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.
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.
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
- University of Leicester (Lead Research Organisation)
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) (Collaboration)
- University of Oslo (Collaboration)
- Brockmann Consult (Collaboration)
- Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF READING (Collaboration)
- University of Kyoto (Collaboration)
- Teledyne Technologies International Corp (Collaboration)
- Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (Collaboration)
- University of Sheffield (Collaboration)
- Norwegian Seismic Array (Collaboration)
- University of Bath (Collaboration)
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (Collaboration)
- European Space Agency (Collaboration)
- University of Helsinki (Collaboration)
- Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (Collaboration)
- Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (Collaboration)
- University of Bristol (Collaboration)
- European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (Collaboration)
- Gamma Remote Sensing (Collaboration)
- Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) (Collaboration)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (Collaboration)
- University of Tromso (Collaboration)
- Mercator Océan (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER (Collaboration)
- National Partnership for Ocean Prediction (NPOP) (Collaboration)
- Estellus (Collaboration)
- Finnish Meteorological Institute (Collaboration)
- TU Wien (Collaboration)
- Dalhousie University (Collaboration)
- Portuguese Institute of Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) (Collaboration)
- ACRI-ST (Collaboration)
- European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting ECMWF (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE (Collaboration)
- Meteorological Office UK (Collaboration)
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Collaboration)
- University of Cologne (Collaboration)
- Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) (Collaboration)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Collaboration)
- University of Bern (Collaboration)
- World Wide Fund for Nature (Collaboration)
- SWANSEA UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- Data Assimilation Task Team (DA-TT) (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH (Collaboration)
- Marine Ecosystem And Prediction Task Team (MEAP-TT) (Collaboration)
- KING'S COLLEGE LONDON (Collaboration)
Publications
Taylor C
(2022)
"Late-stage" deforestation enhances storm trends in coastal West Africa
in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Wainwright C
(2019)
'Eastern African Paradox' rainfall decline due to shorter not less intense Long Rains
in npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
Sheng J
(2018)
2010-2016 methane trends over Canada, the United States, and Mexico observed by the GOSAT satellite: contributions from different source sectors
in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Bittig H
(2019)
A BGC-Argo Guide: Planning, Deployment, Data Handling and Usage
in Frontiers in Marine Science
Barton E
(2019)
A case-study of land-atmosphere coupling during monsoon onset in northern India
in Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
Araza A
(2022)
A comprehensive framework for assessing the accuracy and uncertainty of global above-ground biomass maps
in Remote Sensing of Environment
Araza A
(2022)
A comprehensive framework for assessing the accuracy and uncertainty of global above-ground biomass maps
in Remote Sensing of Environment
Araza A
(2022)
A comprehensive framework for assessing the accuracy and uncertainty of global above-ground biomass maps
in Remote Sensing of Environment
Tian H
(2020)
A comprehensive quantification of global nitrous oxide sources and sinks.
in Nature
Cheval S
(2023)
A country scale assessment of the heat hazard-risk in urban areas
in Building and Environment
| 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 | Invited Expert onto the GCOS-TOPC Panel |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | LSTM Mission Advisory Group |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | Lectures at ESA Earth Observation Summer School, August 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| 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 | 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. 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 |
| 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 data assimilation |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Description | Training course on data assimilation for the Ghana Space Institute as part of NCEO ODA |
| Geographic Reach | Africa |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Description | (SEAMLESS) - Services based on Ecosystem data AssiMiLation: Essential Science and Solutions |
| Amount | € 1,499,851 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 101004032 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 01/2021 |
| End | 12/2023 |
| Description | AMT4CO2Flux |
| Amount | £151,585 (GBP) |
| Organisation | European Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | France |
| Start | 11/2021 |
| End | 04/2023 |
| Description | Advanced Surface Temperature Radiometer and Development of Global Network |
| Amount | £1,590,001 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | RS04976 |
| Organisation | United Kingdom Research and Innovation |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2023 |
| End | 03/2025 |
| Description | Agri-Tech in China Newton Network+ |
| Amount | £124,413 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | LG007 |
| Organisation | Rothamsted Research |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2018 |
| End | 03/2019 |
| Description | Assessment of the potential use of high resolution Thermal Infra-Red (TIR) bands |
| Amount | € 400,000 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 4000120368/17/NL/AF/hh |
| Organisation | ESA - ESTEC |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Start | 05/2017 |
| End | 04/2020 |
| Description | AtlantECo (H2020) |
| Amount | £259,019 (GBP) |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 09/2020 |
| End | 09/2025 |
| Description | BICEP (ESA) |
| Amount | £325,492 (GBP) |
| Organisation | European Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | France |
| Start | 01/2020 |
| End | 06/2022 |
| Description | BIOMASS calibration CCN |
| Amount | € 17,000 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 4000128937/15/NL/CT |
| Organisation | European Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | France |
| Start | 01/2023 |
| End | 04/2023 |
| Description | C3S2 Lakes |
| Amount | € 177,918 (EUR) |
| Organisation | European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting ECMWF |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2022 |
| End | 09/2024 |
| Description | C3S2 Oceans |
| Amount | € 92,306 (EUR) |
| Organisation | European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting ECMWF |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2021 |
| End | 01/2023 |
| Description | CAMPUS (Combining Autonomous observations and Models for Predicting and Understanding Shelf seas) |
| Amount | £501,040 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NE/R006849/1 |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2018 |
| End | 03/2022 |
| Description | CASE studentship |
| Amount | £3,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Meteorological Office UK |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2021 |
| End | 09/2024 |
| Description | CASE studentship |
| Amount | £3,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Meteorological Office UK |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2021 |
| End | 09/2024 |
| Description | CCI+ Phase 1 supplement |
| Amount | € 172,424 (EUR) |
| Organisation | European Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | France |
| Start | 02/2019 |
| End | 06/2022 |
| Description | CGLOPS2 |
| Amount | € 30,564 (EUR) |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 04/2021 |
| End | 03/2023 |
| Description | COPERNICUS SPACE COMPONENT VALIDATION FOR LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE, AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH AND WATER VAPOUR SENTINEL-3 PRODUCTS |
| Amount | € 1,500,000 (EUR) |
| Organisation | European Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | France |
| Start | 01/2020 |
| End | 12/2021 |
| Description | CSSP Brazil BZ2: Evaluation of South American Ecosystem Processes |
| Amount | £250,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Newton Fund |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2019 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Description | Climate Change Initiative |
| Amount | £3,000,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | UK Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2022 |
| End | 01/2025 |
| Description | Copernicus Climate Change Service - Lot 1 Atmospheric Physics - 1st 12 months |
| Amount | € 2,000,000 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | C3S2_312a Lot 1 |
| Organisation | European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting ECMWF |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2022 |
| End | 12/2024 |
| Description | Copernicus Climate Change Service C3S_312b_Lot2 |
| Amount | £148,705 (GBP) |
| Organisation | European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting ECMWF |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2018 |
| End | 06/2021 |
| Description | Copernicus Climate Change Service Lot 2 Atmospheric Composition 1st 12 months |
| Amount | € 2,000,000 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | C3S2_312a Lot 2 |
| Organisation | European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting ECMWF |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2022 |
| End | 12/2022 |
| Description | DEFRA AQ |
| Amount | £126,723 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ecm_55415 |
| Organisation | Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2019 |
| End | 12/2020 |
| Description | Detection and Attribution of Regional greenhouse gas Emissions in the UK (DARE-UK) |
| Amount | £200,586 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NE/S003746/1 |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2019 |
| End | 03/2023 |
| Description | Development of Operational Prototype of GHGWatch |
| Amount | £297,509 (GBP) |
| Organisation | UK Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2021 |
| End | 03/2022 |
| Description | EO Africa |
| Amount | € 250,000 (EUR) |
| Organisation | European Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | France |
| Start | 10/2022 |
| End | 10/2024 |
| Description | EO UK - Australia EO4CH4 |
| Amount | £500,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | United Kingdom Research and Innovation |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2023 |
| End | 03/2025 |
| Description | EO4Society |
| Amount | € 23,723 (EUR) |
| Organisation | European Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | France |
| Start | 01/2022 |
| End | 10/2022 |
| Description | EO4Society - Restore-IT |
| Amount | € 150,000 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 4000136484/21/I-DT-lr |
| Organisation | European Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | France |
| Start | 12/2021 |
| End | 12/2022 |
| Description | ESA CCI Land Surface Temperature |
| Amount | € 1,745,720 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 4000123553/18/I-NB |
| Organisation | European Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | France |
| Start | 05/2018 |
| End | 10/2021 |
| Description | ESA CCI+ New R&D on CCI ECVs |
| Amount | € 8,371,016 (EUR) |
| Organisation | European Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | France |
| Start | 10/2018 |
| End | 09/2021 |
| Description | ESA CCI+ Ozone continuation CCN1 |
| Amount | € 340,000 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 4000126562/19/I-NB CCN1 |
| Organisation | European Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | France |
| Start | 07/2022 |
| End | 07/2024 |
| Description | ESA Climate Change Initiative (CCI+) Water Vapour - Continuation |
| Amount | £1,300,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 4000123554/18/I-NB Water Vapour_CCI CCN 3 |
| Organisation | European Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | France |
| Start | 09/2022 |
| End | 09/2025 |
| Description | ESA Earth Observation Envelope Programme - Data User Element (GlobTemperature) |
| Amount | € 332,995 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 4000xxx/13/I-AM |
| Organisation | European Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | France |
| Start | 11/2013 |
| End | 12/2017 |
| Description | ESA LSTM End-2-End Mission Performance Simulator (E2ES) Study |
| Amount | € 250,000 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 4000125870/18/NL/LF |
| Organisation | ESA - ESTEC |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Start | 11/2018 |
| End | 03/2020 |
| Description | ESA Living Planet Fellowship |
| Amount | € 82,914 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | EOP-S/14/008/DFP-dr |
| Organisation | European Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | France |
| Start | 04/2015 |
| End | 03/2017 |
| Description | ESA Methane+ continuation CCN1 |
| Amount | € 100,000 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | ESA contract 4000129987/20/I-DT CCN1 |
| Organisation | European Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | France |
| Start | 03/2023 |
| End | 03/2024 |
| Description | ESA Sentinel-3 Mission Performance Centre (S3MPC) |
| Amount | € 354,466 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 4000111836/14/I-LG |
| Organisation | European Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | France |
| Start | 10/2018 |
| End | 12/2021 |
| Description | ESA-Future Earth COP26 Demonstrator |
| Amount | € 24,914 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | ESA-2020-04 |
| Organisation | European Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | France |
| Start | 09/2020 |
| End | 08/2021 |
| Description | EUMETSAT Visiting Scientist Scheme (Intercomparison of the CM SAF and GlobTemperature LST TCDR Project) |
| Amount | € 21,000 (EUR) |
| Organisation | European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Germany |
| Start | 04/2016 |
| End | 10/2016 |
| Description | Euro-Argo RISE (H2020) |
| Amount | £31,828 (GBP) |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 02/2019 |
| End | 01/2023 |
| Description | FRM4SOC 2 |
| Amount | £114,632 (GBP) |
| Organisation | European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Germany |
| Start | 04/2021 |
| End | 03/2023 |
| Description | FY2017 JSPS Invitational Fellowship for Research in Japan (Long-term) |
| Amount | ￥1,550,400 (JPY) |
| Organisation | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Japan |
| Start | 04/2017 |
| End | 07/2017 |
| Description | Flood and Coastal Resilience Innovation Programme |
| Amount | £250,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Meteorological Office UK |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2022 |
| End | 03/2027 |
| Description | Future Missions/FORUM |
| Amount | £769,231 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 4000137153/22/NL/IA |
| Organisation | European Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | France |
| Start | 12/2021 |
| End | 12/2023 |
| Description | GCOM-C Satellite Validation 2018-2019 |
| Amount | ￥1,500,000 (JPY) |
| Organisation | Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Japan |
| Start | 04/2018 |
| End | 03/2019 |
| Description | GHGWatch - a multi-sensor approach to Greenhouse Gas Detection, |
| Amount | £226,295 (GBP) |
| Organisation | UK Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2020 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Description | GRIP Australia EO4 Climate Agritec |
| Amount | £181,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2022 |
| End | 03/2022 |
| Description | Grant for Scoping Meeting of Working Group on Earth Observations for Ecology and Epidemiology of Water-associated Diseases |
| Amount | € 9,780 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | http://www.ocean-partners.org/earth-observation-ecology-and-epidemiology-water-associated-diseases |
| Organisation | Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans, POGO |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2018 |
| End | 03/2019 |
| Description | Ground-Based Observations for validation (GBOV) of Copernicus Global Land Products |
| Amount | € 172,000 (EUR) |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 10/2017 |
| End | 06/2021 |
| Description | Ground-Based Observations for validation (GBOV) of Copernicus Global Land Products - Phase 2 |
| Amount | € 2,000,000 (EUR) |
| Organisation | European Union |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 12/2021 |
| End | 12/2025 |
| Description | HEEPS/opti |
| Amount | € 10,701 (EUR) |
| Organisation | European Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | France |
| Start | 10/2021 |
| End | 02/2022 |
| Description | Heat Data for cities: a pilot project with Ordnance Survey in support of UK climate change actions |
| Amount | £20,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | UK Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2022 |
| End | 03/2022 |
| Description | Horizon Europe Guarantee |
| Amount | £243,029 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 10066549 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2023 |
| End | 12/2026 |
| Description | HydroJULES Data Assimilation |
| Amount | £50,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2019 |
| End | 03/2020 |
| Description | Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) Agri-tech Seeding Catalyst Award |
| Amount | £10,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2018 |
| End | 02/2019 |
| Description | JAXA2021 |
| Amount | ￥1,500,000 (JPY) |
| Organisation | Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Japan |
| Start | 02/2022 |
| End | 03/2022 |
| Description | LST CCI Phase 2 |
| Amount | € 141,256 (EUR) |
| Organisation | European Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | France |
| Start | 03/2022 |
| End | 03/2025 |
| Description | LSTM Mission Performance Consolidation Study |
| Amount | € 249,998 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 4000140005/23/NL/SD |
| Organisation | European Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | France |
| Start | 01/2023 |
| End | 07/2025 |
| Description | Land Surface Temperature Climate Change Initiative (LST_cci) Phase-2 |
| Amount | € 1,300,000 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 4000123553/18/I-NB |
| Organisation | European Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | France |
| Start | 03/2022 |
| End | 03/2025 |
| Description | Microcarb |
| Amount | £300,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | UK Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2018 |
| End | 12/2021 |
| Description | NOWMAPS 2 - EU Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS) - Monitoring and Forecasting Centre of the North-West European Shelf-Seas (MFC NWS) |
| Amount | € 1,000,000 (EUR) |
| Organisation | Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 04/2018 |
| 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 | 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 | 04/2022 |
| 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 | 04/2020 |
| 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 | 04/2020 |
| 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 | 07/2021 |
| End | 03/2022 |
| 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 | 04/2017 |
| 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 | £700,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NE/S012567/1 |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2019 |
| End | 02/2021 |
| 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 | 04/2019 |
| 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 | 06/2019 |
| 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 | 10/2021 |
| End | 03/2022 |
| 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 | 10/2019 |
| End | 09/2023 |
| Description | SeaBIOMES |
| Amount | £972,180 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Simons Foundation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 07/2017 |
| End | 06/2022 |
| 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 | 10/2021 |
| 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 | 04/2020 |
| End | 12/2021 |
| Description | Sentinel-4 Level-2 Processor Contract Change Notices 14 & 15 |
| Amount | £172,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | ESA - ESTEC |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Start | 09/2022 |
| End | 03/2024 |
| Description | Sentinel-5p+ Innovation WaterVapour Isotopologue |
| Amount | £99,918 (GBP) |
| Organisation | European Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | France |
| Start | 07/2019 |
| 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 | 04/2022 |
| End | 03/2025 |
| Description | Standard grant |
| Amount | £387,224 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2022 |
| 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 | 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 | 09/2021 |
| End | 05/2023 |
| 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 | 10/2019 |
| 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 | 07/2016 |
| End | 06/2017 |
| 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 | WCSSP India |
| Amount | £9,677,379 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Meteorological Office UK |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2021 |
| 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 | (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 | 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 | 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 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |
| 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 | 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 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 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 | 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 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 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 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? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Interview about how climate change affects extreme precipitation viewed by a wide audience, and sparked some comments on twitter |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000v0kr |
| Description | MEDIA 2021 - Comments on North American heatwave - Science Media Centre |
| 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 | 5th July 2021 - Comments on North American heatwave - Science Media Centre - requests for more information |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-the-north-american-heatwave/ |
| Description | MEDIA 2021 - Guardian article on COVID19 and pollution |
| 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 | Highlighting the effects of COVID19 on air pollution and climate to large general public audience which sparked comments and debate and changes of opinion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/13/drop-in-pollution-may-bring-hotter-weather-and-heavier... |
| Description | MEDIA 2021 - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 6th assessment report on the physical science basis released (as an author I also contributed to the SMC briefing, BBC 5Live, BBC World Service, Guardian, Al Jazeera/Inside Story, Washington Post, ITV, etc...) |
| 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 | 9th August 2021 - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 6th assessment report on the physical science basis released (as an author I contributed to the SMC briefing, BBC 5Live, BBC World Service, Guardian, Al Jazeera/Inside Story, Washington Post, ITV, etc...) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/ipcc-ar6-a-qa-with-scientists-from-working-group-1/ |
| Description | MEDIA 2021 - Longer dry spells and later wet seasons projected for tropical regions (research in J. HydroMet. and press release; see also SA Business Insider) |
| 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 | 9th September 2021 - Longer dry spells and later wet seasons projected for tropical regions (research in J. HydroMet. and press release; see also SA Business Insider) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.businessinsider.co.za/climate-change-will-bring-longer-and-drier-dry-seasons-in-sa-new-s... |
| Description | MEDIA 2021 - Outcome of the COP26 climate meeting Science Media Centre and articles in Guardian and Daily Mirror |
| 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 | 14th November 2021 - Outcome of the COP26 climate meeting SMC comment and articles in Guardian and Daily Mirror that sparked interest from general public |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/30/is-this-our-last-chance-to-act-on-the-climate-cr... |
| Description | MEDIA 2021 - SMC quote on Met Office Met Office predictions the planet may cross 1.5oC warming threshold in one of the next 5 years (also interviewed on BBC World News and News 24) |
| 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 | 27th May 2021 - SMC quote on Met Office Met Office predictions the planet may cross 1.5oC warming threshold in one of the next 5 years (also interviewd on BBC World News and News 24) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NqNC3UV0qM |
| Description | MEDIA 2021 - State of the UK Climate report (Science Media Centre, Sky News, Guardian) |
| 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 | 29th July 2021 - State of the UK Climate report (Science Media Centre, Sky News, Guardian) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/29/extreme-weather-will-be-the-norm-and-uk-is-not-prepare... |
| Description | MEDIA 2021 - comment on research showing a faster increase in precipitation and transition from snow to rain in the Arctic (Science Media Centre, Guardian) |
| 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 | 1st December 2021 - comment on research showing a faster increase in precipitation and transition from snow to rain in the Arctic (SMC, Guardian) that sparked interest |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/30/rain-replace-snow-arctic-climate-heats-study |
| Description | MEDIA 2021 - comments on State of the Climate WMO report picked up by news outlets |
| 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 to Science Media Centre picked up by Guardian and Independent which sparked debate and comments online |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/19/relentless-climate-crisis-intensified-in-2020-sa... |
| Description | MEDIA 2021 - extreme rainfall and flooding over Europe and the challenge of simulating fine detail impacts (CNN, GB news, SMC & The Times) |
| 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 | 21st July 2021 - extreme rainfall and flooding over Europe and the challenge of simulating fine detail impacts (CNN, GB news, SMC & The Times) that sparked comments online |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/london-flooding-latest-ae-closures-gm6xxlm3h |
| Description | MEDIA 2021 - interview with BBC Scotland about WMO report on weather-related disasters since the 1970s and link to climate change (also Al Jazeera Inside Story) |
| 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 | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | 1st September 2021 - interview with BBC Scotland about WMO report on weather-related disasters since the 1970s and link to climate change (also Al Jazeera Inside Story) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2021/9/3/could-extreme-weather-events-lead-to-more-ac... |
| Description | MEDIA 2021: Royal Meteorological Sociaty video on How and why the climate is changing to showcase the new RMetS book Weather - a force of nature |
| 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 | 1st November 2021: RMetS video on How and why the climate is changing to showcase the new RMetS book Weather - a force of nature: resulted in requests for more information |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN61vGxDs2I |
| Description | MEDIA 2022 - Comment to Science Media Centre and New Statesman on climate change and impacts from storms |
| 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 | Comment to Science Media Centre and New Statesman on climate change and impacts from storms led to further requests for information and engagement on twitter |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-red-weather-warning-issued-for-parts-of-south-... |
| Description | MEDIA 2022 - Comments on Storm Eunice and climate change to Science Media Centre and multiple news outlets (ITV news, Guardian, inews, Yahoo news, CTV, NNN, LBC radio) |
| 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 | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Comments that led to requests for further information and discussion with interviewers from multiple news agencies about effects of climate change on storms and how they form with requests for more information and engagement on twitter |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/i/status/1494712766980046848 |
| Description | MEDIA 2022 - France24 interview about climate change |
| 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 | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Live interview about climate change and extreme weather with France 24 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.france24.com/en/video/20220216-could-nuclear-power-be-key-in-transitioning-to-a-fully-re... |
| Description | MEDIA 2022 - SMC comment on Copernicus report of ongoing global warming highlighting impacts in 2021 and surging methane concentrations |
| 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 | 10th January 2022 - Science Media Centre comment on Copernicus report of ongoing global warming highlighting impacts in 2021 and surging methane concentrations that led to requests for information |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-data-on-global-temperature-and-co2-methane/ |
| Description | MEDIA 2022/04 Comments to media on Amazon tipping points paper |
| 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 | Media comments on new research in to Amazon tipping points that was published by the Science Media Centre and reported in the media such as CNN. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-research-on-amazon-tipping-points/ |
| Description | MEDIA 2022/05 Science Media Centre comments on WMO State of the Global Climate 2021 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 WMO State of the Global Climate 2021 report that were published by Science Media Centre and reported in the media e.g. Irish Times |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-wmo-state-of-the-climate-2021/ |
| Description | MEDIA 2022/07 media comments on heatwave in the UK and western/southern Europe |
| 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 heatwave in the UK and western/southern Europe that were published by the Science MEdia Centre andreported widely (e.g. ABC radio news, Yahoo UK, Guardian, Times, i-news, Mail, CNBC, BBC News) 11th July 2022 - |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-hot-weather-and-climate-change/ |
| Description | MEDIA 2022/08 Media comments on the developing drought in the UK and on the impact of climate change on the intensity of droughts. |
| 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 | Scientific comments on the developing drought in the UK and on the impact of climate change on the intensity of droughts, 9th Aug 2022 that was reported by the Science MEdia Centre and University press office and quoted by ITV News (online), Independent, Daily Mail, Evening Standard, Aol., The National News, Yahoo!, Western Mail (in print), Oxford Mail, Daily Echo, The National, Belfast Telegraph, The Bolton News, The Standard, News and Star, The Press, Glasgow Times, News Break Sky News online, Express, Daily Mail, Yahoo!, Heart Radio online, Smooth Radio online, Capital FM Radio online, MSN, The Washington Times, News Amed, Daily Star Post, The One World News, Eminetra, Arab News 24 and more than a hundred other outlets |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-the-anticipated-uk-drought/ |
| Description | MEDIA 2022/10 Article on worsening floods & droughts with every bit of global warming for the Scotsman and research.reading blog |
| 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 | I worte an articvle on worsening floods & droughts with every bit of global warming for the Scotsman newspaper that was also published as a research.reading blog |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/climate-change-every-bit-of-global-warming-is-makin... |
| Description | MEDIA 2022/11 Comments on recent climate reports ahead of COP27 climate meeting that was reported in the media |
| 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 recent climate reports ahead of COP27 climate meeting that was reported in the media7 such as a Guardian article on rapidly emerging climate impacts ahead of COP27 and by the Science Media Centre on Copernicus Climate report showing rapid warming in Europe |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-state-of-the-climate-in-europe-report-publishe... |
| Description | MEDIA 2022/12 Quoted in New Scientist article on drought and Europe's energy system |
| 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 | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Quoted in New Scientist article on drought and Europe's energy system 14th December 2022 - |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25634175-800-extreme-drought-in-2022-exposed-fragility-of-eur... |
| Description | MEDIA 2023/01 Comments on Met Office story on record UK temperatures in 2022 and Met Office forecast of renewed warming in 2023 |
| 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 | Scientific comments on on Met Office report on record UK temperatures in 2022 and forecast of renewed warming in 2023 that was reported by the BBC and Guardian |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-2022-being-uks-hottest-year-on-record/ |
| Description | MEDIA 2023/01 INterview by CNN on deterioration of existing, uncleared forest in the Amazon |
| 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 by CNN about a review on the deterioration of existing, uncleared forest in the Amazon and its causes 28th January 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/27/world/amazon-rainforest-damage-climate-intl/index.html |
| Description | MEDIA2018/10 Multiple media interviews weather and climate (Jan-Sept 2018) |
| 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 | Multiple media interviews on heatwave (Sky News), hothouse Earth paper (BBC News) and Hurricane Florence and super Typhoon Mangkhut (BBC News, Daily Express). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2018 |
| URL | https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1017792/Hurricane-Florence-climate-change-atlantic-storms-are-t... |
| Description | MEDIA: February 21st 2020: quoted in Telegraph article on role of Atmospheric Rivers in recent UK flooding |
| 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 | Discussion with Telegraph about article on role of Atmospheric Rivers in recent UK flooding. The author changed his opinion and improved his knowledge thereby informing the public better. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/02/21/atmospheric-rivers-atlantic-blamed-torrential-rain |
| Description | MEdia 2021 - nova RADIO INTERVIEW |
| 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 | 30th April 2021 - interview will NOVA radio on new government emissions cut targets and the recent UN report on the state of the climate that sparked debate |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | http://www.met.reading.ac.uk/~sgs02rpa/MISC/WillHardyApr-30-2021.mp3 |
| Description | News web-article/ Press Release by Plymouth Marine Laboratory and NERC about NERC TaSE Initiative funded projects |
| 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 | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The project Pathways of dispersal for cholera and solution tools (PODCAST) funded under the NERC Directed International was presented in the news article published in the PML website (https://www.pml.ac.uk/News_and_media/News/PODCAST_project_seeks_solution_for_cholera_outbrea), the article was linked to the news story published by NERC presenting the funded project in the the call "Towards a Sustainable Earth" (TaSE) published at https://nerc.ukri.org/press/releases/2019/07-tase/ The project PODCAST is a multi-lateral collaborative project involving partners from Japan JAMSTEC and India NIO, NERCI and CMFRI. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.pml.ac.uk/News_and_media/News/PODCAST_project_seeks_solution_for_cholera_outbrea |
| Description | OUTREACH 2017/05 Weather and Climate Science for Society, University of Reading Virtual Open Day. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Generate interest in Meteorology and further visits to University. Around 20 students interacted in a virtual tour and presentation on climate. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.met.rdg.ac.uk/~sgs02rpa/TALKS/AllanRPVirtualOpenDay18.pdf |
| Description | OUTREACH 2018/06 A lecture and demonstration of the physics of climate change at Bohunt Wokingham school, 7th June 2018. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The Science of Climate Change lecture and demonstration of the physics of climate change at Bohunt Wokingham school, 7th June 2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.met.rdg.ac.uk/~sgs02rpa/TALKS/AllanRP2018BohuntClimate.pdf |
| Description | OUTREACH 2021 - Causes of climate change talk and interview for GCSE Geography students, Gillotts School, Henley June 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | An online interview and talk on the "Causes of climate change" designed to link with GCSE Geography curriculum and delivered to Gillotts School, Henley |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://drive.google.com/file/d/13Z9LfK9QYk51cydmbOglwmrzqL-wipV1/view |
| Description | OUTREACH 2021 - Science and Stormont: talk on the latest climate science to Royal Society of Chemistry Stormont policy event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | talk on the latest climate science to Royal Society of Chemistry Stormont policy event that involved debate and discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.rsc.org/events/detail/47838/science-and-stormont-2021 |
| Description | OUTREACH 2021 - Talk and active demonstrations on science of climate change to Reading Girls school October 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Talk and demonstrations on science of climate change to Reading Girls school October 2021. Students actively participated in experiments and demonstrations and were highly engaged, asking insightful questions |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://spark.adobe.com/page/FkXrCfDr9Xida/ |
| Description | OUTREACH 2021 - climate change talk as part of Reading COP26 event November 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk on the latest science from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment report to local government and interest groups as part of the Reading COP26 events |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/19699459.climate-rally-taking-place-reading-today-cop26/ |
| Description | OUTREACH 2021 - online talk to general public on the latest climate science as part of Reading Climate Festival COP26 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Online talk to general public on the latest climate science from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as part of the University of Reading contribution to the Reading Climate Festival leading up to COP26 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://readingcan.org.uk/ |
| Description | OUTREACH 2022/04 - Science of climate change talk and demonstrations at Marist school |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The Marist School, April 28 2022 Lunchtime discussion for ages 11-18 and interactive session for Year 9/10 on Climate Change: Causes, Consequenses and Solutions |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | OUTREACH 2022/04 University Court, Climate change panel business leaders |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Climate change panel for members of the University Court including business leaders, the mayors of Wokingham and Reading and heads of local schools |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | OUTREACH 2022/07 STEM Virtual Careers Fair, 4 July 2022 [Climate Ambassador Outreach] |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Contributed to STEM Virtual Careers Fair, 4 July 2022 in role as STEM Climate Ambassador |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.stem.org.uk/news-and-views/news/Life-After-School-Get-ready-virtual-careers-fair |
| Description | OUTREACH 2022/11 keynote talk on climate change and Earth Observation to Belgian contributions to Earth Sciences in a Changing World study day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote talk on Observing Earth to Monitor, Understand and Predict Climate Change at the Belgian contributions to Earth Sciences in a Changing World study day, Brussels, 4th November 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://bncgg.oma.be/EN/studyday20221104.php |
| Description | OUTREACH 2022/12 keynote talk to business practitioners at Reading Climate Fayre |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Keynote talk on The Physical Science Basis for Climate Change: Causes & Consequences to business leaders and practitioners at Reading Climate Fayre, Green Park, Reading, 22nd November 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.ethicalreading.org.uk/reading-climate-fayre/ |
| Description | OUTREACH 2023/03 - kenote talk on climate science and the IPCC for GRIDSERVE business conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A keynote talk on the science of climate change, sumarising the IPCC findings, the scale of the problem and what is needed to solve the diminishing carbon budget. This teed up the CEO of GRIDSERVE who motivated business prtactitioners, mainly in the energy sector, to strive towards net zero goals. This had a national reach though there was some international participation remotely. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | OUTREACH Ask Me Anything on Climate panel and twitter schools event, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Ask Me Anything on Climate panel and twitter schools event, 13th March 2020 Department of Meteorology, University of Reading. This generated many questions in person and virtually through twitter and students reported a change in their opinions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/UniRdg_Met/status/1238405936638820352?s=20 |
| Description | Oral presentation at the ESA's workshop "Atlantic from space", Southampton, UK, 23-25 January 2019 |
| 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 | I gave a talk entitled "Decadal reanalysis of biogeochemical indicators and fluxes in the North East Atlantic ecosystem" at the ESA's workshop "Atlantic from space", Southampton, UK, 23-25 January 2019. This talk provide my expert contribution to the objective of the workshop, which was to assess the opportunities for Atlantic region focussed Earth Observation research and development, downstream activities and Information and communications technology (ICT) evolution, which may be the basis for future ESA investments to address some of the key information needs of this important area. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://eo4society.esa.int/event/atlantic-from-space/ |
| Description | Oral presentation to the 35th meeting of the Monitoring, Assessment & Reporting Group (MARG) of DEFRA. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | I presented the ambition and results of the UK NERC CAMPUS project, promoting the application o the science in marine policy and management frameworks. In particular, we discussed the outcomes of the project could usefully feed into our UK Marine Strategy and OSPAR monitoring and assessment programmes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Our Dynamic Earth, EISF |
| 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 debate on global change as part of the Edinburgh International Science Festival |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Oxfordshire Pension Fund Climate Change Workshop, November 8th 2019. Climate change and what to expect. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discussion and workshop aiming to guide Oxfordshire county council on its policy regarding investment/divestment from fossil fuel in its pensions. Impact on pension bodies and stakeholders on the damage of climate change that helped to change opinions and practice. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | PODCAST 2021 - 4th October 2021: University of Reading podcast Climate Change: Providing the Science for Politicians |
| 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 | Schools |
| Results and Impact | 4th October 2021: University of Reading podcast Climate Change: Providing the Science for Politicians that sparked interest from prospective students |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://open.spotify.com/episode/2kSAYrwD7uJ06aVsZBq0qz?si=2upd7wfOT1CE-IVFyR72Gg&dl_branch=1 |
| Description | PODCAST 2022/07 Facebook Live on IPCC and climate change |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Participated in Facebook Live interview by Full Circle CI on climate change, July 20th 2022 with discussion of the IPCC and climate change |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/groups/1029801524424055/permalink/1282848572452681 |
| Description | PODCAST 2022/12 Interview on the science behind human-caused climate change and net zero as part of the Electric Evolution podcast series |
| 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 | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Interview on the science behind human-caused climate change and net zero as part of the Electric Evolution podcast series 7th December 2022 - |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYDZm-oHQr4 |
| Description | PODCAST-project presentation at UKRI-led Towards a Sustainable Earth (TaSE) Programme Meeting 13-14 Jan 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Supporters |
| Results and Impact | Talk about PODCAST project as part of the UKRI-led Towards a Sustainable Earth (TaSE) Programme. The presentation highlighting progress, any key outcomes so far, impacts of COVID. It was presented to international funders from NERC, UKRI, UKRI India, UKRI China, India-UK Multilateral Division, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) UK, Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agriculatural Sciences and Spatial Planning (FORMAS) Sweden, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) Japan, and National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) China; and to researchers from interdisciplinary fields from UK, Japan, India, China and Sweden. Discussions included 1) lessons learnt on the SDG synergies and how to manage any trade-offs in achieving multiple conflicting SDGs; 2) Ideas exchange on feeding project findings into the SDG processes at national or international level and links to COP26; and 3) What is the future of research around SDG? |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://nerc.ukri.org/research/partnerships/international/tase/ |
| Description | PRESS RELEASE on March 5th 2020: Meteorology Department research examining observations and simulations shows how cutting particle pollution can increase sunlight at the surface and temporarily speed up 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 | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | PRESS RELEASE on Meteorology Department research examining observations and simulations shows how cutting particle pollution can increase sunlight at the surface and temporarily speed up climate change. This resulted in further requests for information and led to media articles (Mail Online) and a further article aimed at the general public including schools in Physics Today. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://www.reading.ac.uk/news-and-events/releases/PR836792.aspx |
| Description | Participation in ESA Climate Detectives |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | I was one of the 'experts' in the European-wide activity: ESA climate detectives. In this activity primary school children from all over Europe made use of satellite images to detect changes in the landscape and the climate of the regions where they live. https://climatedetectives.esa.int/ |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019 |
| URL | https://climatedetectives.esa.int/ |
| Description | Participation in the Discovery section of the 2019 UK Space Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | I was part of the NCEO stand in the Discovery section of the 2019 UK Space Conference. For three days we demonstrated to primary school students the use of space observations in order to detect changes in the landscape of different places in Earth. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ukspace2019.co.uk/ehome/index.php?eventid=200183909& |
| Description | Podcast for Naked Scientists programme |
| 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 | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Podcast recording entitled 'Taking Earth's temperature' for Naked Scientists website/media outlet. Interview based around the selection of FORUM as ESA's 9th Earth Explorer. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/interviews/taking-earths-temperature-0 |
| Description | Poster presentation at ISDA2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Approximately 100 scientists, postgrads and industry professionals attended the International Symposium for Data Assimilation 2019 in Kobe, Japan. I had several discussions with a subset of these attendees, including a ECMWF representative, regarding my poster and the implications of my research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.data-assimilation.riken.jp/isda2019/ |
| Description | Presentation and expert panel member at the COP25 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Dr Marie-Fanny Racault participated in the COP25 UK Pavilion Earth Observation Side Event 'Earth Observation and Climate Change: A Critical Capability in Understanding Our Changing World'. The event was led by moderator Prof Gideon Henderson (Defra CSA) who addressed audience to introduce the event and speakers, and gave a keynote speech, followed by six speaker presentations (including Dr Racault), and an audience discussion. Dr Racault's presentation focused on Earth Observations in the Oceans, and showed how Earth Observations provide a unique capability to monitor the oceans on both global and local scales. She presented examples of her research on marine phytoplankton and fisheries, and new applications to water-borne diseases (such as cholera) monitoring and human health. Finally, she reported on the potential opportunities for Earth observations to support ocean-based measures for the Paris Agreement Nationally Determined Contributions in the areas of adaptation and mitigation. Outcomes/Impacts: - Request for media radio interview for the BBC World Service Tech Tent show; broadcast Friday 13th December and is on the programme's website; Dr Racault's segment starts at around 11´30" into the programme. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3csymtd - Request for further engagements: 1) European Space Agency invitation to give keynote talk at international symposium; 2) contributed to news article for NCEO webpage https://www.nceo.ac.uk/article/un-climate-change-c onference-december-2019-cop25/; and 3) NCEO (NERC) and Space4Climate group, Dr Racault reported about activities at COP25 and interests/potential opportunities for further engagements at COP26 with Defra, ESA, and GEO. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.nceo.ac.uk/article/un-climate-change-conference-december-2019-cop25/ |
| Description | Presentation at AGU Fall Meeting 2020 on 16 Dec 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation "Climate precursors of satellite water marker index for spring cholera outbreak in Bengal Delta region" by Ogata T, Racault M-F, Nonaka M, Behera S, at AGU Fall Meeting 2020, 2020/12/16. This is novel work, which is part of PODCAST project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation on cholera and AI at ECMWF-ESA Workshop on Machine Learning for Earth System Observation and Prediction |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Talk given by my postgraduate student Amy Campbell as part of the PODCAST project. The talk was on the topic of "Artificial Intelligence in ESA Contribution to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) : An Overview". The talk was presented during the Virtual Event: ECMWF-ESA Workshop on Machine Learning for Earth System Observation and Prediction 8-10 October 2020. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation#1 at 1st International Symposium on Human Health and the Ocean in a changing world 2-3 Dec 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | E-poster presentation on the topic of "Surveillance of Environmental Reservoirs of Vibrio cholerae: challenges and Opportunities for Ocean-Colour Remote Sensing" was presented at the 1st International Symposium on Human Health and the Ocean in a changing world 2-3 Dec 2020. A 3-min video about the poster was posted on the Symposium webportal and made accessible for viewing by all participants for a period of 3 months. The Symposium was attended by more than 200 participants from around the world. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://www.oceanhealthmonaco.org/ |
| Description | Presentation#2 at 1st International Symposium on Human Health and the Ocean in a changing world 2-3 Dec 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | E-poster presentation on the topic of "Exploring the potential of CCI-ECV data and machine learning for environmental cholera risk forecasting" was presented by my postgraduate student Amy Campbell at the 1st International Symposium on Human Health and the Ocean in a changing world 2-3 Dec 2020. A 3-min video about the poster was posted on the Symposium webportal and made accessible for viewing by all participants for a period of 3 months. The Symposium was attended by more than 200 participants from around the world. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://www.oceanhealthmonaco.org/ |
| Description | Press release by ESA on "Cholera outbreaks predicted using climate data and AI" |
| 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 | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A press release has been published by European Space Agency about the 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. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Preparing_for_the_Future/Space_for_Earth/Space_for_health/Chole... |
| Description | Radio interview for BBC World Service |
| 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 | Radio interview for the BBC World Service Tech Tent show; broadcast Friday 13th December, interview is available on the programme's website as well; Marie-Fanny Racault's segment starts at around 11´30" into the programme. The radio interview took place following my presentation at the UK Pavilion event on Earth Observations for Climate during COP25 in Madrid, Spain, Dec 2019. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3csymtd |
| Description | Research was feature in a national newspaper |
| 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 | I wrote a blog about my research in the departmental blog of the University of Reading. This work was featured in The Guardian section Weatherwatch. Also, a request for interview from a station in New Zealand was received. This is still in progress. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/oct/07/weatherwatch-sound-stratospheric-winds |
| Description | SURE summer student placement |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Working with a talented undergraduate student to study the intense 2018 Canadian wildfires and hopefully inspire them to follow a PhD. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | School outreach |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Around 30 school pupils attended the University as part of the Reading Scholars program. I ran a session on the mathematics of weather prediction, including Earth observation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | School visit (UTC) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | School talk to around 60 A-level pupils. Afterwards the teachers spoke to me about possible future events and possible closer collaboration between the University and the school, e.g. with school projects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Talk at University of Reading |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Gave a research talk at the University of Reading. This generated interesting questions and discussion and ultimately resulted in future plans for current collaboration between Surrey and Reading. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://blogs.surrey.ac.uk/mathsresearch/2018/12/04/natalie-douglas-speaks-in-darc-seminar-at-the-un... |
| Description | Talk at University of Surrey |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Members of the Maths department at Surrey attended my talk, attendees included researchers in other areas of DA. This talk generated questions and discussion which sparked additional conversations that continued beyond the talk in terms of scope as well as timeframe. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Talk at conference (Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The talk sparked questions |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.agu.org/ocean-sciences-meeting/ |
| Description | Talk at conference - EGU Assembly 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Around 50 scientists assisted the talk, which stimulated questions and discussion. In particular, after listening my talk, the session convener asked me to develop a future collaboration to couple ERSEM to the MIT model of the Mediterranean Sea |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://egu2019.eu/ |
| Description | Talk to RAeS Derby branch: Global Space Power, the world from high above us |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk as part of a regular series of professional speaker events |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | The Science of Climate Change, Portcullis Trust (Richmond-upon-Thames), 6th March 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk and discussion on the science of climate change and discussion about policy options. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.met.rdg.ac.uk/~sgs02rpa/TALKS/ClimateChange_Richmond_AllanRP.pdf |
| Description | UK Dept of Business Enterprise Innovation and Skills |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | An invited visit to BEIS to discuss forest monitoring, reporting for international climate agreements |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Urgent response to DFID for Mozambique flood response |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | We have had an urgent request from DFID to support them on examination of flood areas for Mozambique following the cyclone Idai. We quickly assembled a small group of experts across NCEO to quickly respond to this request. I was the official point of contact organising telecons and disseminating data to DFID. I made the work visible via the Disaster Charter website - https://disasterscharter.org/web/guest/home;jsessionid=231B19F78DBFE1E7D99AB0A1D37F899E.jvm1 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://disasterscharter.org/documents/10180/1539407/vap-688-20-quicklook.png/1c1119cc-af80-403e-a73... |
| Description | Virtual Global Citizens Conference talk on The Science of Climate Change (Virtual) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | A talk on the science of climate change to students across disciplines at a Virtual Citizens Conference hosted at Liverpool St. John Moores UNiversity. This sparked questions and altered understanding of the climate change issue. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/Conferences/Virtual-Global-Citizens-Conference |
| Description | Visit to INPE, Brazil |
| 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 | Research collaboration visit to INPE, Brazil to develop improved land surface models |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Webinar on marine ecosystem monitoring, modelling, assimilation to the ARCH-UK aquaculture community |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | I presented the outcomes of marine ecosystem monitoring, modelling, assimilation developed in CAMPUS and other projects.The objective was to promote the exploitation of these outcomes in the framework of aquaculture planning and monitoring. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.aquaculturehub-uk.com/events/2021/3/23/campus-applying-oxygen-monitoringmodelling-techni... |
| Description | West Blackett Association Annual General Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A talk on 'Climate change and what to do about it' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |