1. University of Reading 29 March 2011
Welcome to the National Centre for Earth Observation UKSA/ISRO Joint Working Group Andy Shaw Director of Knowledge Exchange
University of Reading
29 March 2011

2. International presence
Mission statement
To be a world leading centre in exploiting Earth Observation (EO) to address the challenges of climate and environmental change.
NCEO
World class science
Economic impact
Social relevance
International presence

3. Introducing NCEO - key roles:
Network of 100+ UK researchers
... ~£6M per annum investment
... to develop UK national capability in EO science and applications:
- directed research programme
- informatics
- EO services and facilities
- training and outreach
... focal point for international collaboration
Directorate at University of Reading

4. Data Assimilation NCEO Science: the big picture
Core challenge: using EO to test Earth system models stringently
so that we can help develop them to make better predictions
Cryosphere
Cryosphere
Cryosphere
EO for Climate (Earth system)
Diagnosis & Prediction
Geohazards
Dynamic Earth
Atmospheric
Composition
Data
Assimilation
Hazardous
Weather
&
Flooding
Carbon,
Carbon
Cycles
& flooding s 4

5. Christchurch Earthquake
Improving our understanding of earthquake dynamics

6. Monitoring Polar Oceans
Ocean topography from Cryosat-2
OBSERVATIONS
MODEL PREDICTION

7. ESA Climate change initiative
ECV
Science Leader
cloud_cci
DWD (OU/RAL)
ozone_cci
BIRA (RAL, U Cam)
aerosol_cci
DLR/FMI (RAL,OU,U Swan)
ghg_cci
U Bremen (U Leic)
sst_cci
U Edinburgh
landcover_cci
UCL (UKMO Hadley)
sealevel_cci
CLS (Logica, ECMWF)
oceancolour_cci
Plymouth Marine Lab
glaciers_cci
U. Zurich (U Leeds/Bristol)
fire _cci
U.Alcala (U Leic)
- €75million programme - Major UK leadership

8. International Space Innovation Centre (ISIC) at Harwell
- £40m investment
focus for international collaboration
major focus on EO and climate monitoring

9. Earth Observation at ISIC

10. ISIC Visualisation and Application Centre

11. Facility for Climate and Environment Monitoring from Space

12. andy.shaw@nceo.ac.uk www.nceo.ac.uk
Thank you ...