1 / 4

National Centre for Earth Observation : outline proposal

National Centre for Earth Observation : outline proposal. NCEO Mission

saman
Download Presentation

National Centre for Earth Observation : outline proposal

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. National Centre for Earth Observation: outline proposal NCEO Mission To accelerate the delivery of world-class science by unlocking the full potential of Earth Observation to monitor, diagnose and predict environmental and climate change, and to ensure that scientific advances translate into public good. Alan O’Neill Director, NCEO

  2. NCEO Facts and Figures • £40M NERC-funded programme for 5 years. • Amalgamates 7 NERC Centres for EO. • Involves over 100 scientists at 26 universities and institutions. • Focus is on exploiting satellite measurements for climate and Earth system science. • Depends on and promotes infrastructure for computing and data handling (archiving and dissemination). • Involves strong national and international partnerships. • Strong programme of “Knowledge Transfer.”

  3. Models alone cannot answer any of these questions with confidence. EO with models can. How fast is the Arctic’s ice cover disappearing and will it soonbe ice free? How strong are the natural sources and sinks of CO2 and could the sinks become sources, making climate change worse? Where are stresses and strains in the Earth's crust building up, and can we forewarn of earthquakes, volcanic eruptionsand tsunamis? Where is air pollutioncoming from and willclimate change makeits health effects  worse? Why do forecasts of damaging storms and floods go wrong, and how can we make them better? What are the main deficiencies with climate models, and how can we fix them? How has the Atlanticcirculation varied during past decadesand is there any sign of a slowdown, which could affect the UK’s climate?

  4. Cryosphere andpolar oceans EO for climate diagnosisand prediction (Integrating Theme) Hazardous weather and flooding Global carbon cycle Atmosphericcomposition Dynamic Earth and geo-hazards EO informatics(Underpinning Theme) Data assimilation and treatment of uncertainty(Cross Cutting Theme) Ecosystems &biodiversity Impacts of use of natural resources Research Opportunity (future call) Training Capability and knowledge exchange

More Related