NCEO Climate
Lead Research Organisation:
National Centre for Earth Observation
Department Name: UNLISTED
Abstract
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Organisations
- National Centre for Earth Observation (Lead Research Organisation)
- UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH (Collaboration)
- Meteorological Office UK (Collaboration)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (Collaboration)
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (Collaboration)
- BMT Group (Collaboration)
- University of Michigan (Collaboration)
- Celsias (Collaboration)
- European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting ECMWF (Collaboration)
People |
ORCID iD |
| Peter Jan Van Leeuwen (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Bevan S.L.
(2008)
The impact of atmospheric aerosol from biomass burning on Amazon dry-season drought
in European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP
Kokhanovsky A
(2009)
The inter-comparison of AATSR dual-view aerosol optical thickness retrievals with results from various algorithms and instruments
in International Journal of Remote Sensing
Kokhanovsky A
(2010)
The inter-comparison of major satellite aerosol retrieval algorithms using simulated intensity and polarization characteristics of reflected light
in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
Best M
(2011)
The Joint UK Land Environment Simulator (JULES), model description - Part 1: Energy and water fluxes
in Geoscientific Model Development
Clark D
(2011)
The Joint UK Land Environment Simulator (JULES), model description - Part 2: Carbon fluxes and vegetation dynamics
in Geoscientific Model Development
Stepanov V
(2012)
The link between the Barents Sea and ENSO events simulated by NEMO model
in Ocean Science
Emerton R
(2015)
The Prediction of Northern Hemisphere Tropical Cyclone Extended Life Cycles by the ECMWF Ensemble and Deterministic Prediction Systems. Part I: Tropical Cyclone Stage*
in Monthly Weather Review
Widlowski J
(2008)
The RAMI On-line Model Checker (ROMC): A web-based benchmarking facility for canopy reflectance models
in Remote Sensing of Environment
Jeffery C
(2008)
The response to phase-dependent wind stress and cloud fraction of the diurnal cycle of SST and air-sea CO2 exchange
in Ocean Modelling
Birch C
(2014)
The scale dependence and structure of convergence fields preceding the initiation of deep convection
in Geophysical Research Letters
Merchant C
(2013)
The surface temperatures of Earth: steps towards integrated understanding of variability and change
in Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems
Maria Valdivieso (Author)
(2012)
The University of Reading Reanalyses for MyOcean
Ashwin P
(2012)
Tipping points in open systems: bifurcation, noise-induced and rate-dependent examples in the climate system.
in Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences
Darren Ghent (Author)
(2013)
Towards a first Time-Series of Land Surface Temperature from AATSR with Uncertainty Estimates
Huntingford C
(2008)
Towards quantifying uncertainty in predictions of Amazon 'dieback'.
in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
Haines K
(2012)
Transports and budgets in a 1/4 ° global ocean reanalysis 1989-2010
in Ocean Science
Manganello J
(2012)
Tropical Cyclone Climatology in a 10-km Global Atmospheric GCM: Toward Weather-Resolving Climate Modeling
in Journal of Climate
Woodage M
(2014)
U.K. HiGEM: Impacts of Desert Dust Radiative Forcing in a High-Resolution Atmospheric GCM
in Journal of Climate
Rosette J
(2010)
Uncertainty within satellite LiDAR estimations of vegetation and topography
in International Journal of Remote Sensing
Jackie Rosette (Co-Author)
(2013)
Understanding Uncertainty in Remotely Sensed Vegetation Data Products II Posters [SWIRL_CU]
Marsham J
(2008)
Uplift of Saharan dust south of the intertropical discontinuity
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
Stoy P
(2009)
Upscaling as ecological information transfer: a simple framework with application to Arctic ecosystem carbon exchange
in Landscape Ecology
Wilkinson J
(2008)
Use of a Lidar Forward Model for Global Comparisons of Cloud Fraction between the ICESat Lidar and the ECMWF Model
in Monthly Weather Review
Richard Ellis (Co-Author)
(2012)
Using earth observation data to evaluate a land surface model in three Siberian catchment
in Boreal Environment Research
Maria Valdivieso (Author)
(2012)
Validation Results from MyOcean UR025 Reanalyses
Allan R
(2011)
Variability in the summer season hydrological cycle over the Atlantic-Europe region 1979-2007
in International Journal of Climatology
Los S
(2012)
Vegetation height and cover fraction between 60° S and 60° N from ICESat GLAS data
in Geoscientific Model Development
Rosette J
(2008)
Vegetation height estimates for a mixed temperate forest using satellite laser altimetry
in International Journal of Remote Sensing
Hughes C
(2012)
Weighing the ocean: Using a single mooring to measure changes in the mass of the ocean
in Geophysical Research Letters
Dadson S
(2010)
Wetland inundation dynamics in a model of land surface climate: Evaluation in the Niger inland delta region
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
House J
(2008)
What do recent advances in quantifying climate and carbon cycle uncertainties mean for climate policy?
in Environmental Research Letters
Morton D. C.
(2011)
What drives the Amazon green up phenomenon?
in AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
Lavers D
(2011)
Winter floods in Britain are connected to atmospheric rivers UK WINTER FLOODS AND ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS
in Geophysical Research Letters
| Description | 1. By combining climate models and observations, we have discovered that the year-to-year variation in the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere tells us how sensitive tropical forests are to climate change. Fortunately they are not as vulnerable to climate change as had been feared. (Peter Cox, University of Exeter). 2. Ocean reanalyses enable the past state of the ocean to be determined based on available Earth observations. Results show that current generation of ocean reanalyses can reproduce ocean transport well so they should provide good dynamical interpolations of the available data. Papers comparing ocean transports throughout several ocean basins have been published. (Keith Haines, University of Reading). 3. Comparisons of heat transports at 26N in the Atlantic identified discrepancies between the ocean reanalyses and the results published from the RAPID monitoring array data. This has led to reassessment of the transports being published from the RAPID array which are now undergoing revision. (Keith Haines, University of Reading). 4. Further work comparing the freshwater transports in the ocean reanalyses is underway. The freshwater transports and their variability are key drivers of the ocean circulation in the Atlantic and also a good indicator of changes going on in the Arctic where variations in freshwater storage and ice melting are of great importance. (Keith Haines, University of Reading). 5. A manuscript is submitted showing that errors published for the European Space Agency GOCE satellite geoid datasets are consistent with satellite altimeter based mean sea levels and with independent surface ocean circulation estimates. (Rory Bingham, University of Newcastle). 6. Northward ocean heat transport into the North Atlantic subpolar gyre (SPG) plays a key role in driving multiannual to decadal variability of SPG heat content. Modelling studies of the 1990's SPG rapid warming event show that both the meridional overturning circulation (MOC) and gyre components of northwards heat transport are important and that they tend to vary with opposite sign. I have investigated northward OHT and the corresponding salt transports into the North Atlantic SPG in several CMIP5 models, finding that the tendency for MOC and gyre components of transport to co-vary with opposite sign is model dependent. The balance is driven by the expansion of the SPG in those models which do show the balance. This result has implications for monitoring the MOC in the real ocean at latitudes at the southern boundary. (Nicola Howe, University of Reading). 7. Two papers have been published addressing the uncertainty of several of the most commonly used global EO wind products which form an essential input for air-sea flux calculations of heat, momentum and gases such as CO2. These publications highlight the need for improved accuracy of EO wind data and illustrate that the accuracy of 0.2 m/s in the long-term mean required for climate and air-sea interaction applications is not currently met. (Susanne Fangohr, University of Southampton). 8. We have developed an algorithm to retrieve the optical depth and some information on the vertical profile of extinction coefficient in stratocumulus by exploting the multiply scattered lidar returns from the Calipso satellite, incorporated it into a unified retrieval scheme for spaceborne radar and lidar, and evaluated it using co-located liquid water path estimates from the CloudSat radar. (Nicola Pounder, University of Reading) 9. Our research has focussed on how the West Antarctic ice sheet will contribute to sea level over the next century. In particular, we have developed a range of models of the most rapid changing sector of the ice sheet (Pine Island Glacier and the Amundsen Sea) that suggest the potential for widespread retreat of the ice sheet. (Tony Payne, University of Bristol). 10. Sea surface temperature data from ATSRs tailored for climate modelling community adopted and disseminated via portal of 'obs4MIPs' (Observations for climate Model Intercomparison Projects). http://obs4mips.llnl.gov:8080/wiki/ (Chris Merchant, University of Edinburgh). 11. The ADJULES parameter estimation system has yielded significant improvements in the representation of seasonality in the JULES model through the use of observed energy and carbon fluxes. (Peter Cox, Tim Jupp, Catherine Luke, University of Exeter). 12. Analysis of the feedback between soil moisture and rainfall published in Nature. Satellite-based observations showed that afternoon rain is more likely to occur over drier soils than nearby wetter areas. By contrast, the study showed that global climate models simulate more rain over wetter soils, a process which is likely to exaggerate the frequency and intensity of drought in predictions. (Chris Taylor, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology). 13. The method developed at Swansea University for retrieval of atmospheric aerosol and surface reflectance was selected from among eight European algorithms to provide a 17 year global dataset for climate, in an independent assessment under the ESA Climate Change Initiative. (Peter North, Sietse Los, University of Swansea) 14. My work focuses on the estimation of oceanic transports and budgets (e.g., volume, heat and salt) through global ocean data assimilation which provides the combination of model and observational data from global networks such as Argo and altimeter data from Jason-1, and the generation of integrated data products, such as for example, the oceanic meridional heat and freshwater transports in the Atlantic, which are not directly measurable but important elements of climate. (Maria Valdivieso, University of Reading) 2014: 1. Provided detailed criteria for spaced based mission to detect and attribute climate change. (Helen Brindley, Imperial College) 2. Creation of ESA operational level-2 LST product from AATSR and creation of ESA operational level-2 LST product from ATSR-2 and development of accompanying global land cloud masking scheme for day and night retrievals. (John Remedios and Darren Ghent, University of Leicester). 3. Membership of Along Track Scanning Radiometers Working Group. (John Remedios and Darren Ghent, University of Leicester). 4. We have shown how sea level at island coastlines is related to sea level in the nearby deep ocean. The connection between the two is broken over a band of frequencies which depends on latitude, and is related to the existence of a particular class of ocean wave (baroclinic Rossby waves). This has important implications for the use of tide gauges to verify satellite altimeter data, and for the use of deep ocean data for predicting the likelihood of extreme events (flooding) on small islands. (Chris W. Hughes, National Oceanography Centre Liverpool). 5. Improved modelling of lidar signals allows estimation of liquid cloud optical thickness to much greater optical depths than previously considered possible even for the CALIPSO lidar. This can be exploited further by designing future satelite lidar recievers to collect more of the lidar signal. (Nicola Pounder, Reading) 6. Increased atmospheric CO2 concentrations are responsible for at least 50 % of observed world-wide increase in vegetation greenness over 1982-1999. (Los, North, Leonenko, Hancock, Bevan et al, University of Swansea, 2014, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/gbc.20027/abstract) 7. Soil moisture can influence where and when convective rain storms are triggered by controlling how rapidly the lower atmosphere warms and moistens in response to daytime solar heating. Our previous work showed that afternoon rain is more likely to occur when soils are relatively dry. Above dry soil the air warms and rises relative to nearby wetter soils, conditions which favour the development of cumulo-nimbus storm clouds. However the computer models upon which we rely to make global weather predictions and projections of climate change are unable to capture this effect, instead producing rain over wetter soils. Our paper, published in Geophysical Research Letters, demonstrates that this is because of the way that convective rain is described in global models. The models tend to produce rain where the air moistens rapidly during the morning, rather than developing in places where the air is rising. This means that current global models can lock themselves into a cycle of rapidly intensifying drought, where lack of rain dries the soil and suppresses rain in subsequent days, drying the soil further. (Christopher M. Taylor, Phillip Harris, CEH, 2014): http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2013GL058511/abstract 8. In using GOCE data to derive ocean mean dynamic topography we have demonstrated that it is not necessary to generate a smooth dynamic topography field by subjective smoothing. Instead we can supply the formal GOCE based mean dynamic topography (which contains smll scale noise associated with the spectral algorithm used for derivation) along with the error covariance into the Met office data assimilation scheme and allow the assimilation algorithm to identify a consistent smooth dynamic topography signal consistent with the dynamics. This is a significant advance in use of the GOCE data for operation al oceanography. In ocean reanalysis we have shown that eddy transports of heat and freshwater and very important across some ocean sections and that the assimilation of altimeter data considerably increases the eddy transports in these reanalysis products. There is no easy way of validating these enhanced eddy transports but they can considerably influence the mean transports and may therefore be important for climate. (Keith Haines, University of Reading, 2014). 9. Based upon a series of Geostationary satellites we have developed a 30-year fine resolution rain fall data set for Africa. The methodology and results demonstrate wide-spread increases in rainfall from the 1980's to the present and have been published (Richard Allan- University of Reading) |
| Exploitation Route | 2014 (1) Findings in several cases are relevant to Met Office interpretation of model derived climate change information. Instrument development (H Brindley) 2014 (2) Urban planning, crop management, water resources management, climate change adaptation, geological applications 2014 (4) Improved use of ocean measurements in production of flood warnings for islands Published journals Space Agency support; Assessment of financial impact of improved climate change measurements (overall project) (H Brindley) Present findings to European Space Agency and otherindividuals involved in satellite design to influence future development (N Pounder) |
| Sectors | Environment Transport |
| Description | The GOCE data assimilation method is being directly used in the iperational Met Office forecasting system and is therefore improving both ocean and seasonal forecasts. |
| Sector | Environment |
| Impact Types | Cultural Societal Economic |
| Description | Chair of NERC Space Geodesy Facilities Steering Committee |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Evaluation of soil moisture control on surface fluxes in earth system models (e-stress) |
| Amount | £227,544 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NE/K015990/1 |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2013 |
| End | 03/2016 |
| Description | MELODIES |
| Amount | £4,300,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 603525 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 03/2013 |
| End | 03/2016 |
| Description | MELODIES |
| Amount | £4,300,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 603525 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | |
| Description | SEN4LST |
| Amount | £21,538 (GBP) |
| Organisation | European Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | France |
| Start | 03/2011 |
| End | 03/2013 |
| Description | SEN4LST |
| Amount | £21,538 (GBP) |
| Organisation | European Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | France |
| Start | 03/2011 |
| End | 03/2013 |
| Description | SWELTER-21 |
| Amount | £177,624 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Research Councils UK (RCUK) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2010 |
| End | 10/2013 |
| Description | SWELTER-21 |
| Amount | £177,624 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Research Councils UK (RCUK) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | |
| Description | Sentinel Convoy Land |
| Amount | £72,197 (GBP) |
| Organisation | European Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | France |
| Start | 03/2011 |
| End | 03/2013 |
| Description | Sentinel Convoy Land |
| Amount | £72,197 (GBP) |
| Organisation | European Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | France |
| Start | 03/2011 |
| End | 03/2013 |
| Description | Sentinel-3 ATBD extension |
| Amount | £16,389 (GBP) |
| Organisation | European Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | France |
| Start | 03/2012 |
| End | 03/2013 |
| Description | Sentinel-3 ATBD extension |
| Amount | £16,389 (GBP) |
| Organisation | European Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | France |
| Start | |
| Description | TRUTHS mission |
| Amount | £10,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | CEOI |
| Organisation | UK Space Agency |
| Department | Centre for Earth Observation Instrumentation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2013 |
| End | 09/2013 |
| Description | TRUTHS mission |
| Amount | £10,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | CEOI |
| Organisation | UK Space Agency |
| Department | Centre for Earth Observation Instrumentation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2013 |
| End | 12/2013 |
| Description | Videowall for scientific data visualization and exploration |
| Amount | £217,602 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NE/L013126/1 |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2013 |
| End | 03/2014 |
| Title | Global Ocean Physics Reanalysis |
| Description | Part of the VALue of the RAPID-WATCH Climate Change programme array (VALOR) project. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2013 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | It provides vital data on changes in the ocean which affect climate change. |
| Title | Numerical data from the Global Ocean Physics Reanalysis UR025.4 (1989-2010) as part of the VALue of the RAPID-WATCH Climate Change programme array (VALOR) project |
| Description | The UR025.4 dataset is generated from a numerical system run on the joint Met Office NERC Monsoon computer system. The model itself is NEMO in a ORCA025_LIM2 config (1/4deg by 75 levels) forced by the ECMWF ERA-Interim atmospheric reanalysis. It assimilates sea ice concentrations from the EUMETSAT OSI-SAF product, in situ and satellite SSTs, AVISO SLA, and temperature and salinity profile observations from the EN3_v2a data set with bias correction for XBT data and corrections to the Mean Dynamic Topography. The data generation also uses the FOAM operational assimilation system from the Met Office. The dataset consists of monthly mean files for a period covering 22 years, from 1989 to 2010. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2013 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | It provides useful information to the public on sea ice concentrations, and sea ice loss. |
| Description | CELSIAS |
| Organisation | Celsias |
| Country | Global |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Team to validate operational data (Copernicus) from new Satellite Sentinel-3 |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Collaborations with BMT |
| Organisation | BMT Group |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Collaborations with BMT (BMT is a leading international design, engineering, science and risk management consultancy) on the use of ocean reanalyses for ship performance monitoring and ship routing is being tested in a European Space Agency supported project. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Coupled Model Initialisation and Reanalysis |
| Organisation | European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting ECMWF |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration between University of Reading, the UK Met Office, and ECMWF. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | EarthTemp Network - Arctic theme |
| Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
| Department | EarthTemp Network |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Compilation of Arctic in situ land measurements and satellite matchups |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | GOCE Data Assimilation and exploitation |
| Organisation | Meteorological Office UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration with the Met Office and Universities of Bristol and Reading |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | NASA |
| Organisation | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | RT modelling tools |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | NASA CLARREO |
| Organisation | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Science Definition Team membership (development of overall mission goals) |
| Start Year | 2010 |
| Description | NCEO |
| Organisation | Meteorological Office UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | 0.5 degree vegetation height |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | NCEO |
| Organisation | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
| Department | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Canopy lIDAR radiative transfer model (FLIGHT) |
| Start Year | 2009 |
| Description | University of Michigan |
| Organisation | University of Michigan |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | ERA-I satellite simulations |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | University of Wisconsin |
| Organisation | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Data Analysis |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | An introduction to the GOCE error variance covariance products: A user's perspective |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Dr Rory Bingham gave an oral presentation on "An introduction to the GOCE error variance covariance products: A user's perspective" at the First international Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) satellite solid earth workshop at University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands, on 16 October 2012. No description available. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Climate tipping points in Amazonia |
| 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 | Professor Peter Cox spent 10 days in Amazonia making a TV programme on climate tipping points. No description available. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Dynamic ocean topography at the coast: Using satellite geodesy to resolve the conflict between ocean models and tide gauges |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk at AGU Fall meeting in San Francisco December 2013 Increased the international science community's knowledge and understanding of NCEO's science. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Famelab UK at Science Museum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr Nicola Howe competed in the regional London finals of a competition at the Famelab UK, Science Museum London, to explain a scientific concept in three minutes to a lay audience. Dr Nicola Howe was invited to give science talks to school and college students and to take part in STEM activities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Harwell Teacher Development Day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Dr Nicola Howe gave a presentation on remote sensing in oceanography to secondary school teachers and worked on ideas they could develop for themselves and other teachers to use as teaching resources. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Islington Schools Space Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Dr Nicola Howe was a STEM ambassador at Islington Schools' space festival and talked to about 100 year 8 students about the history and present scope of Earth Observation and the NCEO. Dr Howe was asked to repeat the talk to other schools. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Royal Geographical Society, Hong Kong |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Professor Peter Cox gave a seminar on climate change to the Royal Geographical Society, Hong Kong, January 2013. Increased the knowledge and understanding of NCEO's science. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | School Careers Day at International Space Innovation Centre |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Dr Nicola Howe took part in a careers day at the International Space and Innovation Centre at Harwell, and talked to sixth form students about Earth Observation and career paths. Students were more informed about career options in science. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Talk to Sixth Form Students about Earth Observation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Dr Nicola Howe gave a talk to sixth form students about Earth Observation and career paths. Dr Nicola Howe was invited to give talks to more school students as part of the STEM outreach programme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Towards worldwide height unification using ocean information |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Oral presentation at IAHS/IAPSO/IASPEI Scientific Assembly, gothenburg, Sweden Increased the international science community's knowledge and understanding of NCEO's science. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Towards worldwide height unification using ocean information |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Talk at IAHS/IAPSO.IASPEI Scientific Assembly, Gothenburg, Sweden Increased the international science community's knowledge and understanding of NCEO's science. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Professor Peter Cox gave a seminar on climate change to the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, January 2013. Increased the knowledge and understanding of NCEO's science. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Use of remote sensing in oceanography and the maritime environment |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Dr Nicola Howe gave a seminar to Defra and UK space agency staff about remote sensing. No description available. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |