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The National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) is part of the
Natural Environment Research Council The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) is a British research council that supports research, training and knowledge transfer activities in the environmental sciences. History NERC began in 1965 when several environmental (mainly geog ...
(NERC) and looks at improving knowledge of the planet by taking Earth observations from space and aircraft, as well as from the ground, to produce models which will help understand, respond and adapt to
climate Climate is the long-term weather pattern in an area, typically averaged over 30 years. More rigorously, it is the mean and variability of meteorological variables over a time spanning from months to millions of years. Some of the meteorologi ...
and environmental changes.


History

The organisation was previously centred at the
University of Reading The University of Reading is a public university in Reading, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1892 as University College, Reading, a University of Oxford extension college. The institution received the power to grant its own degrees in 192 ...
, known nationally for its department of
meteorology Meteorology is a branch of the atmospheric sciences (which include atmospheric chemistry and physics) with a major focus on weather forecasting. The study of meteorology dates back millennia, though significant progress in meteorology did no ...
, which requires satellite observation of the Earth. The NCEO is now at the University of Leicester, known for its research into astronomy and its National Space Centre, and is led by Professor John Remedios.


Structure

The NCEO is based in the
United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and ...
and works closely with the UK satellite industry. It is a part of the larger Natural Environment Research Council (NERC).NCEO: About NCEO
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See also

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British Geological Survey The British Geological Survey (BGS) is a partly publicly funded body which aims to advance geoscientific knowledge of the United Kingdom landmass and its continental shelf by means of systematic surveying, monitoring and research. The BGS hea ...
in Rushcliffe,
Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The trad ...
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Centre for Environmental Data Analysis The Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) is a United Kingdom organisation that serves the environmental science community by provision of data centres, data analysis, data access and research project participation. Data centres The CED ...
(CEDA) at the Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory at Harwell. * National Centre for Atmospheric Science at the
University of Leeds , mottoeng = And knowledge will be increased , established = 1831 – Leeds School of Medicine1874 – Yorkshire College of Science1884 - Yorkshire College1887 – affiliated to the federal Victoria University1904 – University of Leeds , ...
* :Earth observation satellites of the European Space Agency


References


External links


NCEO Official Website
{{authority control Natural Environment Research Council Organisations based in Leicestershire Remote sensing research institutes Research institutes in Leicestershire Space programme of the United Kingdom University of Leicester Earth observation