developing countries would benefit greatly from having robust, spatially explicit estimates of forest above-ground biomass (AGB) to help them in reporting changes in their carbon stocks. This project seeks to develop and test methods to estimate stocks and changes in AGB using ALOS-1, ALOS-2 and ALOS-4 observations in Mozambique (Southern Africa). Currently, L-band SAR satellite observations are the most sensitive to forest structural properties. JAXA ALOS-1 and ALOS-2 global observations now cover a period of ~15 years (ALOS-1: 2006-2011, ALOS-2: 2014-present) and ALOS-4 will further extend this critical archive. Therefore, a systematic assessment of forest AGB stocks and changes now becomes possible, paving the way for the P-band SAR data from the ESA BIOMASS mission, which launches in 2023. This project builds upon previous research studies led by the University of Sheffield undertaken in the framework of the Kyoto and Carbon Initiative in phases 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Collaborator Contribution NA
Impact This project will develop and test methods at selected sites in Mozambique where reference observations are available and apply them to the full extent of the ALOS-1, ALOS-2 and potentially ALOS-4 imagery covering Mozambique to generate maps of forest AGB change. Particularly valuable would be the provision of time series of ALOS-4 fully-polarimetric acquisitions in interferometric mode, since such data will be routinely produced by the ESA BIOMASS mission (Quegan et al. 2019) and should allow development of a whole new range of methods to retrieve AGB and AGB change. We expect these methods to provide improved estimates of forest AGB and change in tropical dry forests, where AGB density is usually lower than the saturation value of L-band SAR observations. These activities must be considered in a broader perspective where L-band data are one of multiple Earth Observation streams that can be exploited to measure forest AGB and change. The results will also inform the acquisition strategy of future SAR missions, which, unlike past and current missions, have an explicit target of mapping and monitoring forest AGB (NISAR, TanDEM-L, BIOMASS).
Start Year 2022
 
Description ArcSustain H2020 proposal 
Organisation University of Tromso
Country Norway 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Proposal submitted to EU in Feb 2019 Proposal unsuccessful
Collaborator Contribution PI in Tromso is Lead on proposal. Reading is WP1 coordinator
Impact H2020 proposal ArcSustain 6m euro
Start Year 2019
 
Description Biogeochemical process uncertainty in the ocean 
Organisation Meteorological Office UK
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Working with PhD student we have shown how best to varying biogeochemical processes to give more realistic uncertainties in biogeochemical ensemble modelling.
Collaborator Contribution Advice on parameter variability and physical uncertaities in models
Impact 2 papers Anugerahanti et al 2018 Anugerahanti et al 2020 (in press)
Start Year 2015
 
Description CAGE CEOI proposal 
Organisation Teledyne Technologies International Corp
Department Teledyne e2v
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CAGE proposal was successful and project started in May 2019. Our team is assessing scientific user requirements for new Cold atom gravity satellite mission. New work is ongoing using most recent high resolution ocean models to assess scales of mean sea level variaitons that need to be distinguishable from the gravity field variations by a new instrument.
Collaborator Contribution Steve Maddox of Teledyn e2V leads the project
Impact Cold Atom Gravity Explorer project started May 2019 Reading Deliverable 3.1 on User Requirements for new Cold Atom Gravity Explorer Satellite mission
Start Year 2019
 
Description Chair of the NPOP Marine Data Assimilation WG 
Organisation National Partnership for Ocean Prediction (NPOP)
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Leadership of UK marine data assimilation application in operational framework; Scientific discussion; Oral presentation at the 3rd NPOP/NCOF Data Assimilation Workshop (University of Reading, 26/10/2015)
Collaborator Contribution Scientific discussion; Workshop organization
Impact Oral presentation at the 3rd NPOP/NCOF Data Assimilation Workshop (University of Reading, 26/10/2015)
Start Year 2014
 
Description Collaboration with ECMWF on ESA DORSY project 
Organisation European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting ECMWF
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Evaluation, testing and development of CAPTIVATE for ACM-CAP EarthCARE synergy retrievals. Application of CAPTIVATE retrievals of A-Train data to ECMWF IFS model forecasts for model evaluation.
Collaborator Contribution Development and quality control of CAPTIVATE algorithm. Collaborating on evaluation and testing of CAPTIVATE retrievals using A-Train data. Running IFS forecasts for evaluation, and post-hoc radiative transfer code on CAPTIVATE retrievals for model evaluation and top-of-atmosphere radiative closure.
Impact All publications using CAPTIVATE retrieval; upcoming publications on CAPTIVATE retrieval applied to A-Train measurements.
Start Year 2015
 
Description Collaboration with VODCA developers at TU Wien 
Organisation Vienna University of Technology
Country Austria 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Exploration of the added scientific value that can be obtained from the Vegetation Optical Depth Climate Archive (VODCA) over previously available remotely-sensed vegetation products.
Collaborator Contribution Insight into best practice for application of VODCA for analysing water/carbon exchanges between land and atmosphere. Advice on potential artefacts in dataset that may affect interpretation of scientific results.
Impact Publication "Satellite-Observed Vegetation Responses to Intraseasonal Precipitation Variability".
Start Year 2021
 
Description Combining multi-frequency radar data to assess tropical forest degradation 
Organisation Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency
Country Japan 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution To develop, test and validate methods that combine ground forest measurements and metrics derived from both C- and L-band SAR data (alone and in combination) in selected tropical regions in order to discriminate areas experiencing forest degradation due to selective logging operations. Sites in the Brazilian Amazon and Borneo will be selected and sampled for forest structure within primary forests (baseline control) and selectively logged forests across a range of logging intensities.
Collaborator Contribution See above
Impact NA
Start Year 2016
 
Description Copernicus Climate Change Service 
Organisation German Aerospace Centre (DLR)
Country Germany 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Production and provision of multi-year global data sets on aerosol, cloud/radiative fluxes and ozone from satellite observations
Collaborator Contribution Production and provision of other data sets on aerosol, cloud and ozone
Impact Outputs and outcomes from provision of satellite data sets to the Copernicus Climate Change Service are generally not directly traceable to our inputs. However, C3S information is accessed widely by the climate research community and is also accessed by policy makers and media. Journal papers exploiting C3S ozone data as supplied to C3S have been published by UK partners.
Start Year 2016
 
Description Copernicus Ocean Reanalysis 
Organisation Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC)
Country Italy 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution A Copernicus Proposal was submitted in March 2024 lead by CMCC which if funded will allow our smoothing assimilation work to contributed to new CMEMS long-term reanalyses Our own team were leading this proposal but the University of Reading pulled out of Leading for legal reasons at the last miniute
Collaborator Contribution CMCC and CNR both in italy are already partners in the Copernicus Marine service providing ocean reanalysis and forecasting products. In this project will work with them to improve their products and demonstrate the capability of new algorithms produced by NCEO at Reading
Impact Copernicus proposal submitted to EU
Start Year 2023
 
Description Copernicus Ocean Reanalysis 
Organisation Institute of Marine Science
Country Italy 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution A Copernicus Proposal was submitted in March 2024 lead by CMCC which if funded will allow our smoothing assimilation work to contributed to new CMEMS long-term reanalyses Our own team were leading this proposal but the University of Reading pulled out of Leading for legal reasons at the last miniute
Collaborator Contribution CMCC and CNR both in italy are already partners in the Copernicus Marine service providing ocean reanalysis and forecasting products. In this project will work with them to improve their products and demonstrate the capability of new algorithms produced by NCEO at Reading
Impact Copernicus proposal submitted to EU
Start Year 2023
 
Description Coupled carbon, water, and energy budgets: CASE PhD award 
Organisation Meteorological Office UK
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Lead supervising PhD student Sammy Petch. Started Oct 2021 Work is now fully aligned with CPEO project objectives
Collaborator Contribution Case award support for student. weekly supervisor meetings Extended research visits supported to Met O
Impact Paper in final stages of publication Petch, S, B. Dong, T. Quaife, R. King and K. Haines (2022), Water and Energy budgets over hydrological basins on short and long timescales. In Discussion, HESS, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2022-1237 Second paper in preparation Petch, S, B. Dong, K. Haines, R. King and T. Quaife (2023), Satellite based water and energy budgets in the 21st century over large Endorheic basins, In Draft for Frontiers in Environmental Science Special Issue
Start Year 2021
 
Description ESA Biomass CCI+ 
Organisation Aberystwyth University
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Collaborating in the development of global and regional algorithms for aboveground biomass retrieval
Collaborator Contribution Aberystwyth University leads the partnership. Other partners contribute in algorithm development or data inputs at global and regional sites.
Impact Global biomass dataset requirements from climate and carbon modeling, ecology, geography, resource assessment, climate policy and other user families. Global Aboveground Biomass map at 100 m spatial resolution
Start Year 2018
 
Description ESA Biomass CCI+ 
Organisation Friedrich Schiller University Jena (FSU)
Country Germany 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Collaborating in the development of global and regional algorithms for aboveground biomass retrieval
Collaborator Contribution Aberystwyth University leads the partnership. Other partners contribute in algorithm development or data inputs at global and regional sites.
Impact Global biomass dataset requirements from climate and carbon modeling, ecology, geography, resource assessment, climate policy and other user families. Global Aboveground Biomass map at 100 m spatial resolution
Start Year 2018
 
Description ESA Biomass CCI+ 
Organisation Gamma Remote Sensing
Country Switzerland 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Collaborating in the development of global and regional algorithms for aboveground biomass retrieval
Collaborator Contribution Aberystwyth University leads the partnership. Other partners contribute in algorithm development or data inputs at global and regional sites.
Impact Global biomass dataset requirements from climate and carbon modeling, ecology, geography, resource assessment, climate policy and other user families. Global Aboveground Biomass map at 100 m spatial resolution
Start Year 2018
 
Description ESA Biomass CCI+ 
Organisation International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Country Austria 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Collaborating in the development of global and regional algorithms for aboveground biomass retrieval
Collaborator Contribution Aberystwyth University leads the partnership. Other partners contribute in algorithm development or data inputs at global and regional sites.
Impact Global biomass dataset requirements from climate and carbon modeling, ecology, geography, resource assessment, climate policy and other user families. Global Aboveground Biomass map at 100 m spatial resolution
Start Year 2018
 
Description ESA Biomass CCI+ 
Organisation Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement
Country France 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Collaborating in the development of global and regional algorithms for aboveground biomass retrieval
Collaborator Contribution Aberystwyth University leads the partnership. Other partners contribute in algorithm development or data inputs at global and regional sites.
Impact Global biomass dataset requirements from climate and carbon modeling, ecology, geography, resource assessment, climate policy and other user families. Global Aboveground Biomass map at 100 m spatial resolution
Start Year 2018
 
Description ESA Biomass CCI+ 
Organisation Space Studies Centre of the Biosphere (CESBIO)
Country France 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Collaborating in the development of global and regional algorithms for aboveground biomass retrieval
Collaborator Contribution Aberystwyth University leads the partnership. Other partners contribute in algorithm development or data inputs at global and regional sites.
Impact Global biomass dataset requirements from climate and carbon modeling, ecology, geography, resource assessment, climate policy and other user families. Global Aboveground Biomass map at 100 m spatial resolution
Start Year 2018
 
Description ESA Biomass CCI+ 
Organisation University of Edinburgh
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Collaborating in the development of global and regional algorithms for aboveground biomass retrieval
Collaborator Contribution Aberystwyth University leads the partnership. Other partners contribute in algorithm development or data inputs at global and regional sites.
Impact Global biomass dataset requirements from climate and carbon modeling, ecology, geography, resource assessment, climate policy and other user families. Global Aboveground Biomass map at 100 m spatial resolution
Start Year 2018
 
Description ESA Biomass CCI+ 
Organisation University of Leeds
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Collaborating in the development of global and regional algorithms for aboveground biomass retrieval
Collaborator Contribution Aberystwyth University leads the partnership. Other partners contribute in algorithm development or data inputs at global and regional sites.
Impact Global biomass dataset requirements from climate and carbon modeling, ecology, geography, resource assessment, climate policy and other user families. Global Aboveground Biomass map at 100 m spatial resolution
Start Year 2018
 
Description ESA Biomass CCI+ 
Organisation University of Sheffield
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Collaborating in the development of global and regional algorithms for aboveground biomass retrieval
Collaborator Contribution Aberystwyth University leads the partnership. Other partners contribute in algorithm development or data inputs at global and regional sites.
Impact Global biomass dataset requirements from climate and carbon modeling, ecology, geography, resource assessment, climate policy and other user families. Global Aboveground Biomass map at 100 m spatial resolution
Start Year 2018
 
Description ESA Biomass CCI+ 
Organisation University of Toulouse
Department Laboratory Evolution and Biological Diversity
Country France 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Collaborating in the development of global and regional algorithms for aboveground biomass retrieval
Collaborator Contribution Aberystwyth University leads the partnership. Other partners contribute in algorithm development or data inputs at global and regional sites.
Impact Global biomass dataset requirements from climate and carbon modeling, ecology, geography, resource assessment, climate policy and other user families. Global Aboveground Biomass map at 100 m spatial resolution
Start Year 2018
 
Description ESA Biomass CCI+ 
Organisation Wageningen University & Research
Country Netherlands 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Collaborating in the development of global and regional algorithms for aboveground biomass retrieval
Collaborator Contribution Aberystwyth University leads the partnership. Other partners contribute in algorithm development or data inputs at global and regional sites.
Impact Global biomass dataset requirements from climate and carbon modeling, ecology, geography, resource assessment, climate policy and other user families. Global Aboveground Biomass map at 100 m spatial resolution
Start Year 2018
 
Description ESA CCI - TOCISE Fellowship 
Organisation European Space Agency
Country France 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Investigated the long-term differences in multiple ESA CCI tropospheric ozone products in combination with the UK Met Office's Earth system model (UKESM).
Collaborator Contribution Provided funding for my research looking at inconsistencies in ESA CCI tropospheric ozone products.
Impact Multiple publications are currently being written up for submission to scientific journals.
Start Year 2021
 
Description ESA Climate Change Initiative - Cloud, Aerosol and Ozone 
Organisation Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy
Country Belgium 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution My research team developed and applied the retrieval schemes selected to produce global, multi-year, multi-sensor, climate data-sets for height-resolved ozone from nadir-viewing uv spectrometers, for cloud and aerosol from visible/ir imagers and for water vapour from ir and microwave sounders. They also participated in scientific evaluation and validation of the respective data sets through comparisons with those retrieved from other satellite sensors, correlative surface-based observations and models.
Collaborator Contribution Our international partners provided complementary data sets from other satellite sensors, independent assessments against correlative validation data and models.
Impact The definitive global satellite data sets on ozone, cloud and aerosol are to be produced in 2016. However, on the basis of existing results the following outcomes have already been achieved: 1. Selection of our global height-resolved ozone data sets for the recent major re-analysis by ECMWF (ERA-5) 2. Renewal of the ESA CCI programme (CCI+), including improvements and extensions of our ozone and cloud data sets and addition of water vapour 3. EC's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) provision for systematic production and re-processing of climate data sets
Start Year 2010
 
Description ESA Climate Change Initiative - Cloud, Aerosol and Ozone 
Organisation Brockmann Consult
Country Germany 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution My research team developed and applied the retrieval schemes selected to produce global, multi-year, multi-sensor, climate data-sets for height-resolved ozone from nadir-viewing uv spectrometers, for cloud and aerosol from visible/ir imagers and for water vapour from ir and microwave sounders. They also participated in scientific evaluation and validation of the respective data sets through comparisons with those retrieved from other satellite sensors, correlative surface-based observations and models.
Collaborator Contribution Our international partners provided complementary data sets from other satellite sensors, independent assessments against correlative validation data and models.
Impact The definitive global satellite data sets on ozone, cloud and aerosol are to be produced in 2016. However, on the basis of existing results the following outcomes have already been achieved: 1. Selection of our global height-resolved ozone data sets for the recent major re-analysis by ECMWF (ERA-5) 2. Renewal of the ESA CCI programme (CCI+), including improvements and extensions of our ozone and cloud data sets and addition of water vapour 3. EC's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) provision for systematic production and re-processing of climate data sets
Start Year 2010
 
Description ESA Climate Change Initiative - Cloud, Aerosol and Ozone 
Organisation Chalmers University of Technology
Country Sweden 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution My research team developed and applied the retrieval schemes selected to produce global, multi-year, multi-sensor, climate data-sets for height-resolved ozone from nadir-viewing uv spectrometers, for cloud and aerosol from visible/ir imagers and for water vapour from ir and microwave sounders. They also participated in scientific evaluation and validation of the respective data sets through comparisons with those retrieved from other satellite sensors, correlative surface-based observations and models.
Collaborator Contribution Our international partners provided complementary data sets from other satellite sensors, independent assessments against correlative validation data and models.
Impact The definitive global satellite data sets on ozone, cloud and aerosol are to be produced in 2016. However, on the basis of existing results the following outcomes have already been achieved: 1. Selection of our global height-resolved ozone data sets for the recent major re-analysis by ECMWF (ERA-5) 2. Renewal of the ESA CCI programme (CCI+), including improvements and extensions of our ozone and cloud data sets and addition of water vapour 3. EC's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) provision for systematic production and re-processing of climate data sets
Start Year 2010
 
Description ESA Climate Change Initiative - Cloud, Aerosol and Ozone 
Organisation ETH Zurich
Country Switzerland 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution My research team developed and applied the retrieval schemes selected to produce global, multi-year, multi-sensor, climate data-sets for height-resolved ozone from nadir-viewing uv spectrometers, for cloud and aerosol from visible/ir imagers and for water vapour from ir and microwave sounders. They also participated in scientific evaluation and validation of the respective data sets through comparisons with those retrieved from other satellite sensors, correlative surface-based observations and models.
Collaborator Contribution Our international partners provided complementary data sets from other satellite sensors, independent assessments against correlative validation data and models.
Impact The definitive global satellite data sets on ozone, cloud and aerosol are to be produced in 2016. However, on the basis of existing results the following outcomes have already been achieved: 1. Selection of our global height-resolved ozone data sets for the recent major re-analysis by ECMWF (ERA-5) 2. Renewal of the ESA CCI programme (CCI+), including improvements and extensions of our ozone and cloud data sets and addition of water vapour 3. EC's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) provision for systematic production and re-processing of climate data sets
Start Year 2010
 
Description ESA Climate Change Initiative - Cloud, Aerosol and Ozone 
Organisation Finnish Meteorological Institute
Country Finland 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution My research team developed and applied the retrieval schemes selected to produce global, multi-year, multi-sensor, climate data-sets for height-resolved ozone from nadir-viewing uv spectrometers, for cloud and aerosol from visible/ir imagers and for water vapour from ir and microwave sounders. They also participated in scientific evaluation and validation of the respective data sets through comparisons with those retrieved from other satellite sensors, correlative surface-based observations and models.
Collaborator Contribution Our international partners provided complementary data sets from other satellite sensors, independent assessments against correlative validation data and models.
Impact The definitive global satellite data sets on ozone, cloud and aerosol are to be produced in 2016. However, on the basis of existing results the following outcomes have already been achieved: 1. Selection of our global height-resolved ozone data sets for the recent major re-analysis by ECMWF (ERA-5) 2. Renewal of the ESA CCI programme (CCI+), including improvements and extensions of our ozone and cloud data sets and addition of water vapour 3. EC's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) provision for systematic production and re-processing of climate data sets
Start Year 2010
 
Description ESA Climate Change Initiative - Cloud, Aerosol and Ozone 
Organisation Free University of Berlin
Country Germany 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution My research team developed and applied the retrieval schemes selected to produce global, multi-year, multi-sensor, climate data-sets for height-resolved ozone from nadir-viewing uv spectrometers, for cloud and aerosol from visible/ir imagers and for water vapour from ir and microwave sounders. They also participated in scientific evaluation and validation of the respective data sets through comparisons with those retrieved from other satellite sensors, correlative surface-based observations and models.
Collaborator Contribution Our international partners provided complementary data sets from other satellite sensors, independent assessments against correlative validation data and models.
Impact The definitive global satellite data sets on ozone, cloud and aerosol are to be produced in 2016. However, on the basis of existing results the following outcomes have already been achieved: 1. Selection of our global height-resolved ozone data sets for the recent major re-analysis by ECMWF (ERA-5) 2. Renewal of the ESA CCI programme (CCI+), including improvements and extensions of our ozone and cloud data sets and addition of water vapour 3. EC's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) provision for systematic production and re-processing of climate data sets
Start Year 2010
 
Description ESA Climate Change Initiative - Cloud, Aerosol and Ozone 
Organisation Free University of Brussels
Country Belgium 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution My research team developed and applied the retrieval schemes selected to produce global, multi-year, multi-sensor, climate data-sets for height-resolved ozone from nadir-viewing uv spectrometers, for cloud and aerosol from visible/ir imagers and for water vapour from ir and microwave sounders. They also participated in scientific evaluation and validation of the respective data sets through comparisons with those retrieved from other satellite sensors, correlative surface-based observations and models.
Collaborator Contribution Our international partners provided complementary data sets from other satellite sensors, independent assessments against correlative validation data and models.
Impact The definitive global satellite data sets on ozone, cloud and aerosol are to be produced in 2016. However, on the basis of existing results the following outcomes have already been achieved: 1. Selection of our global height-resolved ozone data sets for the recent major re-analysis by ECMWF (ERA-5) 2. Renewal of the ESA CCI programme (CCI+), including improvements and extensions of our ozone and cloud data sets and addition of water vapour 3. EC's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) provision for systematic production and re-processing of climate data sets
Start Year 2010
 
Description ESA Climate Change Initiative - Cloud, Aerosol and Ozone 
Organisation German Aerospace Centre (DLR)
Department DLR Munich
Country Germany 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution My research team developed and applied the retrieval schemes selected to produce global, multi-year, multi-sensor, climate data-sets for height-resolved ozone from nadir-viewing uv spectrometers, for cloud and aerosol from visible/ir imagers and for water vapour from ir and microwave sounders. They also participated in scientific evaluation and validation of the respective data sets through comparisons with those retrieved from other satellite sensors, correlative surface-based observations and models.
Collaborator Contribution Our international partners provided complementary data sets from other satellite sensors, independent assessments against correlative validation data and models.
Impact The definitive global satellite data sets on ozone, cloud and aerosol are to be produced in 2016. However, on the basis of existing results the following outcomes have already been achieved: 1. Selection of our global height-resolved ozone data sets for the recent major re-analysis by ECMWF (ERA-5) 2. Renewal of the ESA CCI programme (CCI+), including improvements and extensions of our ozone and cloud data sets and addition of water vapour 3. EC's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) provision for systematic production and re-processing of climate data sets
Start Year 2010
 
Description ESA Climate Change Initiative - Cloud, Aerosol and Ozone 
Organisation German Weather Service
Country Germany 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution My research team developed and applied the retrieval schemes selected to produce global, multi-year, multi-sensor, climate data-sets for height-resolved ozone from nadir-viewing uv spectrometers, for cloud and aerosol from visible/ir imagers and for water vapour from ir and microwave sounders. They also participated in scientific evaluation and validation of the respective data sets through comparisons with those retrieved from other satellite sensors, correlative surface-based observations and models.
Collaborator Contribution Our international partners provided complementary data sets from other satellite sensors, independent assessments against correlative validation data and models.
Impact The definitive global satellite data sets on ozone, cloud and aerosol are to be produced in 2016. However, on the basis of existing results the following outcomes have already been achieved: 1. Selection of our global height-resolved ozone data sets for the recent major re-analysis by ECMWF (ERA-5) 2. Renewal of the ESA CCI programme (CCI+), including improvements and extensions of our ozone and cloud data sets and addition of water vapour 3. EC's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) provision for systematic production and re-processing of climate data sets
Start Year 2010
 
Description ESA Climate Change Initiative - Cloud, Aerosol and Ozone 
Organisation German Weather Service
Country Germany 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution My research team developed and applied the retrieval schemes selected to produce global, multi-year, multi-sensor, climate data-sets for height-resolved ozone from nadir-viewing uv spectrometers, for cloud and aerosol from visible/ir imagers and for water vapour from ir and microwave sounders. They also participated in scientific evaluation and validation of the respective data sets through comparisons with those retrieved from other satellite sensors, correlative surface-based observations and models.
Collaborator Contribution Our international partners provided complementary data sets from other satellite sensors, independent assessments against correlative validation data and models.
Impact The definitive global satellite data sets on ozone, cloud and aerosol are to be produced in 2016. However, on the basis of existing results the following outcomes have already been achieved: 1. Selection of our global height-resolved ozone data sets for the recent major re-analysis by ECMWF (ERA-5) 2. Renewal of the ESA CCI programme (CCI+), including improvements and extensions of our ozone and cloud data sets and addition of water vapour 3. EC's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) provision for systematic production and re-processing of climate data sets
Start Year 2010
 
Description ESA Climate Change Initiative - Cloud, Aerosol and Ozone 
Organisation Julich Research Centre
Country Germany 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution My research team developed and applied the retrieval schemes selected to produce global, multi-year, multi-sensor, climate data-sets for height-resolved ozone from nadir-viewing uv spectrometers, for cloud and aerosol from visible/ir imagers and for water vapour from ir and microwave sounders. They also participated in scientific evaluation and validation of the respective data sets through comparisons with those retrieved from other satellite sensors, correlative surface-based observations and models.
Collaborator Contribution Our international partners provided complementary data sets from other satellite sensors, independent assessments against correlative validation data and models.
Impact The definitive global satellite data sets on ozone, cloud and aerosol are to be produced in 2016. However, on the basis of existing results the following outcomes have already been achieved: 1. Selection of our global height-resolved ozone data sets for the recent major re-analysis by ECMWF (ERA-5) 2. Renewal of the ESA CCI programme (CCI+), including improvements and extensions of our ozone and cloud data sets and addition of water vapour 3. EC's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) provision for systematic production and re-processing of climate data sets
Start Year 2010
 
Description ESA Climate Change Initiative - Cloud, Aerosol and Ozone 
Organisation Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Country Germany 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution My research team developed and applied the retrieval schemes selected to produce global, multi-year, multi-sensor, climate data-sets for height-resolved ozone from nadir-viewing uv spectrometers, for cloud and aerosol from visible/ir imagers and for water vapour from ir and microwave sounders. They also participated in scientific evaluation and validation of the respective data sets through comparisons with those retrieved from other satellite sensors, correlative surface-based observations and models.
Collaborator Contribution Our international partners provided complementary data sets from other satellite sensors, independent assessments against correlative validation data and models.
Impact The definitive global satellite data sets on ozone, cloud and aerosol are to be produced in 2016. However, on the basis of existing results the following outcomes have already been achieved: 1. Selection of our global height-resolved ozone data sets for the recent major re-analysis by ECMWF (ERA-5) 2. Renewal of the ESA CCI programme (CCI+), including improvements and extensions of our ozone and cloud data sets and addition of water vapour 3. EC's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) provision for systematic production and re-processing of climate data sets
Start Year 2010
 
Description ESA Climate Change Initiative - Cloud, Aerosol and Ozone 
Organisation Max Planck Society
Country Germany 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution My research team developed and applied the retrieval schemes selected to produce global, multi-year, multi-sensor, climate data-sets for height-resolved ozone from nadir-viewing uv spectrometers, for cloud and aerosol from visible/ir imagers and for water vapour from ir and microwave sounders. They also participated in scientific evaluation and validation of the respective data sets through comparisons with those retrieved from other satellite sensors, correlative surface-based observations and models.
Collaborator Contribution Our international partners provided complementary data sets from other satellite sensors, independent assessments against correlative validation data and models.
Impact The definitive global satellite data sets on ozone, cloud and aerosol are to be produced in 2016. However, on the basis of existing results the following outcomes have already been achieved: 1. Selection of our global height-resolved ozone data sets for the recent major re-analysis by ECMWF (ERA-5) 2. Renewal of the ESA CCI programme (CCI+), including improvements and extensions of our ozone and cloud data sets and addition of water vapour 3. EC's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) provision for systematic production and re-processing of climate data sets
Start Year 2010
 
Description ESA Climate Change Initiative - Cloud, Aerosol and Ozone 
Organisation Meteorological Office UK
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution My research team developed and applied the retrieval schemes selected to produce global, multi-year, multi-sensor, climate data-sets for height-resolved ozone from nadir-viewing uv spectrometers, for cloud and aerosol from visible/ir imagers and for water vapour from ir and microwave sounders. They also participated in scientific evaluation and validation of the respective data sets through comparisons with those retrieved from other satellite sensors, correlative surface-based observations and models.
Collaborator Contribution Our international partners provided complementary data sets from other satellite sensors, independent assessments against correlative validation data and models.
Impact The definitive global satellite data sets on ozone, cloud and aerosol are to be produced in 2016. However, on the basis of existing results the following outcomes have already been achieved: 1. Selection of our global height-resolved ozone data sets for the recent major re-analysis by ECMWF (ERA-5) 2. Renewal of the ESA CCI programme (CCI+), including improvements and extensions of our ozone and cloud data sets and addition of water vapour 3. EC's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) provision for systematic production and re-processing of climate data sets
Start Year 2010
 
Description ESA Climate Change Initiative - Cloud, Aerosol and Ozone 
Organisation Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Country Norway 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution My research team developed and applied the retrieval schemes selected to produce global, multi-year, multi-sensor, climate data-sets for height-resolved ozone from nadir-viewing uv spectrometers, for cloud and aerosol from visible/ir imagers and for water vapour from ir and microwave sounders. They also participated in scientific evaluation and validation of the respective data sets through comparisons with those retrieved from other satellite sensors, correlative surface-based observations and models.
Collaborator Contribution Our international partners provided complementary data sets from other satellite sensors, independent assessments against correlative validation data and models.
Impact The definitive global satellite data sets on ozone, cloud and aerosol are to be produced in 2016. However, on the basis of existing results the following outcomes have already been achieved: 1. Selection of our global height-resolved ozone data sets for the recent major re-analysis by ECMWF (ERA-5) 2. Renewal of the ESA CCI programme (CCI+), including improvements and extensions of our ozone and cloud data sets and addition of water vapour 3. EC's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) provision for systematic production and re-processing of climate data sets
Start Year 2010
 
Description ESA Climate Change Initiative - Cloud, Aerosol and Ozone 
Organisation Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6
Department Laboratory of Dynamic Meteorology
Country France 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution My research team developed and applied the retrieval schemes selected to produce global, multi-year, multi-sensor, climate data-sets for height-resolved ozone from nadir-viewing uv spectrometers, for cloud and aerosol from visible/ir imagers and for water vapour from ir and microwave sounders. They also participated in scientific evaluation and validation of the respective data sets through comparisons with those retrieved from other satellite sensors, correlative surface-based observations and models.
Collaborator Contribution Our international partners provided complementary data sets from other satellite sensors, independent assessments against correlative validation data and models.
Impact The definitive global satellite data sets on ozone, cloud and aerosol are to be produced in 2016. However, on the basis of existing results the following outcomes have already been achieved: 1. Selection of our global height-resolved ozone data sets for the recent major re-analysis by ECMWF (ERA-5) 2. Renewal of the ESA CCI programme (CCI+), including improvements and extensions of our ozone and cloud data sets and addition of water vapour 3. EC's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) provision for systematic production and re-processing of climate data sets
Start Year 2010
 
Description ESA Climate Change Initiative - Cloud, Aerosol and Ozone 
Organisation Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6
Country France 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution My research team developed and applied the retrieval schemes selected to produce global, multi-year, multi-sensor, climate data-sets for height-resolved ozone from nadir-viewing uv spectrometers, for cloud and aerosol from visible/ir imagers and for water vapour from ir and microwave sounders. They also participated in scientific evaluation and validation of the respective data sets through comparisons with those retrieved from other satellite sensors, correlative surface-based observations and models.
Collaborator Contribution Our international partners provided complementary data sets from other satellite sensors, independent assessments against correlative validation data and models.
Impact The definitive global satellite data sets on ozone, cloud and aerosol are to be produced in 2016. However, on the basis of existing results the following outcomes have already been achieved: 1. Selection of our global height-resolved ozone data sets for the recent major re-analysis by ECMWF (ERA-5) 2. Renewal of the ESA CCI programme (CCI+), including improvements and extensions of our ozone and cloud data sets and addition of water vapour 3. EC's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) provision for systematic production and re-processing of climate data sets
Start Year 2010
 
Description ESA Climate Change Initiative - Cloud, Aerosol and Ozone 
Organisation Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
Country Netherlands 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution My research team developed and applied the retrieval schemes selected to produce global, multi-year, multi-sensor, climate data-sets for height-resolved ozone from nadir-viewing uv spectrometers, for cloud and aerosol from visible/ir imagers and for water vapour from ir and microwave sounders. They also participated in scientific evaluation and validation of the respective data sets through comparisons with those retrieved from other satellite sensors, correlative surface-based observations and models.
Collaborator Contribution Our international partners provided complementary data sets from other satellite sensors, independent assessments against correlative validation data and models.
Impact The definitive global satellite data sets on ozone, cloud and aerosol are to be produced in 2016. However, on the basis of existing results the following outcomes have already been achieved: 1. Selection of our global height-resolved ozone data sets for the recent major re-analysis by ECMWF (ERA-5) 2. Renewal of the ESA CCI programme (CCI+), including improvements and extensions of our ozone and cloud data sets and addition of water vapour 3. EC's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) provision for systematic production and re-processing of climate data sets
Start Year 2010
 
Description ESA Climate Change Initiative - Cloud, Aerosol and Ozone 
Organisation Swansea University
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution My research team developed and applied the retrieval schemes selected to produce global, multi-year, multi-sensor, climate data-sets for height-resolved ozone from nadir-viewing uv spectrometers, for cloud and aerosol from visible/ir imagers and for water vapour from ir and microwave sounders. They also participated in scientific evaluation and validation of the respective data sets through comparisons with those retrieved from other satellite sensors, correlative surface-based observations and models.
Collaborator Contribution Our international partners provided complementary data sets from other satellite sensors, independent assessments against correlative validation data and models.
Impact The definitive global satellite data sets on ozone, cloud and aerosol are to be produced in 2016. However, on the basis of existing results the following outcomes have already been achieved: 1. Selection of our global height-resolved ozone data sets for the recent major re-analysis by ECMWF (ERA-5) 2. Renewal of the ESA CCI programme (CCI+), including improvements and extensions of our ozone and cloud data sets and addition of water vapour 3. EC's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) provision for systematic production and re-processing of climate data sets
Start Year 2010
 
Description ESA Climate Change Initiative - Cloud, Aerosol and Ozone 
Organisation Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
Country Sweden 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution My research team developed and applied the retrieval schemes selected to produce global, multi-year, multi-sensor, climate data-sets for height-resolved ozone from nadir-viewing uv spectrometers, for cloud and aerosol from visible/ir imagers and for water vapour from ir and microwave sounders. They also participated in scientific evaluation and validation of the respective data sets through comparisons with those retrieved from other satellite sensors, correlative surface-based observations and models.
Collaborator Contribution Our international partners provided complementary data sets from other satellite sensors, independent assessments against correlative validation data and models.
Impact The definitive global satellite data sets on ozone, cloud and aerosol are to be produced in 2016. However, on the basis of existing results the following outcomes have already been achieved: 1. Selection of our global height-resolved ozone data sets for the recent major re-analysis by ECMWF (ERA-5) 2. Renewal of the ESA CCI programme (CCI+), including improvements and extensions of our ozone and cloud data sets and addition of water vapour 3. EC's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) provision for systematic production and re-processing of climate data sets
Start Year 2010
 
Description ESA Climate Change Initiative - Cloud, Aerosol and Ozone 
Organisation Telespazio Vega (IDEAS)
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution My research team developed and applied the retrieval schemes selected to produce global, multi-year, multi-sensor, climate data-sets for height-resolved ozone from nadir-viewing uv spectrometers, for cloud and aerosol from visible/ir imagers and for water vapour from ir and microwave sounders. They also participated in scientific evaluation and validation of the respective data sets through comparisons with those retrieved from other satellite sensors, correlative surface-based observations and models.
Collaborator Contribution Our international partners provided complementary data sets from other satellite sensors, independent assessments against correlative validation data and models.
Impact The definitive global satellite data sets on ozone, cloud and aerosol are to be produced in 2016. However, on the basis of existing results the following outcomes have already been achieved: 1. Selection of our global height-resolved ozone data sets for the recent major re-analysis by ECMWF (ERA-5) 2. Renewal of the ESA CCI programme (CCI+), including improvements and extensions of our ozone and cloud data sets and addition of water vapour 3. EC's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) provision for systematic production and re-processing of climate data sets
Start Year 2010
 
Description ESA Climate Change Initiative - Cloud, Aerosol and Ozone 
Organisation University of Bremen
Country Germany 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution My research team developed and applied the retrieval schemes selected to produce global, multi-year, multi-sensor, climate data-sets for height-resolved ozone from nadir-viewing uv spectrometers, for cloud and aerosol from visible/ir imagers and for water vapour from ir and microwave sounders. They also participated in scientific evaluation and validation of the respective data sets through comparisons with those retrieved from other satellite sensors, correlative surface-based observations and models.
Collaborator Contribution Our international partners provided complementary data sets from other satellite sensors, independent assessments against correlative validation data and models.
Impact The definitive global satellite data sets on ozone, cloud and aerosol are to be produced in 2016. However, on the basis of existing results the following outcomes have already been achieved: 1. Selection of our global height-resolved ozone data sets for the recent major re-analysis by ECMWF (ERA-5) 2. Renewal of the ESA CCI programme (CCI+), including improvements and extensions of our ozone and cloud data sets and addition of water vapour 3. EC's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) provision for systematic production and re-processing of climate data sets
Start Year 2010
 
Description ESA Climate Change Initiative - Cloud, Aerosol and Ozone 
Organisation University of Cambridge
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution My research team developed and applied the retrieval schemes selected to produce global, multi-year, multi-sensor, climate data-sets for height-resolved ozone from nadir-viewing uv spectrometers, for cloud and aerosol from visible/ir imagers and for water vapour from ir and microwave sounders. They also participated in scientific evaluation and validation of the respective data sets through comparisons with those retrieved from other satellite sensors, correlative surface-based observations and models.
Collaborator Contribution Our international partners provided complementary data sets from other satellite sensors, independent assessments against correlative validation data and models.
Impact The definitive global satellite data sets on ozone, cloud and aerosol are to be produced in 2016. However, on the basis of existing results the following outcomes have already been achieved: 1. Selection of our global height-resolved ozone data sets for the recent major re-analysis by ECMWF (ERA-5) 2. Renewal of the ESA CCI programme (CCI+), including improvements and extensions of our ozone and cloud data sets and addition of water vapour 3. EC's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) provision for systematic production and re-processing of climate data sets
Start Year 2010
 
Description ESA Climate Change Initiative - Cloud, Aerosol and Ozone 
Organisation University of Leicester
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution My research team developed and applied the retrieval schemes selected to produce global, multi-year, multi-sensor, climate data-sets for height-resolved ozone from nadir-viewing uv spectrometers, for cloud and aerosol from visible/ir imagers and for water vapour from ir and microwave sounders. They also participated in scientific evaluation and validation of the respective data sets through comparisons with those retrieved from other satellite sensors, correlative surface-based observations and models.
Collaborator Contribution Our international partners provided complementary data sets from other satellite sensors, independent assessments against correlative validation data and models.
Impact The definitive global satellite data sets on ozone, cloud and aerosol are to be produced in 2016. However, on the basis of existing results the following outcomes have already been achieved: 1. Selection of our global height-resolved ozone data sets for the recent major re-analysis by ECMWF (ERA-5) 2. Renewal of the ESA CCI programme (CCI+), including improvements and extensions of our ozone and cloud data sets and addition of water vapour 3. EC's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) provision for systematic production and re-processing of climate data sets
Start Year 2010
 
Description ESA Climate Change Initiative - Cloud, Aerosol and Ozone 
Organisation University of Oxford
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution My research team developed and applied the retrieval schemes selected to produce global, multi-year, multi-sensor, climate data-sets for height-resolved ozone from nadir-viewing uv spectrometers, for cloud and aerosol from visible/ir imagers and for water vapour from ir and microwave sounders. They also participated in scientific evaluation and validation of the respective data sets through comparisons with those retrieved from other satellite sensors, correlative surface-based observations and models.
Collaborator Contribution Our international partners provided complementary data sets from other satellite sensors, independent assessments against correlative validation data and models.
Impact The definitive global satellite data sets on ozone, cloud and aerosol are to be produced in 2016. However, on the basis of existing results the following outcomes have already been achieved: 1. Selection of our global height-resolved ozone data sets for the recent major re-analysis by ECMWF (ERA-5) 2. Renewal of the ESA CCI programme (CCI+), including improvements and extensions of our ozone and cloud data sets and addition of water vapour 3. EC's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) provision for systematic production and re-processing of climate data sets
Start Year 2010
 
Description ESA Climate Change Initiative - Cloud, Aerosol and Ozone 
Organisation University of Reading
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution My research team developed and applied the retrieval schemes selected to produce global, multi-year, multi-sensor, climate data-sets for height-resolved ozone from nadir-viewing uv spectrometers, for cloud and aerosol from visible/ir imagers and for water vapour from ir and microwave sounders. They also participated in scientific evaluation and validation of the respective data sets through comparisons with those retrieved from other satellite sensors, correlative surface-based observations and models.
Collaborator Contribution Our international partners provided complementary data sets from other satellite sensors, independent assessments against correlative validation data and models.
Impact The definitive global satellite data sets on ozone, cloud and aerosol are to be produced in 2016. However, on the basis of existing results the following outcomes have already been achieved: 1. Selection of our global height-resolved ozone data sets for the recent major re-analysis by ECMWF (ERA-5) 2. Renewal of the ESA CCI programme (CCI+), including improvements and extensions of our ozone and cloud data sets and addition of water vapour 3. EC's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) provision for systematic production and re-processing of climate data sets
Start Year 2010
 
Description ESA Climate Change Initiative - Cloud, Aerosol and Ozone 
Organisation University of Saskatchewan
Country Canada 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution My research team developed and applied the retrieval schemes selected to produce global, multi-year, multi-sensor, climate data-sets for height-resolved ozone from nadir-viewing uv spectrometers, for cloud and aerosol from visible/ir imagers and for water vapour from ir and microwave sounders. They also participated in scientific evaluation and validation of the respective data sets through comparisons with those retrieved from other satellite sensors, correlative surface-based observations and models.
Collaborator Contribution Our international partners provided complementary data sets from other satellite sensors, independent assessments against correlative validation data and models.
Impact The definitive global satellite data sets on ozone, cloud and aerosol are to be produced in 2016. However, on the basis of existing results the following outcomes have already been achieved: 1. Selection of our global height-resolved ozone data sets for the recent major re-analysis by ECMWF (ERA-5) 2. Renewal of the ESA CCI programme (CCI+), including improvements and extensions of our ozone and cloud data sets and addition of water vapour 3. EC's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) provision for systematic production and re-processing of climate data sets
Start Year 2010
 
Description ESA Climate Change Initiative - Cloud, Aerosol and Ozone 
Organisation University of Toronto
Country Canada 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution My research team developed and applied the retrieval schemes selected to produce global, multi-year, multi-sensor, climate data-sets for height-resolved ozone from nadir-viewing uv spectrometers, for cloud and aerosol from visible/ir imagers and for water vapour from ir and microwave sounders. They also participated in scientific evaluation and validation of the respective data sets through comparisons with those retrieved from other satellite sensors, correlative surface-based observations and models.
Collaborator Contribution Our international partners provided complementary data sets from other satellite sensors, independent assessments against correlative validation data and models.
Impact The definitive global satellite data sets on ozone, cloud and aerosol are to be produced in 2016. However, on the basis of existing results the following outcomes have already been achieved: 1. Selection of our global height-resolved ozone data sets for the recent major re-analysis by ECMWF (ERA-5) 2. Renewal of the ESA CCI programme (CCI+), including improvements and extensions of our ozone and cloud data sets and addition of water vapour 3. EC's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) provision for systematic production and re-processing of climate data sets
Start Year 2010
 
Description ESA Climate Change Initiative - Cloud, Aerosol and Ozone 
Organisation University of Toronto
Country Canada 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution My research team developed and applied the retrieval schemes selected to produce global, multi-year, multi-sensor, climate data-sets for height-resolved ozone from nadir-viewing uv spectrometers, for cloud and aerosol from visible/ir imagers and for water vapour from ir and microwave sounders. They also participated in scientific evaluation and validation of the respective data sets through comparisons with those retrieved from other satellite sensors, correlative surface-based observations and models.
Collaborator Contribution Our international partners provided complementary data sets from other satellite sensors, independent assessments against correlative validation data and models.
Impact The definitive global satellite data sets on ozone, cloud and aerosol are to be produced in 2016. However, on the basis of existing results the following outcomes have already been achieved: 1. Selection of our global height-resolved ozone data sets for the recent major re-analysis by ECMWF (ERA-5) 2. Renewal of the ESA CCI programme (CCI+), including improvements and extensions of our ozone and cloud data sets and addition of water vapour 3. EC's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) provision for systematic production and re-processing of climate data sets
Start Year 2010
 
Description ESA Climate Office YGT collaboration on Cholera Risk: A Machine Learning Approach Applied to Essential Climate Variables 
Organisation European Space Agency
Department Harwell Centre
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution PML Dr Racault has been the supervisor of Amy Campbell during her 1-year Young Graduate Trainee fellowship from the European Space Agency. PML has brought in expertise on usage of Artificial Intelligence with PML Data Scientist Stephen Goult as part of NERC-NEODAAS. PML has also provided Clinical data on cholera outbreaks in coastal districts of India. The clinical data on cholera from IDSP India were curated by PML scientist Angus Laurenson as part of UKRI-PODCAST project. PML Racault has provided expertise on cholera risk analyses and development of forecast systems using ECVs from satellite observations.
Collaborator Contribution ESA Climate Office / YGT Amy Campbell have brought in satellite observations of Essential Climate Variables (ECVs) produced by the ESA Climate Change Initiative program. The data have been obtained for the period from 2009 to 2019.
Impact We have used machine learning techniques to analyse in combination satellite climate data records and epidemiological data to produce environmental cholera-risk forecast. We have demonstrated a novel application of machine learning for cholera risks in coastal India. The algorithm identified correctly 89.5% of outbreaks across all coastal Indian district reporting cholera outbreaks. We are investigating potential for transfer of model to other regions and possible inclusion of socio-economic data. Peer-reviewed article has been published in Dec 2020 in the peer-reviewed journal Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health. Amy Campbell is first author, and Dr Racault is corresponding author. The results have been presented by by Amy Campbell at the International Symposium Ocean & Human Health 2-3 Dec 2020. The results have been published in a press release by ESA https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Preparing_for_the_Future/Space_for_Earth/Space_for_health/Cholera_outbreaks_predicted_using_climate_data_and_AI And by more than 7 news outlets, including the BBC World News with the page translated in many languages: https://www.bbc.com/arabic/science-and-tech-56185703 https://www.bbc.com/hausa/labarai-56184840 https://www.bbc.com/tigrinya/news-56179528 https://www.bbc.com/indonesia/majalah-56178147 https://www.bbc.com/pashto/science-and-technology-56192581
Start Year 2019
 
Description Estimating forest above-ground biomass change in East Africa from L-band SAR data 
Organisation Gamma Remote Sensing
Country Switzerland 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution To develop and test methods to estimate changes in forest above-ground biomass (AGB) using ALOS-1 and ALOS-2 observations across the dry tropical forests of East Africa. Currently, spaceborne L-band SAR observations are the most sensitive to forest structural properties. JAXA ALOS-1 and ALOS-2 global observations now cover a period of ~10 years (ALOS-1: 2006-2011, ALOS-2: 2014-present) and, therefore, an assessment of forest AGB change at a decadal level now becomes possible.
Collaborator Contribution To develop and test methods to estimate changes in forest above-ground biomass (AGB) using ALOS-1 and ALOS-2 observations across the dry tropical forests of East Africa. Currently, spaceborne L-band SAR observations are the most sensitive to forest structural properties. JAXA ALOS-1 and ALOS-2 global observations now cover a period of ~10 years (ALOS-1: 2006-2011, ALOS-2: 2014-present) and, therefore, an assessment of forest AGB change at a decadal level now becomes possible.
Impact NA
Start Year 2019
 
Description Estimating forest above-ground biomass change in East Africa from L-band SAR data 
Organisation Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency
Country Japan 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution To develop and test methods to estimate changes in forest above-ground biomass (AGB) using ALOS-1 and ALOS-2 observations across the dry tropical forests of East Africa. Currently, spaceborne L-band SAR observations are the most sensitive to forest structural properties. JAXA ALOS-1 and ALOS-2 global observations now cover a period of ~10 years (ALOS-1: 2006-2011, ALOS-2: 2014-present) and, therefore, an assessment of forest AGB change at a decadal level now becomes possible.
Collaborator Contribution To develop and test methods to estimate changes in forest above-ground biomass (AGB) using ALOS-1 and ALOS-2 observations across the dry tropical forests of East Africa. Currently, spaceborne L-band SAR observations are the most sensitive to forest structural properties. JAXA ALOS-1 and ALOS-2 global observations now cover a period of ~10 years (ALOS-1: 2006-2011, ALOS-2: 2014-present) and, therefore, an assessment of forest AGB change at a decadal level now becomes possible.
Impact NA
Start Year 2019
 
Description Estimating forest above-ground biomass change in East Africa from L-band SAR data 
Organisation Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research
Country Norway 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution To develop and test methods to estimate changes in forest above-ground biomass (AGB) using ALOS-1 and ALOS-2 observations across the dry tropical forests of East Africa. Currently, spaceborne L-band SAR observations are the most sensitive to forest structural properties. JAXA ALOS-1 and ALOS-2 global observations now cover a period of ~10 years (ALOS-1: 2006-2011, ALOS-2: 2014-present) and, therefore, an assessment of forest AGB change at a decadal level now becomes possible.
Collaborator Contribution To develop and test methods to estimate changes in forest above-ground biomass (AGB) using ALOS-1 and ALOS-2 observations across the dry tropical forests of East Africa. Currently, spaceborne L-band SAR observations are the most sensitive to forest structural properties. JAXA ALOS-1 and ALOS-2 global observations now cover a period of ~10 years (ALOS-1: 2006-2011, ALOS-2: 2014-present) and, therefore, an assessment of forest AGB change at a decadal level now becomes possible.
Impact NA
Start Year 2019
 
Description Estimating forest above-ground biomass change in East Africa from L-band SAR data 
Organisation University of Leicester
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution To develop and test methods to estimate changes in forest above-ground biomass (AGB) using ALOS-1 and ALOS-2 observations across the dry tropical forests of East Africa. Currently, spaceborne L-band SAR observations are the most sensitive to forest structural properties. JAXA ALOS-1 and ALOS-2 global observations now cover a period of ~10 years (ALOS-1: 2006-2011, ALOS-2: 2014-present) and, therefore, an assessment of forest AGB change at a decadal level now becomes possible.
Collaborator Contribution To develop and test methods to estimate changes in forest above-ground biomass (AGB) using ALOS-1 and ALOS-2 observations across the dry tropical forests of East Africa. Currently, spaceborne L-band SAR observations are the most sensitive to forest structural properties. JAXA ALOS-1 and ALOS-2 global observations now cover a period of ~10 years (ALOS-1: 2006-2011, ALOS-2: 2014-present) and, therefore, an assessment of forest AGB change at a decadal level now becomes possible.
Impact NA
Start Year 2019
 
Description Field Spectroscopy Facility Edinburgh 
Organisation University of Edinburgh
Department School of Geosciences Edinburgh
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution We are collaborating with the FSF Edinburgh on testing and setting up of a set of new instruments (Bruker em27Sun spectrometers) and in the development of the retrieval procedures
Collaborator Contribution FSF Edinburgh provide access and support for field spectroscopy instruments. In this collaboration this is focussed to new EM27SUN instruments in addition to Max-Does and Aeronet sensors that will be used in support of DARE-UK in London .
Impact No outcomes yet
Start Year 2019
 
Description GODAE DA-TT 
Organisation Data Assimilation Task Team (DA-TT)
Country United States 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Scientific discussion
Collaborator Contribution Scientific discussion
Impact Scientific discussion
Start Year 2015
 
Description GODAE MEAP-TT 
Organisation Marine Ecosystem And Prediction Task Team (MEAP-TT)
Country Canada 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Scientific discussion on marine modelling/data assimilation; Oral presentation on data assimilation, through skype, at the "MEOPAR/ GOV Marine Ecosystem Analysis and Prediction Workshop", Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada, 23-24 June 2015
Collaborator Contribution Scientific discussion on marine modelling/data assimilation
Impact Oral presentation on data assimilation, through skype, at the "MEOPAR/ GOV Marine Ecosystem Analysis and Prediction Workshop", Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada, 23-24 June 2015
Start Year 2015
 
Description Group on High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) 
Organisation European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
Country Germany 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution We have provided the Project Scientist for the GHRSST Project Office, facilitating the annual conference, new members, GHRSST documentation and task groups, and nsuring partners can access sea surface temperature data sets from satellites
Collaborator Contribution The partners provide data services such as the Regional Data Assembly Centres. NOAA provides the GHRSST Global Data Assembly Centre and the Long-Term Stewardship and Reanalysis Centre
Impact 1. Visibility of UK SST data sets to the world. 2. Influence on co-ordinated production of world-wide operational SST data sets
Start Year 2018
 
Description Group on High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) 
Organisation National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration
Country United States 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution We have provided the Project Scientist for the GHRSST Project Office, facilitating the annual conference, new members, GHRSST documentation and task groups, and nsuring partners can access sea surface temperature data sets from satellites
Collaborator Contribution The partners provide data services such as the Regional Data Assembly Centres. NOAA provides the GHRSST Global Data Assembly Centre and the Long-Term Stewardship and Reanalysis Centre
Impact 1. Visibility of UK SST data sets to the world. 2. Influence on co-ordinated production of world-wide operational SST data sets
Start Year 2018
 
Description H2020 EUSTACE Project 
Organisation Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI)
Country Denmark 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Work Package Leader on Validation and Intercomparison Provision of satellite Land Surface Temperature data and associated uncertainties from the MODIS instruments
Collaborator Contribution Project Leadership Building relationships between surface temperature and air temperature
Impact Production of MODIS Land Surface Temperature Product to be added to the UK CEDA Archive for use by the wider science community
Start Year 2015
 
Description H2020 EUSTACE Project 
Organisation Meteorological Office UK
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Work Package Leader on Validation and Intercomparison Provision of satellite Land Surface Temperature data and associated uncertainties from the MODIS instruments
Collaborator Contribution Project Leadership Building relationships between surface temperature and air temperature
Impact Production of MODIS Land Surface Temperature Product to be added to the UK CEDA Archive for use by the wider science community
Start Year 2015
 
Description H2020 EUSTACE Project 
Organisation Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
Country Netherlands 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Work Package Leader on Validation and Intercomparison Provision of satellite Land Surface Temperature data and associated uncertainties from the MODIS instruments
Collaborator Contribution Project Leadership Building relationships between surface temperature and air temperature
Impact Production of MODIS Land Surface Temperature Product to be added to the UK CEDA Archive for use by the wider science community
Start Year 2015
 
Description H2020 EUSTACE Project 
Organisation Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Work Package Leader on Validation and Intercomparison Provision of satellite Land Surface Temperature data and associated uncertainties from the MODIS instruments
Collaborator Contribution Project Leadership Building relationships between surface temperature and air temperature
Impact Production of MODIS Land Surface Temperature Product to be added to the UK CEDA Archive for use by the wider science community
Start Year 2015
 
Description H2020 EUSTACE Project 
Organisation University of Bath
Department Department of Mathematical Sciences
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Work Package Leader on Validation and Intercomparison Provision of satellite Land Surface Temperature data and associated uncertainties from the MODIS instruments
Collaborator Contribution Project Leadership Building relationships between surface temperature and air temperature
Impact Production of MODIS Land Surface Temperature Product to be added to the UK CEDA Archive for use by the wider science community
Start Year 2015
 
Description H2020 EUSTACE Project 
Organisation University of Bern
Country Switzerland 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Work Package Leader on Validation and Intercomparison Provision of satellite Land Surface Temperature data and associated uncertainties from the MODIS instruments
Collaborator Contribution Project Leadership Building relationships between surface temperature and air temperature
Impact Production of MODIS Land Surface Temperature Product to be added to the UK CEDA Archive for use by the wider science community
Start Year 2015
 
Description H2020 EUSTACE Project 
Organisation University of Reading
Department Department of Meteorology
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Work Package Leader on Validation and Intercomparison Provision of satellite Land Surface Temperature data and associated uncertainties from the MODIS instruments
Collaborator Contribution Project Leadership Building relationships between surface temperature and air temperature
Impact Production of MODIS Land Surface Temperature Product to be added to the UK CEDA Archive for use by the wider science community
Start Year 2015
 
Description Identify industrial go and no-go zones and monitor industrial practices through PALSAR-based land cover and carbon stock mapping in Sumatra and Borneo 
Organisation Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency
Country Japan 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution To study the dynamics of status and carbon stocks of natural forest areas based on easy to use, scientifically robust, semi-automated analysis of cloud- and haze-penetrating ALOS radar images.
Collaborator Contribution See above
Impact NA
Start Year 2014
 
Description Identify industrial go and no-go zones and monitor industrial practices through PALSAR-based land cover and carbon stock mapping in Sumatra and Borneo 
Organisation World Wide Fund for Nature
Country Switzerland 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution To study the dynamics of status and carbon stocks of natural forest areas based on easy to use, scientifically robust, semi-automated analysis of cloud- and haze-penetrating ALOS radar images.
Collaborator Contribution See above
Impact NA
Start Year 2014
 
Description Informing environmental change for Kenyan county development plans: hot-spot analyses using earth observation and community mapping 
Organisation Maasai Mara University
Country Kenya 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution John Remedios, Luke Smallman and Heiko Balzter visited Maasai Mara University in Kenya in February 2019 and agreed a new collaboration with NCEO. Our contribution will be the provision of Earth Observation datasets that can be useful for county councils in the region.
Collaborator Contribution Maasai Mara University contributes the local work with county council administrations and the Kenya Data Cube to facilitate the uptake and impact from the satellite EO data.
Impact One in-country visit. Disciplines involved include socio-economic studies and physical sciences.
Start Year 2019
 
Description International Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity Working Group (ILSTE) 
Organisation ACRI-ST
Country France 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Setup and Coordination of this International Working Group Leading the effort to reclassify Land Surface Temperature (LST) as an Essential Climate Variable (ECV) Production of community-wide protocols and formats: Validation Protocol; Harmonised Data Format; Common Terminology Organisation of International Meetings of the Working Group
Collaborator Contribution Setup and population of the ILSTE Website Contributions to the effort to reclassify LST as an ECV Contributions to the community protocols and data formats
Impact Direct influence on the decision by GCOS to add LST as an ECV in the next Implementation Plan of 2016 Community-wide established LST Validation Protocol, Harmonised Data Format for LST, and Common Terminology
Start Year 2014
 
Description International Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity Working Group (ILSTE) 
Organisation Estellus
Country France 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Setup and Coordination of this International Working Group Leading the effort to reclassify Land Surface Temperature (LST) as an Essential Climate Variable (ECV) Production of community-wide protocols and formats: Validation Protocol; Harmonised Data Format; Common Terminology Organisation of International Meetings of the Working Group
Collaborator Contribution Setup and population of the ILSTE Website Contributions to the effort to reclassify LST as an ECV Contributions to the community protocols and data formats
Impact Direct influence on the decision by GCOS to add LST as an ECV in the next Implementation Plan of 2016 Community-wide established LST Validation Protocol, Harmonised Data Format for LST, and Common Terminology
Start Year 2014
 
Description International Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity Working Group (ILSTE) 
Organisation European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
Country Germany 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Setup and Coordination of this International Working Group Leading the effort to reclassify Land Surface Temperature (LST) as an Essential Climate Variable (ECV) Production of community-wide protocols and formats: Validation Protocol; Harmonised Data Format; Common Terminology Organisation of International Meetings of the Working Group
Collaborator Contribution Setup and population of the ILSTE Website Contributions to the effort to reclassify LST as an ECV Contributions to the community protocols and data formats
Impact Direct influence on the decision by GCOS to add LST as an ECV in the next Implementation Plan of 2016 Community-wide established LST Validation Protocol, Harmonised Data Format for LST, and Common Terminology
Start Year 2014
 
Description International Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity Working Group (ILSTE) 
Organisation European Space Agency
Country France 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Setup and Coordination of this International Working Group Leading the effort to reclassify Land Surface Temperature (LST) as an Essential Climate Variable (ECV) Production of community-wide protocols and formats: Validation Protocol; Harmonised Data Format; Common Terminology Organisation of International Meetings of the Working Group
Collaborator Contribution Setup and population of the ILSTE Website Contributions to the effort to reclassify LST as an ECV Contributions to the community protocols and data formats
Impact Direct influence on the decision by GCOS to add LST as an ECV in the next Implementation Plan of 2016 Community-wide established LST Validation Protocol, Harmonised Data Format for LST, and Common Terminology
Start Year 2014
 
Description International Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity Working Group (ILSTE) 
Organisation Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Country Germany 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Setup and Coordination of this International Working Group Leading the effort to reclassify Land Surface Temperature (LST) as an Essential Climate Variable (ECV) Production of community-wide protocols and formats: Validation Protocol; Harmonised Data Format; Common Terminology Organisation of International Meetings of the Working Group
Collaborator Contribution Setup and population of the ILSTE Website Contributions to the effort to reclassify LST as an ECV Contributions to the community protocols and data formats
Impact Direct influence on the decision by GCOS to add LST as an ECV in the next Implementation Plan of 2016 Community-wide established LST Validation Protocol, Harmonised Data Format for LST, and Common Terminology
Start Year 2014
 
Description International Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity Working Group (ILSTE) 
Organisation Meteorological Office UK
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Setup and Coordination of this International Working Group Leading the effort to reclassify Land Surface Temperature (LST) as an Essential Climate Variable (ECV) Production of community-wide protocols and formats: Validation Protocol; Harmonised Data Format; Common Terminology Organisation of International Meetings of the Working Group
Collaborator Contribution Setup and population of the ILSTE Website Contributions to the effort to reclassify LST as an ECV Contributions to the community protocols and data formats
Impact Direct influence on the decision by GCOS to add LST as an ECV in the next Implementation Plan of 2016 Community-wide established LST Validation Protocol, Harmonised Data Format for LST, and Common Terminology
Start Year 2014
 
Description International Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity Working Group (ILSTE) 
Organisation National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Department Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Country United States 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Setup and Coordination of this International Working Group Leading the effort to reclassify Land Surface Temperature (LST) as an Essential Climate Variable (ECV) Production of community-wide protocols and formats: Validation Protocol; Harmonised Data Format; Common Terminology Organisation of International Meetings of the Working Group
Collaborator Contribution Setup and population of the ILSTE Website Contributions to the effort to reclassify LST as an ECV Contributions to the community protocols and data formats
Impact Direct influence on the decision by GCOS to add LST as an ECV in the next Implementation Plan of 2016 Community-wide established LST Validation Protocol, Harmonised Data Format for LST, and Common Terminology
Start Year 2014
 
Description International Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity Working Group (ILSTE) 
Organisation National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration
Country United States 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Setup and Coordination of this International Working Group Leading the effort to reclassify Land Surface Temperature (LST) as an Essential Climate Variable (ECV) Production of community-wide protocols and formats: Validation Protocol; Harmonised Data Format; Common Terminology Organisation of International Meetings of the Working Group
Collaborator Contribution Setup and population of the ILSTE Website Contributions to the effort to reclassify LST as an ECV Contributions to the community protocols and data formats
Impact Direct influence on the decision by GCOS to add LST as an ECV in the next Implementation Plan of 2016 Community-wide established LST Validation Protocol, Harmonised Data Format for LST, and Common Terminology
Start Year 2014
 
Description International Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity Working Group (ILSTE) 
Organisation Portuguese Institute of Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA)
Country Portugal 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Setup and Coordination of this International Working Group Leading the effort to reclassify Land Surface Temperature (LST) as an Essential Climate Variable (ECV) Production of community-wide protocols and formats: Validation Protocol; Harmonised Data Format; Common Terminology Organisation of International Meetings of the Working Group
Collaborator Contribution Setup and population of the ILSTE Website Contributions to the effort to reclassify LST as an ECV Contributions to the community protocols and data formats
Impact Direct influence on the decision by GCOS to add LST as an ECV in the next Implementation Plan of 2016 Community-wide established LST Validation Protocol, Harmonised Data Format for LST, and Common Terminology
Start Year 2014
 
Description International Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity Working Group (ILSTE) 
Organisation University of Reading
Department Department of Meteorology
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Setup and Coordination of this International Working Group Leading the effort to reclassify Land Surface Temperature (LST) as an Essential Climate Variable (ECV) Production of community-wide protocols and formats: Validation Protocol; Harmonised Data Format; Common Terminology Organisation of International Meetings of the Working Group
Collaborator Contribution Setup and population of the ILSTE Website Contributions to the effort to reclassify LST as an ECV Contributions to the community protocols and data formats
Impact Direct influence on the decision by GCOS to add LST as an ECV in the next Implementation Plan of 2016 Community-wide established LST Validation Protocol, Harmonised Data Format for LST, and Common Terminology
Start Year 2014
 
Description Measuring above-ground biomass and its changes over Brazilian tropical secondary forests and savanna woodlands (Cerrado) using L-band SAR data 
Organisation Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA)
Country Brazil 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution To develop, test and validate algorithms that relate in situ forest AGB to L-band backscatter in a range of low-carbon tropical regions across the Brazilian Amazon, in secondary forests and cerrado.
Collaborator Contribution See above
Impact Carreiras, J.M.B., Jones, J., Lucas, R., Shimabukuro. Mapping major land cover types and retrieving the age of secondary forests in the Brazilian Amazon by combining single-date optical and radar remote sensing data. Remote Sensing of Environment - Under Review.
Start Year 2014
 
Description Measuring above-ground biomass and its changes over Brazilian tropical secondary forests and savanna woodlands (Cerrado) using L-band SAR data 
Organisation Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency
Department Earth Observation Research Center
Country Japan 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution To develop, test and validate algorithms that relate in situ forest AGB to L-band backscatter in a range of low-carbon tropical regions across the Brazilian Amazon, in secondary forests and cerrado.
Collaborator Contribution See above
Impact Carreiras, J.M.B., Jones, J., Lucas, R., Shimabukuro. Mapping major land cover types and retrieving the age of secondary forests in the Brazilian Amazon by combining single-date optical and radar remote sensing data. Remote Sensing of Environment - Under Review.
Start Year 2014
 
Description Member of ESA's Traceable Radiometry Underpinning Terrestrial- and Helio- Studies (TRUTHS) Mission Advisory Group 
Organisation ESA - ESTEC
Country Netherlands 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Studies undertaken as part of the project complement additional research activities which are being used to define and prioritise the science objectives of the mission.
Collaborator Contribution It is the collective responsibility of the Mission Advisory Group to ensure that the scientific objectives of the mission align to those needed by the research community.
Impact None to report to-date.
Start Year 2020
 
Description Memorandum of Understanding signed between PML and Graduate School of Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability, Kyoto University, Japan 
Organisation University of Kyoto
Country Japan 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution We are working on research related to river discharge in coastal waters following extreme typhoon events. One paper has been published: Troselj J, Sayama T, Varlamov SM, Sasaki T, Racault M-F, Takara K, Miyazawa Y, Kuroki R, Yamagata T, Yamashiki Y (2017) Modeling of extreme freshwater outflow from the north-eastern Japanese river basins to western Pacific Ocean, Journal of Hydrology, 555:956-970, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2017.10.042 One paper is in preparation; the work has been presented at the AGU Annual Fall Meeting: Optimization and Modeling of Extreme Freshwater Discharge from Japanese First-Class River Basins to Coastal Oceans Kuroki, R.; Yamashiki, Y. A.; Varlamov, S.; Miyazawa, Y.; Gupta, H. V.; Racault, M.; Troselj, J. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017AGUFM.H11E1224K
Collaborator Contribution We are working on research related to river discharge in coastal waters following extreme typhoon events. One paper has been published: Troselj J, Sayama T, Varlamov SM, Sasaki T, Racault M-F, Takara K, Miyazawa Y, Kuroki R, Yamagata T, Yamashiki Y (2017) Modeling of extreme freshwater outflow from the north-eastern Japanese river basins to western Pacific Ocean, Journal of Hydrology, 555:956-970, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2017.10.042 One paper is in preparation; the work has been presented at the AGU Annual Fall Meeting: Optimization and Modeling of Extreme Freshwater Discharge from Japanese First-Class River Basins to Coastal Oceans Kuroki, R.; Yamashiki, Y. A.; Varlamov, S.; Miyazawa, Y.; Gupta, H. V.; Racault, M.; Troselj, J. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017AGUFM.H11E1224K
Impact Prof. Steve de Mora - PML Chief Executive visited GSAIS Kyoto University in October 2018 and officially signed the MoU. To develop collaborative research, a collaborative project proposal between PML and Kyoto University has been submitted to the UKRI - JSPS joint call 2018. The proposal passed Phase 1 and was invited to respond to reviewers' comments. The proposal was rated 5/6 by reviewer 1 and 6/6 by reviewer 2. Unfortunately, the proposal was not funded in Phase 2. We will try to submit proposals to work collaboratively in the future.
Start Year 2017
 
Description Mercator Ocean International Science Board 
Organisation Mercator Océan
Country France 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution I provide expertise on marine ecosystem modelling and data assimilation to revise and plan the science strategy of Mercator Ocean International (MOI)
Collaborator Contribution Being in the MOI Science Board puts me in a strategic position to steer R&D and funding.
Impact - Review report on the MOI activity in 2020-2021
Start Year 2020
 
Description Met Office Case Award for NERC Panorama - NCEO PhD Studentship 
Organisation Meteorological Office UK
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution The is a co-funded PhD studentship between the NERC Panorama DTP and NCEO, which has received a financial contribution from the UK Met Office to support the student. This will be used by the student to attend conferences and present NERC-NCEO-Met Office scientific research.
Collaborator Contribution As well as financial support, the Met Office supervisor (Dr Steven Turnock) will/has provided support and advice for the student using the UK Earth System Model (UKESM) and the fire model (INFERNO).
Impact The studentship has just started, so only a 6-month report is available at present. Scientific peer-reviewed paper will appear in the next 12-18 months followed by more outputs throughout the PhD.
Start Year 2023
 
Description North Atlantic Reanalysis Intercomparison 
Organisation Meteorological Office UK
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Development of paper for special issue on Atlantic Overturning circulation
Collaborator Contribution Lead author Laura Jackson Met Office. Other collaborators in Italy, France and US(MIT)
Impact Research paper published in special issue of JGR on AMOC Jackson et al 2019
Start Year 2017
 
Description Optical Mission Performance Cluster (OPT-MPC) 
Organisation ACRI-ST
Country France 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Sentinel-3 Land Surface Temperature mission quality assurance
Collaborator Contribution Service delivery lead
Impact Mission quality
Start Year 2022
 
Description PVDAP: Network on Preconditioning for Variational Data Assimilation Problems 
Organisation CERFACS
Country France 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Expertise on variational data assimilation and experience of preconditioning these problems.
Collaborator Contribution Wide experience of preconditioning methods from numerical linear algebra, with some experience in data assimilation.
Impact No outputs so far
Start Year 2023
 
Description PVDAP: Network on Preconditioning for Variational Data Assimilation Problems 
Organisation Eindhoven University of Technology
Country Netherlands 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Expertise on variational data assimilation and experience of preconditioning these problems.
Collaborator Contribution Wide experience of preconditioning methods from numerical linear algebra, with some experience in data assimilation.
Impact No outputs so far
Start Year 2023
 
Description PVDAP: Network on Preconditioning for Variational Data Assimilation Problems 
Organisation University of Potsdam
Country Germany 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Expertise on variational data assimilation and experience of preconditioning these problems.
Collaborator Contribution Wide experience of preconditioning methods from numerical linear algebra, with some experience in data assimilation.
Impact No outputs so far
Start Year 2023
 
Description PVDAP: Network on Preconditioning for Variational Data Assimilation Problems 
Organisation University of Strathclyde
Department Mathematics and Statistics Strathclyde
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Expertise on variational data assimilation and experience of preconditioning these problems.
Collaborator Contribution Wide experience of preconditioning methods from numerical linear algebra, with some experience in data assimilation.
Impact No outputs so far
Start Year 2023
 
Description Retrievals of ice density and riming from BAECC 2014 field campaign, Hyytiala 
Organisation Finnish Meteorological Institute
Country Finland 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Making an optimal estimation retrieval of ice density and riming from radar data, evaluated against in situ measurements at the surface; the bulk of the analysis and writing were made here.
Collaborator Contribution Partner at FMI and University of Helsinki provided in situ snow measurements and analysis, and partner at University of Cologne provided multiple-frequency radar observations and analysis, from the snow experiment intensive observation period of the BAECC 2014 field campaign in Hyytiala, Finland.
Impact Presentations at international conferences (EGU), a paper published in JGR-Atmospheres, and a paper in preparation for Atmospheric Measurement Techniques.
Start Year 2016
 
Description Retrievals of ice density and riming from BAECC 2014 field campaign, Hyytiala 
Organisation University of Cologne
Department Institute of Geophysics and Meteorology
Country Germany 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Making an optimal estimation retrieval of ice density and riming from radar data, evaluated against in situ measurements at the surface; the bulk of the analysis and writing were made here.
Collaborator Contribution Partner at FMI and University of Helsinki provided in situ snow measurements and analysis, and partner at University of Cologne provided multiple-frequency radar observations and analysis, from the snow experiment intensive observation period of the BAECC 2014 field campaign in Hyytiala, Finland.
Impact Presentations at international conferences (EGU), a paper published in JGR-Atmospheres, and a paper in preparation for Atmospheric Measurement Techniques.
Start Year 2016
 
Description Retrievals of ice density and riming from BAECC 2014 field campaign, Hyytiala 
Organisation University of Helsinki
Department Department of Physics
Country Finland 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Making an optimal estimation retrieval of ice density and riming from radar data, evaluated against in situ measurements at the surface; the bulk of the analysis and writing were made here.
Collaborator Contribution Partner at FMI and University of Helsinki provided in situ snow measurements and analysis, and partner at University of Cologne provided multiple-frequency radar observations and analysis, from the snow experiment intensive observation period of the BAECC 2014 field campaign in Hyytiala, Finland.
Impact Presentations at international conferences (EGU), a paper published in JGR-Atmospheres, and a paper in preparation for Atmospheric Measurement Techniques.
Start Year 2016
 
Description Sentinel-3 Mission Performance Centre (S3MPC) - SLSTR Expert Support Laboratory 
Organisation ACRI-ST
Country France 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Sentinel-3 Land Surface Temperature (LST) Validation Scientist and Algorithm Manager
Collaborator Contribution Expert Support Laboratory coordination and other expert teams
Impact Sentinel-3 SLSTR Cal-Val Plan and Gap Analysis Preparations for Sentinel-3 Level-2 Product commissioning
Start Year 2014
 
Description Sentinel-3 Mission Performance Centre (S3MPC) - SLSTR Expert Support Laboratory 
Organisation King's College London
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Sentinel-3 Land Surface Temperature (LST) Validation Scientist and Algorithm Manager
Collaborator Contribution Expert Support Laboratory coordination and other expert teams
Impact Sentinel-3 SLSTR Cal-Val Plan and Gap Analysis Preparations for Sentinel-3 Level-2 Product commissioning
Start Year 2014
 
Description Sentinel-3 Mission Performance Centre (S3MPC) - SLSTR Expert Support Laboratory 
Organisation Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Sentinel-3 Land Surface Temperature (LST) Validation Scientist and Algorithm Manager
Collaborator Contribution Expert Support Laboratory coordination and other expert teams
Impact Sentinel-3 SLSTR Cal-Val Plan and Gap Analysis Preparations for Sentinel-3 Level-2 Product commissioning
Start Year 2014
 
Description Sentinel-3 Mission Performance Centre (S3MPC) - SLSTR Expert Support Laboratory 
Organisation University of Reading
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Sentinel-3 Land Surface Temperature (LST) Validation Scientist and Algorithm Manager
Collaborator Contribution Expert Support Laboratory coordination and other expert teams
Impact Sentinel-3 SLSTR Cal-Val Plan and Gap Analysis Preparations for Sentinel-3 Level-2 Product commissioning
Start Year 2014
 
Description Sentinel-3 New Products 
Organisation ACRI-ST
Country France 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Sentinel-3 Cloud Masking algorithm for Level-2 Land Surface Temperature (LST), Aerosol over Land, and Fire Radiative Power Products
Collaborator Contribution Project Leadership Cloud Masking over Sea Level-1 Cloud Masking
Impact Project only just started
Start Year 2016
 
Description Sentinel-3 New Products 
Organisation Brockmann Consult
Country Germany 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Sentinel-3 Cloud Masking algorithm for Level-2 Land Surface Temperature (LST), Aerosol over Land, and Fire Radiative Power Products
Collaborator Contribution Project Leadership Cloud Masking over Sea Level-1 Cloud Masking
Impact Project only just started
Start Year 2016
 
Description Sentinel-3 New Products 
Organisation King's College London
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Sentinel-3 Cloud Masking algorithm for Level-2 Land Surface Temperature (LST), Aerosol over Land, and Fire Radiative Power Products
Collaborator Contribution Project Leadership Cloud Masking over Sea Level-1 Cloud Masking
Impact Project only just started
Start Year 2016
 
Description Sentinel-3 New Products 
Organisation Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Sentinel-3 Cloud Masking algorithm for Level-2 Land Surface Temperature (LST), Aerosol over Land, and Fire Radiative Power Products
Collaborator Contribution Project Leadership Cloud Masking over Sea Level-1 Cloud Masking
Impact Project only just started
Start Year 2016
 
Description Sentinel-3 New Products 
Organisation Swansea University
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Sentinel-3 Cloud Masking algorithm for Level-2 Land Surface Temperature (LST), Aerosol over Land, and Fire Radiative Power Products
Collaborator Contribution Project Leadership Cloud Masking over Sea Level-1 Cloud Masking
Impact Project only just started
Start Year 2016
 
Description Sentinel-3 New Products 
Organisation University of Reading
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Sentinel-3 Cloud Masking algorithm for Level-2 Land Surface Temperature (LST), Aerosol over Land, and Fire Radiative Power Products
Collaborator Contribution Project Leadership Cloud Masking over Sea Level-1 Cloud Masking
Impact Project only just started
Start Year 2016
 
Description Smoother for Met Office ocean reanalyses 
Organisation Meteorological Office UK
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution New smoother algorithm developed which allows 4D assimilation of ocean data without running adjoint and can be applied to current operational reanalysis data. This work has now been put on stronger theoretical basis and extended. Paper has been published A second paper is about to be submitted which breaks new ground and allows application to ensemble systems A Recent jointly authored met office report demonstrates results of improvements initiated from this collaboration https://digital.nmla.metoffice.gov.uk/IO_cb2028c5-0dd9-46d3-9910-bdd125f7f3ad/
Collaborator Contribution Met Office prepared ocean reanalysis data saving additional information First results now also available from applying to ECMWF ocean reanalysis ORAS5 New ECMWF special project awarded
Impact Dong, B., K. Haines and M. Martin. (2021) Improved high resolution ocean reanalyses using a simple smoother algorithm. JAMES, https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1029/2021MS002626 A new ocean reanalysis product from Met Office will result after further testing Dong, B., R. Bannister, Y. Chen, A. Fowler and K. Haines. (2023) A simple smoother designed for improving ocean reanalyses. Submitted to GMD.
Start Year 2019
 
Description Supporting PICASSO field campaign with radar retrievals of ice clouds 
Organisation University of Reading
Department Department of Meteorology
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Ground support for radar and radiosondes from Chilbolton observatory during flights of the FAAM aircraft over southern England. Application of CAPTIVATE retrieval algorithm to multiple-frequency Doppler radar measurements from the PICASSO field campaign. Co-supervision of a PhD project using PICASSO measurements beginning 2019.
Collaborator Contribution Radar and in situ measurement components of PICASSO field campaign and associated research.
Impact Ongoing collaboration is expected to yield retrieved ice cloud and rain datasets from cases during the field campaign, evaluation of ice microphysics assumptions made within the retrieval, and associated journal articles.
Start Year 2018
 
Description Supporting PICASSO field campaign with radar retrievals of ice clouds 
Organisation University of Reading
Department Department of Meteorology
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Ground support for radar and radiosondes from Chilbolton observatory during flights of the FAAM aircraft over southern England. Application of CAPTIVATE retrieval algorithm to multiple-frequency Doppler radar measurements from the PICASSO field campaign. Co-supervision of a PhD project using PICASSO measurements beginning 2019.
Collaborator Contribution Radar and in situ measurement components of PICASSO field campaign and associated research.
Impact Ongoing collaboration is expected to yield retrieved ice cloud and rain datasets from cases during the field campaign, evaluation of ice microphysics assumptions made within the retrieval, and associated journal articles.
Start Year 2018
 
Description The role of L-band SAR and LiDAR data to map forest aboveground biomass in Malaysian Borneo 
Organisation Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency
Country Japan 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution To develop and validate algorithms that combine LiDAR-derived AGB estimates and the backscatter intensity from L-band SAR data in Malaysian Borneo. Empirical and semi-empirical methods will be used to model forest AGB (from a combination of field and LiDAR data) against metrics generated from L-band SAR data. On this basis, forest AGB maps will be generated for the study area. The LiDAR-based AGB estimates are available for a given number of representative sites in the Malaysian Borneo. Spatially and temporally coincident L-band SAR data (i.e., ALOS PALSAR and ALOS-2 PALSAR-2) will be acquired and prior to modelling will be used to perform a sensitivity analysis to understand how L-band SAR backscatter intensity (HH and HV polarizations) changes as a function of forest AGB, and to evaluate potential saturation problems.
Collaborator Contribution See above
Impact NA
Start Year 2016
 
Description The role of L-band SAR and LiDAR data to map forest aboveground biomass in Malaysian Borneo 
Organisation University of Cambridge
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution To develop and validate algorithms that combine LiDAR-derived AGB estimates and the backscatter intensity from L-band SAR data in Malaysian Borneo. Empirical and semi-empirical methods will be used to model forest AGB (from a combination of field and LiDAR data) against metrics generated from L-band SAR data. On this basis, forest AGB maps will be generated for the study area. The LiDAR-based AGB estimates are available for a given number of representative sites in the Malaysian Borneo. Spatially and temporally coincident L-band SAR data (i.e., ALOS PALSAR and ALOS-2 PALSAR-2) will be acquired and prior to modelling will be used to perform a sensitivity analysis to understand how L-band SAR backscatter intensity (HH and HV polarizations) changes as a function of forest AGB, and to evaluate potential saturation problems.
Collaborator Contribution See above
Impact NA
Start Year 2016
 
Description Turing University Network 
Organisation Alan Turing Institute
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution The University of Leicester has joined the Turing University Network. Prof. Heiko Balzter has been invited to give a presentation on 22 March 2024 on self-learning digital twins and AI for sustainable land management as part of this network.
Collaborator Contribution n/a
Impact Presentation on 22 March 2024 to the network
Start Year 2023
 
Description UN Decade of Ocean Sciences - Programme ForeSea - Steering Committee 
Organisation Dalhousie University
Country Canada 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution I provide expertise on the prediction of ocean biogeochemistry by means of assimilative ocean models
Collaborator Contribution They provide expertise on ocean physics predictions
Impact The programme has just started. No major outcomes to report so far
Start Year 2021
 
Description Using infrasound observations to infer middle and upper level atmospheric winds 
Organisation Norwegian Seismic Array
Country Norway 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution I provided and implementation of the Ensemble Kalman Filter to perform the data assimilation process. I spent 3 months August-November 2021 as a visitor scientist in NORSAR and University of Oslo. The funding for this visit came from a successful proposal to the Research Council of Norway.
Collaborator Contribution The partners provided all the observations of explosions in Finland and the measurements from the microbarometer array in Norway. They also provided reanalysis data (ERA5) and a ray-tracing algorithm.
Impact Multidisciplinary: acoustics, data assimilation, stratospheric dynamics. Amezcua, J., Nasholm, P., Blixt, M. and Charlton-Perez, A. (2020) Assimilation of atmospheric infrasound data to constrain tropospheric and stratospheric winds. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 146 (731). pp. 2634-2653. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3809 Amezcua, J. and Barton, Z. (2021) Assimilating atmospheric infrasound data to constrain atmospheric winds in a two-dimensional grid. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4141
Start Year 2019
 
Description Using infrasound observations to infer middle and upper level atmospheric winds 
Organisation University of Oslo
Country Norway 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution I provided and implementation of the Ensemble Kalman Filter to perform the data assimilation process. I spent 3 months August-November 2021 as a visitor scientist in NORSAR and University of Oslo. The funding for this visit came from a successful proposal to the Research Council of Norway.
Collaborator Contribution The partners provided all the observations of explosions in Finland and the measurements from the microbarometer array in Norway. They also provided reanalysis data (ERA5) and a ray-tracing algorithm.
Impact Multidisciplinary: acoustics, data assimilation, stratospheric dynamics. Amezcua, J., Nasholm, P., Blixt, M. and Charlton-Perez, A. (2020) Assimilation of atmospheric infrasound data to constrain tropospheric and stratospheric winds. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 146 (731). pp. 2634-2653. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3809 Amezcua, J. and Barton, Z. (2021) Assimilating atmospheric infrasound data to constrain atmospheric winds in a two-dimensional grid. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4141
Start Year 2019
 
Description Working Group on Earth Observation for Ecology and Epidemiology of Water-associated Disease 
Organisation Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
Department National Institute Of Oceanography (NIO)
Country India 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Activities 2019/20: Following outputs/impacts have been achieved: 1) Working Group activities have been described and reported in peer-reviewed publication Smail et al. 2019, doi:10.1080/1755876X.2019.163495; 2) Review article on Earth Observations for monitoring of Vibrio cholerae bacteria and cholera outbreak has been published in peer-reviewed journal. This forms a contribution to the WG (Racault et al., 2019, https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11232763); and 3) News article contribution about WG activities in the GEO Blue Planet newsletter at: https://mailchi.mp/e04fcd2fa550/geo-blue-planet-up date-january-4143313?e=fca568b64e Activities 2018/19: Establishment of a core group of scientists with common interests in water-associated diseases, with expertise and interest in microbiology, genetics, epidemiology of infectious diseases, remote sensing and epidemic modelling, as a basis for international collaboration on public health issues related to water quality. The new GEO Blue Planet Working Group aimed to identify benefits, best practices and feasibility of incorporating Earth observation measurements into early-warning systems for water-associated diseases. It will provide a forum to exchange useful information, share data and coordinate activities where feasible, to maximise benefits to society. This initiative has been recognised as an important GEO Blue Planet activity under Theme 2 'Healthy Ecosystems and Food Security' and with societal relevance to public health, food security, water management, biodiversity and ecosystem sustainability, and disaster resilience. The WG activities are further adding value to GEO health community of practice and AquaWatch initiatives. Racault, M-F, Sathyendranath, S and Platt, T have initiated the Working Group. Racault, M-F has successfully obtained funding from Partnership for Observations of the Global Oceans (POGO) to hold a Scoping Meeting in Abingdon, UK, in August 2018. The meeting was organised over two days, and was structured around a series of presentations followed by discussion sessions.
Collaborator Contribution Activities 2019/20: WG members Racault, Sathyendranath, Platt, Abdulaziz, Menon, and George have published new review article in peer-reviewed journal. Reference: Racault M-F, Abdulaziz A, George G, Menon N, Jasmin C, Punathil M, McConville K, Loveday B, Platt T, Sathyendranath S, Vijitha V (2019) Environmental Reservoirs of Vibrio cholerae: Challenges and Opportunities for Ocean-Color Remote Sensing. Remote Sensing 11, 2763 Activities 2018/19: A total of 18 participants from six countries participated in the meeting. Several invitees were unable to attend, but expressed interest in staying engaged with the working group. All participants prepared a presentation to introduce their research interests on the topics of EO and water-associated diseases, state what they hoped to see as outcomes from the scoping meeting, and also express their aspirations for the proposed working group. WG partners and countries: Argentina: NFRDI; Brazil: INPE; India: NIO, NERCI; Japan: JAMSTEC, GSAIS Kyoto University; South Africa: SMRA, University of Pretoria; UK: Cefas, PML, Reading University, Wellcome Sanger Institute, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine LSTHM; USA: Maryland University, West Virginia University
Impact Activities 2019/20: 1) Working Group activities have been described and reported in peer-reviewed publication Smail et al. 2019, doi:10.1080/1755876X.2019.163495 2) Review article on Earth Observations for monitoring of Vibrio cholerae bacteria and cholera outbreak has been published in peer-reviewed journal. This forms a formal contribution to the WG. Reference: Racault et al., 2019, https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11232763 3) WG activities have been reported in the GEO Blue Planet newsletter at: https://mailchi.mp/e04fcd2fa550/geo-blue-planet-update-january-4143313?e=fca568b64e Activities 2018/19: The following Milestones and Deliverables have been achieved: 1) Funding awarded by POGO to hold Scoping Meeting of the WG 27/06/2018 2) Poster presentation of the WG at the GEO Blue Planet Symposium 04/07/2018 3) WG webpage available on GEO Blue Planet website 01/08/2018 https://geoblueplanet.org/blue-planet-activities/wg_eo_water-associated_diseases/ 4) Scoping Group Meeting held 30/08/2018 5) WG formation agreed by attendees of the Scoping Meeting 31/08/2018 6) Poster presentation of the WG at the UK National Earth Observation Conference 07/09/2018 7) Scoping Group Meeting report circulated to participants for feedback 23/10/2018 8) Presentation of the GEO BP WG by NCEO/GEO at the GEO plenary exhibition 2018 29/10/2018 8) POGO Report submitted 12/11/2018 http://www.ocean-partners.org/earth-observation-ecology-and-epidemiology-water-associated-diseases 9) WG report presentation at the POGO Annual Meeting 21/01/2019 10) WG contribution to the GEO Blue Planet Implementation 2020-2022 submitted 28/02/2018
Start Year 2018
 
Description Working Group on Earth Observation for Ecology and Epidemiology of Water-associated Disease 
Organisation Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Country Japan 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Activities 2019/20: Following outputs/impacts have been achieved: 1) Working Group activities have been described and reported in peer-reviewed publication Smail et al. 2019, doi:10.1080/1755876X.2019.163495; 2) Review article on Earth Observations for monitoring of Vibrio cholerae bacteria and cholera outbreak has been published in peer-reviewed journal. This forms a contribution to the WG (Racault et al., 2019, https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11232763); and 3) News article contribution about WG activities in the GEO Blue Planet newsletter at: https://mailchi.mp/e04fcd2fa550/geo-blue-planet-up date-january-4143313?e=fca568b64e Activities 2018/19: Establishment of a core group of scientists with common interests in water-associated diseases, with expertise and interest in microbiology, genetics, epidemiology of infectious diseases, remote sensing and epidemic modelling, as a basis for international collaboration on public health issues related to water quality. The new GEO Blue Planet Working Group aimed to identify benefits, best practices and feasibility of incorporating Earth observation measurements into early-warning systems for water-associated diseases. It will provide a forum to exchange useful information, share data and coordinate activities where feasible, to maximise benefits to society. This initiative has been recognised as an important GEO Blue Planet activity under Theme 2 'Healthy Ecosystems and Food Security' and with societal relevance to public health, food security, water management, biodiversity and ecosystem sustainability, and disaster resilience. The WG activities are further adding value to GEO health community of practice and AquaWatch initiatives. Racault, M-F, Sathyendranath, S and Platt, T have initiated the Working Group. Racault, M-F has successfully obtained funding from Partnership for Observations of the Global Oceans (POGO) to hold a Scoping Meeting in Abingdon, UK, in August 2018. The meeting was organised over two days, and was structured around a series of presentations followed by discussion sessions.
Collaborator Contribution Activities 2019/20: WG members Racault, Sathyendranath, Platt, Abdulaziz, Menon, and George have published new review article in peer-reviewed journal. Reference: Racault M-F, Abdulaziz A, George G, Menon N, Jasmin C, Punathil M, McConville K, Loveday B, Platt T, Sathyendranath S, Vijitha V (2019) Environmental Reservoirs of Vibrio cholerae: Challenges and Opportunities for Ocean-Color Remote Sensing. Remote Sensing 11, 2763 Activities 2018/19: A total of 18 participants from six countries participated in the meeting. Several invitees were unable to attend, but expressed interest in staying engaged with the working group. All participants prepared a presentation to introduce their research interests on the topics of EO and water-associated diseases, state what they hoped to see as outcomes from the scoping meeting, and also express their aspirations for the proposed working group. WG partners and countries: Argentina: NFRDI; Brazil: INPE; India: NIO, NERCI; Japan: JAMSTEC, GSAIS Kyoto University; South Africa: SMRA, University of Pretoria; UK: Cefas, PML, Reading University, Wellcome Sanger Institute, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine LSTHM; USA: Maryland University, West Virginia University
Impact Activities 2019/20: 1) Working Group activities have been described and reported in peer-reviewed publication Smail et al. 2019, doi:10.1080/1755876X.2019.163495 2) Review article on Earth Observations for monitoring of Vibrio cholerae bacteria and cholera outbreak has been published in peer-reviewed journal. This forms a formal contribution to the WG. Reference: Racault et al., 2019, https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11232763 3) WG activities have been reported in the GEO Blue Planet newsletter at: https://mailchi.mp/e04fcd2fa550/geo-blue-planet-update-january-4143313?e=fca568b64e Activities 2018/19: The following Milestones and Deliverables have been achieved: 1) Funding awarded by POGO to hold Scoping Meeting of the WG 27/06/2018 2) Poster presentation of the WG at the GEO Blue Planet Symposium 04/07/2018 3) WG webpage available on GEO Blue Planet website 01/08/2018 https://geoblueplanet.org/blue-planet-activities/wg_eo_water-associated_diseases/ 4) Scoping Group Meeting held 30/08/2018 5) WG formation agreed by attendees of the Scoping Meeting 31/08/2018 6) Poster presentation of the WG at the UK National Earth Observation Conference 07/09/2018 7) Scoping Group Meeting report circulated to participants for feedback 23/10/2018 8) Presentation of the GEO BP WG by NCEO/GEO at the GEO plenary exhibition 2018 29/10/2018 8) POGO Report submitted 12/11/2018 http://www.ocean-partners.org/earth-observation-ecology-and-epidemiology-water-associated-diseases 9) WG report presentation at the POGO Annual Meeting 21/01/2019 10) WG contribution to the GEO Blue Planet Implementation 2020-2022 submitted 28/02/2018
Start Year 2018
 
Description chemical weapon detection from Space 
Organisation University of Bristol
Department School of Physics
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution working with a PhD student and supervisors on simulating chemical weapon releases and instrumentation required to detect this signal from Spaceborne instrumentation. Monthly discussion meetings.
Collaborator Contribution running relevant simulations and monthly discussions
Impact trying to identify sources of future funding to continue work after PhD project ends.
Start Year 2020
 
Title Multi-sensor Matchup Database for Surface Temperature 
Description Matchup Database for validating extracted satellite observations with in situ measurements, extracted satellite observations with simulated surface temperature, and intercomparsions between multiple instrument datasets 
Type Of Technology Software 
Year Produced 2016 
Impact A key step in the processing chain of multi-sensor full archive Land Surface Temperature data products 
 
Title RFM v5.20 
Description The Reference Forward Model (RFM) is a Fortran90 line-by-line radiative transfer model suitable for modelling radiance and transmittance spectra under various atmospheric conditions and viewing geometries. 
Type Of Technology Software 
Year Produced 2023 
Impact During 2023 there were requests for the RFM code and/or queries from 26 different users (7 UK + 19 overseas), mostly from academic institutions, for a wide variety of applications. 
URL https://eodg.atm.ox.ac.uk/RFM/
 
Title Sensor Independent Atmospheric Correction (SIAC) package 
Description A multi-sensor atmospheric correction scheme for optical data, including sensors such as Sentinel 2, Landsat 8. The developed method is novel and has shown great promise in the ACIX-II intercomparison exercise. 
Type Of Technology Software 
Year Produced 2019 
Open Source License? Yes  
Impact The SIAC software has been benchmarked with other common products over the UK and found to produce more accurate estimates of atmospheric composition than competing approaches. The approach has also been part of the ACIX-II intercomparison exercise, showcasing its ability to produce accurate results both for Sentinel 2 and Landsat 8. 
URL https://github.com/marcyin/siac
 
Description 'Lates' at the Natural History Museum 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The Natural History Museum hosts an exhibition of pop-up stations publicising their science to the general public from 6-10pm on the last Friday of every month. NCEO had a 'chill out' room with cushions where viewers could relax and look at Earth Observation images. This seemed to be particularly popular with the public as well as scientists in other areas and lots of interesting questions and discussions ensued.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL http://www.nhm.ac.uk/events/lates.html
 
Description 2018/12 Press release and blog on recent research detailing projections in Africa rainfall 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact A press release and blog were developed to disseminate new research discussing projected changes in Africa rainfall
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://blogs.reading.ac.uk/weather-and-climate-at-reading/2018/later-wet-seasons-with-more-intense-...
 
Description 2019/01 School visit to discuss The Science of Climate Change 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact A presentation and practical demonstrations on the Science of Climate Change to Year 7/8 and teachers.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017,2019
URL http://www.met.rdg.ac.uk/~sgs02rpa/TALKS/AllanRP2019Wandsworth.pdf
 
Description BBC World News Article about paper on cholera and AI and ECVs 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact The BBC World News wrote an article about PODCAST project and peer-reviewed paper on Cholera Risk: A Machine Learning Approach Applied to Essential Climate Variables by Campbell, Racault, Goult and Laurenson, published in the journal Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health in Dec 2020. The BBC news article has been translated in many languages:
https://www.bbc.com/arabic/science-and-tech-56185703
https://www.bbc.com/hausa/labarai-56184840
https://www.bbc.com/tigrinya/news-56179528
https://www.bbc.com/indonesia/majalah-56178147
https://www.bbc.com/pashto/science-and-technology-56192581
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.bbc.com/arabic/science-and-tech-56185703
 
Description BLOG 20/05 - blog on how reduced air pollution, as experienced during the COVID19 lockdowns, can increase sunlight reaching the surface, influencing weather and climate 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact Blog on how reduced air pollution, as experienced during the COVID19 lockdowns, can increase sunlight reaching the surface and influencing weather and climate. This led to media interest and an article in the Guardian and Newsweek
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://blogs.reading.ac.uk/weather-and-climate-at-reading/2020/do-cuts-in-particle-pollution-accele...
 
Description BLOG 20/09 - contribution to Physics World article asking: Has the COVID-19 lockdown changed Earth's climate? 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact Contribution to Physics World article asking: Has the COVID-19 lockdown changed Earth's climate with readers expressing change in opinions
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://physicsworld.com/a/has-the-covid-19-lockdown-changed-earths-climate/
 
Description BLOG 20/11 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Research published by project partners (Allison et al. 2020) was disseminated to a wider audience in a Met Office blob which led to interest on social media and requests for more information.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/news/2020/how-to-measure-the-heating-of-the-planet
 
Description BLOG 2018/09 Blog to publicise research on Southern Ocean biases in climate simulations 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Blog outlining new research in which we traced large and long-standing biases in computer simulations of climate, affecting the tempestuous Southern Ocean, to errors in cloud that emerge rapidly within the atmospheric models
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://blogs.reading.ac.uk/weather-and-climate-at-reading/2018/cloud-climate-and-the-roaring-40s/
 
Description BLOG 2022/10 Contributed to NOAA climate.gov blog on Where is the heat going during La Nina? 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact I contributed to a NOAA climate.gov blog and discussion on "Where is the heat going during La Nina?" to uncover the science behind the recent unusually lengthy La Nina climate event that picked up on recent research including my own and disseminated this informatiopn widely
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/where-does-global-warming-go-during-la-ni%C3%B1a-0
 
Description COP26 Earth information Day poster presentation 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Display and presentation of poster at Earth Information Day, part of COP26. Our poster described the use of model-data fusion to inform on forest regrowth after disturbance in the seasonally dry-tropics. Such tools can provide informed decision making for land managers on how forests are likely to regrow in response to disturbance under climate change. Questions helped refine the our understanding of what is expected in terms of a user friendly tool for use in beyond the academic sphere.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/resource/Earth%20Information%20for%20Climate%20Action%20%E2%8...
 
Description COVID-19 NO2 over SE Asia 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Images of NO2 over Asia which I contributed to the development of were used in a Sky News broadcast
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Climate change is spinning up the global energy and water cycles. 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Departmental blog discussing climate change and the global energy and water cycles including the use of satellite data in testing computer simulations.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL http://blogs.reading.ac.uk/weather-and-climate-at-reading/2019/climate-change-is-spinning-up-the-glo...
 
Description Contribution to ESA's 'Campaign Earth' blog 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Description of campaign activities in support of the FORUM mission - at the time a candidate for ESA's Earth Explorer 9. The 'Campaign Earth' website is designed to inform the general public about campaigns that are taking place in support of ESA Earth Observation missions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL http://blogs.esa.int/campaignearth/2019/03/25/flying-for-forum-a-day-in-the-life-of-a-phd-student/
 
Description ESA Climate Detectives Projects 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact ESA Education are involved in a Climate Detectives project whereby groups in schools all over the world are investigating climate change. The first leg of this project was to produce a proposal for their investigation - 8 of which I gave personal feedback for - and the second was to simultaneously join a webinar broadcast on YouTube boasting an audience of over 400 school students. The groups were given the opportunity to submit their questions prior to the seminar and a feed was available to also ask questions in real time. The webinar has subsequently been published on YouTube and is available for public viewing.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz9NBdHgZDk
 
Description ESA Living Planet Symposium 2019: presentation at the UKSA/NCEO stand 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation entitled "Increased burnt area detection from multi-temporal radar data: Sentinel-1 and the 2015 fires in Indonesia".
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description ESA TRUTHS Mission Infographic short video 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact An infographic for the TRUTHS mission included on the Space4Climate website to help explain the mission and encourage new careers in the Climate / Space Science sector.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://space4climate.com/truths-mission-careers/
 
Description ESA on Instagram: "Predicting Cholera outbreaks from space?" - Post got more than 49K likes 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The ESA posted on Instagram about PODCAST project and peer-reviewed paper on Cholera Risk: A Machine Learning Approach Applied to Essential Climate Variables by Campbell, Racault, Goult and Laurenson, published in the journal Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health in Dec 2020.
The post received more than 49,000 likes and more than 350 comments as of 4 Mar 2021.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.instagram.com/p/CJUBiRGAY5S/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
 
Description Exhibition at Natural History Museum - Lates 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact "Your Planet Needs You: Weighing the world's forests from space - ESA's BIOMASS mission", organized at the Natural History Museum (London) to showcase NERC's science. A major event with hundreds of visitors.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Financial Reporting for Climate - in conversation with Deloitte and HSBC | February 10 2022 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Setting out the climate science context for business event focusing on Financial Reporting for Climate - in conversation with Deloitte and HSBC . This sparked questions and requests for further information.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://deloitte.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_o-H51f6ZRKqM2Jm7wE6tJw
 
Description Formal Working Group on Land Surface Temperature 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact Forum for the data providers and users to come together to share knowledge
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014,2015,2016
 
Description Good COP bad COP blog discussing COP26 outcomes 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Contributed to blog, involving discussion and requests for more infomation
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://mylittlegreenwardrobe.com/blogs/news/cop26-good-cop-bad-cop
 
Description Guardian Live Panel Discussion "The climate emergency: Your questions answered" 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact A Question Time style debate about the climate emergency. This involved a brief introduction and answering questions from the audience of around 260 from the general public. This sparked discussion and questions afterwards and the possibility of new collaborations.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://membership.theguardian.com/event/the-climate-emergency-your-questions-answered-85482577691
 
Description ISSI Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact 1 week ISSI workshop by invitation
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Image used within a news article about the La Palma volcanic eruption 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Involvement in a news article (in Spanish) outlining the recent volcanic eruption the island of La Palma for Euronews.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://es.euronews.com/2021/09/27/los-satelites-aliados-imprescindibles-en-la-crisis-del-volcan-de-...
 
Description Inited talk at the Mercator Ocean International Marine Data Assimilation workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Being a recognized expert in marine biogeochemical data assimilation, I was invited to give a talk entitled "State-of-the-art of biogeochemical data assimilation" at the international workshop organized by Mercator Ocean International (which is the organization implementing the Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service in the framework of a delegation agreement with the European Union), in Toulouse, France, 5-6 September 2018 (https://www.mercator-ocean.fr/en/news/marine-data-assimilation/).
The workshop objective was to set the scene for creating a long-term European infrastructure in marine data assimilation.
The works of the workshop were reported in a document that has the aim to support the definition of a strategy for the development of Marine Data Assimilation in Europe.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.mercator-ocean.fr/en/news/marine-data-assimilation/
 
Description Interview for BBC North West on the Saddleworth Moor Fires 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Gave a short interview to BBC North West Tonight (13th Jun 2023) on the Saddleworth Moor Fires for their regional news programme.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Interview for Washington Post Newspaper 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Interview on the effects of the 2019/2020 Australia bushfires
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/01/07/pollutants-bush-fires-australia-will-circle-globe/
 
Description Interview for national news 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Interview with BBC News describing FORUM mission after its selection as Earth Explorer 9.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/science-environment-49811239/forum-satellite-will-investigate-how-eart...
 
Description Invited plenary talk at the OceanPredict 19 Symposium 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact I gave a talk on the future directions that marine biogeochemical DA should take, to an audience including the leading global actors of operational oceanography as well as the private sector and governmental users. The talk sparked question and interest on marine ecoystems.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://oceanpredict19.org/
 
Description Invited talk at international "The Global Biogeochemical-Argo Fleet: Knowledge to Action Workshop": Title: "Assimilation of biogeochemical data in marine ecosystem models: status and perspectives" 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Invited talk at international workshop to promote the expansion of the BGC-Argo fleet to study/predict the ocean
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoGMuMDIUxw
 
Description Invited talk at the CMEMS General Assembly 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact I represented the CMEMS Service Evolution (SE) programme in a talk on the impacts of the SE projects on CMEMS operational systems (including my SE projects TOSCA and OPTIMA). This wass an ideal venue to highlight PML/NCEO/NERC Data Assimilation impact on Copernicus marine services and beyond. The talk sparked questions and interest.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL http://marine.copernicus.eu/copernicus-marine-service-general-assembly/
 
Description MEDIA 19/07 - Interview with New Scientist about amplifying cloud climate feedback study (also reported in Earth.com) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Interview with New Scientist about a study highlighting a possible new amplifying cloud climate feedback associated with cirrus outflow (also reported in Earth.com)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.newscientist.com/article/2209661-climate-change-may-thin-high-altitude-clouds-and-trigge...
 
Description MEDIA 19/07 Interview by Talk Radio on if London's climate will become like Barcelona by 2050 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Interview by Talk Radio on a new study purporting that London's climate will become like Barcelona by 2050
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=13555&DateTime=7%2F13%2F2019+3%3A03%3A34+AM&Term=Uni...
 
Description MEDIA 19/07 Interview with LBC discussing the July 2019 heatwave also reported in The Telegraph following Science Media Centre quote. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Interview with LBC discussing the July 2019 heatwave in the context of climate change that was also reported in The Telegraph following liaison through the Science Media Centre.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-uk-heatwave/
 
Description MEDIA 19/08 - Is July 2019 the hottest month globally ever recorded? 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Science Media Centre quote on the exceptional July 2019 global temperatures in the context of climate change that was picked up by Evening Standard and many regional news outlets
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/july-set-to-be-jointwarmest-month-on-record-and-may-be-the-hot...
 
Description MEDIA 19/09 - University of Reading press release ahead of the New York UN Climate Action Summit 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact University of Reading press release ahead of the New York UN Climate Action Summit
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL http://www.reading.ac.uk/news-and-events/releases/PR809880.aspx
 
Description MEDIA 19/10 Participating in a Science media communication workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Participating in a science media communications workshop focusing on climate change
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/working-with-us/for-scientists/intro/
 
Description MEDIA 19/12 - BBC World Service interview on the outcome of COP25 climate meeting on climate policy 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact BBC World Service interview on the outcome of COP25 climate meeting on climate policy which sparked discussion.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=7195&DateTime=12%2F15%2F2019+1%3A12%3A47+PM&Term=Red...
 
Description MEDIA 19/12 - comments on WMO state of the climate to Science Media Centre/Associated Press 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Science Media Centre comments on WMO Provisional Statement on State of Climate in 2019 (e.g. Associated Press)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-the-provisional-statement-on-the-state-of-the-...
 
Description MEDIA 20/01 - France 24 debate about Australian bushfires and climate change 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact France 24 debate about Australian bushfires and climate change that sparked questions and debate from panel members and audience
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.france24.com/en/20200114-why-is-australia-bruning-bushfires-spark-calls-for-urgent-overh...
 
Description MEDIA 20/03 - press release on postponement of Glasgow COP26 climate meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Press release commenting on postponement of Glasgow COP26 climate meeting
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL http://www.reading.ac.uk/news-and-events/releases/PR838689.aspx
 
Description MEDIA 20/07 - Comments on State of UK climate report 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Comments on State of UK climate report with further interest by media including Independent article
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-the-6th-state-of-the-uk-climate-report/
 
Description MEDIA 20/07 - Comments on climate mitigation in Science Media Centre press release 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Comments on climate mitigation in Science Media Centre press release which generated media interest including quotes in the Wall Street Journal
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-study-looking-at-when-global-temperatures-migh...
 
Description MEDIA 20/08 - Comment in Independent article on wheat yields 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Comment in Independent article on wheat yields with requests for further participation
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-crisis-extreme-weather-uk-temperature-heat-farmers...
 
Description MEDIA 20/08 - comments on State of the climate 2019 publication 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Comments on State of the climate 2019 publication in press release. Some further related requests resulted.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-state-of-the-climate-in-2019-report/
 
Description MEDIA 2021 - BBC Weather World interview on extreme precipitation 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme?