The UK Earth Observation Climate Information Service exploits the observations available from environmental sensors orbiting in space to create climate data records and climate information.
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- Improved warnings for agricultural drought in Kenya
Improved warnings for agricultural drought in Kenya By Dr Ross Maidment, Dr Lauren James (TAMSAT Group, University of Reading) and Japheth Migiro (Kenya Meteorological Department) Drought is a recurring phenomenon in Kenya, often leading to significant impacts such as limited or no access to food and loss of livestock. For example, by Spring 2023, Kenya (and the wider East Africa region), was facing its sixth consecutive rainy season with poor rains, pushing millions of … Read more - Predicting Solar Power Output with Satellite Data: A cutting-edge approach for monitoring smaller solar PV installations
Predicting Solar Power Output with Satellite Data: A cutting-edge approach for monitoring smaller solar PV installations by Dr. Gareth Thomas (STFC), Jack Barber (Amira Technologies), Konrad Hayes (Ecovision), Dora Hegedus (RAL Space) EOCIS has partnered with STFC RAL Space and two UK companies to use satellite observations to improve the monitoring and management of small and medium-sized solar power systems across the UK. In the growing renewable energy sector, accurate forecasting and performance monitoring … Read more - Can Earth Observation bring confidence to carbon credits?
Can Earth Observation bring confidence to carbon credits? By Professor Mat Disney and Dr. Cecilia Chavana-Bryant… Carbon credits have got a bit of a bad reputation in recent years, particularly when it comes to their use in forest carbon offsetting. Carbon credits can be a useful and important part of efforts to reduce emissions and potentially have other benefits in forest creation and protection. But their effectiveness depends on reliable and transparent auditing. Currently, … Read more - “A 4-Hour Early Warning Advantage”: How Europe’s New Geostationary Satellite System is Revolutionizing Wildfire Detection & Monitoring
“A 4-Hour Early Warning Advantage”: How Europe’s New Geostationary Satellite System is Revolutionizing Wildfire Detection & Monitoring By Dr. Weidong Xu… In an impressive showcase of cutting-edge European satellite technology, within which the UK is a key partner, EOCIS scientists have prototyped the EOCIS UK Rapid Fire Alert System – an early wildfire detection and monitoring system based on data from the Flexible Combined Imager (FCI) aboard Europe’s new Meteosat Third Generation Imaging (MTG-I) … Read more - Designing the EOCIS Data Portal
Designing the EOCIS Data Portal By Niall McCarroll… One of the deliverables of the EOCIS project is to develop a data portal through which EOCIS datasets can be discovered and accessed. The data portal should be integrated into the EOCIS project website and together the website and data portal form an information resource for use by EOCIS consortium members, stakeholders, other interested parties and the general public. The data portal is also intended to complement another … Read more - How can Earth Observation contribute to health security?
How can Earth Observation contribute to health security? By Prof. Chris Merchant… UK Health Security Agency staff worked with EOCIS to consider how observations of land surface temperature (LST) from space could be useful in public health. The public health rationale for looking at Earth observation based temperature is essentially that more spatial discrimination of temperature variations can help make better public health advice and decisions. Temperature is an important determinant of public health, … Read more - EOCIS Meeting in York, September 9th 2024EOCIS Researchers met at the National STEM centre in York today to discuss their latest research and collaborate on the production of EOCIS datasets. Professor Kevin Tansey presents at the EOCIS meeting in York on the use of Earth Observation data to analyse burnt areas arising from wildfires.