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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. Mission statement.

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University of Reading 29 March 2011

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  1. Welcome to the National Centre for Earth ObservationUKSA/ISRO Joint Working GroupAndy ShawDirector of Knowledge Exchange University of Reading 29 March 2011

  2. Mission statement • To be a world leading centre in exploiting Earth Observation (EO) to address the challenges of climate and environmental change.

  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. 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 Dynamic Earth Geohazards Atmospheric Composition Data Assimilation Carbon, Hazardous Weather & Flooding Carbon Cycles & flooding s

  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 - €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. Thank you ... andy.shaw@nceo.ac.uk www.nceo.ac.uk

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