Science Group
Earth Observation Science & Applications
Improving the understanding and management of the ocean through the development and application of cutting-edge Earth Observation (EO) techniques and the pioneering of digital innovations in areas such as artifical intelligence (AI) and machine learning.
Building on PML's world-class expertise in satellite-based ocean colour remote-sensing and in-situ marine monitoring, this includes:
- driving innovations in marine science, exploiting past, existing and new generation Earth Observation (EO) data.
- exploiting the opportunities afforded by machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) to address key environmental and societal questions
- improving the synergy between in-situ, airborne and satellite observations to provide cost-effective monitoring of a variety of parameters (e.g. water quality, harmful algal blooms and eutrophication)
- harnessing the capabilities of the latest Sentinel mission products, open-source tools and novel autonomous in-situ technologies.
The group also leads research into, and the production of, climate data records in ocean colour, sea-surface height, sea state, and lake-water colour, with a view to assessing the status of our oceans for policy-making.
PML Project pages
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Atlantic Meridional Transect (AMT)
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Atlantic Meridional Transect Ocean Flux from Satellite Campaign (AMT4OceanSatFlux)
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Biodiversity in the Open Ocean: Mapping, Monitoring and Modelling (BOOMS)
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Biodiversity of the Coastal Ocean: Monitoring with Earth Observation (BiCOME)
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Biological Pump and Carbon Exchange Processes (BICEP)
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Copernicus Evolution: Research for harmonised and Transitional water Observation (CERTO)
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FOCUS: Future States of the global Coastal ocean: Understanding for Solutions
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FRONTAL: Satellite FRONTs for detection of Anthropogenic plastic Litter
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GCRF Blue Communities
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HyperBOOST - Hyperspectral Bio-Optical Observations Sailing on Tara
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Multiscale Observation Networks for Optical monitoring of Coastal waters, Lakes and Estuaries (MONOCLE)
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NERC Airborne Research Facility (NERC-ARF)
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NERC Earth Observation and Data Acquisition and Analysis Service (NEODAAS)
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Ocean color and biogeochemistry (CBIOMES)
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Pathways Of Dispersal for Cholera And Solution Tools (PODCAST)
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Portugal Twinning for Innovation and Excellence in Marine Science and Earth Observation (PORTWIMS)
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PRIMROSE: Predicting Risk and Impact of Harmful Events on the Aquaculture Sector
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ProBleu: Promoting ocean and water literacy in school communities
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Rehabilitation of Vibrio-infested waters of Lake Vembanad, funded under the India-UK Water Quality programme (REVIVAL)
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S-3 EUROHAB - Sentinel products for detecting EUtROphication and Harmful Algal Bloom events
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Sea level Climate Change Initiative (CCI)
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Sea State CCI
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Sentinel-3 Mission Performance Centre (S3MPC)
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ShellEye
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Tools for Assessment and Planning of Aquaculture Sustainability (TAPAS)
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Water-ForCE: Water scenarios For Copernicus Exploitation
Latest publications
- Quartly, GD; Aiken, J; Brewin, RJW; Yool, A; 2023. The link between surface and sub-surface chlorophyll-a in the centre of the Atlantic subtropical gyres: a comparison of observations and models . Frontiers in Marine Science.
- Pardo, S; Tilstone, GH; Brewin, RJW; Dall'Olmo, G; Lin, J; Nencioli, F; Evers-King, H; Casal, TGD; Donlon, CJ; 2023. Radiometric assessment of OLCI, VIIRS, and MODIS using fiducial reference measurements along the Atlantic Meridional Transect . Remote Sensing of Environment.
- Kulk, G; Sathyendranath, S; Platt, T; George, G; Suresan, AK; Menon, N; Evers-King, H; Abdulaziz, A; 2023. Using Multi-Spectral Remote Sensing for Flood Mapping: A Case Study in Lake Vembanad, India . Remote Sensing.
- Sullivan, E; Cole, MJ; Atwood, EC; Lindeque, PK; Chin, PT; Martinez-Vicente, V; 2023. In situ correlation between microplastic and suspended particulate matter concentrations in river-estuary systems support proxies for satellite-derived estimates of microplastic flux . Marine Pollution Bulletin.
- Ford, DJ; Tilstone, GH; Shutler, JD; Kitidis, V; Sheen, KL; Dall’Olmo, G; Orselli, IBM; 2023. Mesoscale Eddies Enhance the Air‐Sea CO 2 Sink in the South Atlantic Ocean . Geophysical Research Letters.
- Cayetano, CB; Creencia, LA; Sullivan, E; Clewley, D; Miller, PI; 2023. Multi-spatiotemporal analysis of changes in mangrove forests in Palawan, Philippines: predicting future trends using a support vector machine algorithm and the Markov chain model . UCL Open Environment.
- De Keukelaere, L; Moelans, R; Knaeps, E; Sterckx, S; Reusen, I; De Munck, D; Simis, SGH; Constantinescu, AM; Scrieciu, A; Katsouras, G; Mertens, W; Hunter, PD; Spyrakos, E; Tyler, A; 2023. Airborne Drones for Water Quality Mapping in Inland, Transitional and Coastal Waters—MapEO Water Data Processing and Validation . Remote Sensing.
- Land, PE; Findlay, HS; Shutler, JD; Piollé, J-F; Sims, RP; Green, H; Kitidis, V; Polukhin, A; Pipko, II; 2023. OceanSODA-MDB: a standardised surface ocean carbonate system dataset for model–data intercomparisons . Earth System Science Data.
- Clason, C; Rangecroft, S; Owens, PN; Łokas, E; Baccolo, G; Selmes, N; Beard, D; Kitch, J; Dextre, RM; Morera, S; Blake, W; 2023. Contribution of glaciers to water, energy and food security in mountain regions: current perspectives and future priorities . Annals of Glaciology.
- Lehmann, MK; Gurlin, D; Pahlevan, N; Alikas, K; Anstee, J; Balasubramanian, SV; Barbosa, CCF; Binding, CE; Bracher, A; Bresciani, M; Burtner, A; Cao, Z; Dekker, AG; Di Vittorio, C; Drayson, N; Errera, RM; Fernandez, V; Ficek, D; Fichot, CG; Gege, P; Giardino, C; Gitelson, AA; Greb, SR.; Henderson, H; Higa, H; Rahaghi, AI; Jamet, C; Jiang, D; Jordan, TM; Kangro, K; Kravitz, JA; Kristoffersen, AS; Kudela, R; Li, L; Ligi, M; Loisel, H; Lohrenz, S; Ma, R; Maciel, DA; Malthus, TJ; Matsushita, B; Matthews, MW; Minaudo, C; Mishra, DR; Mishra, S; Moore, T; Moses, WJ; Nguyễn, H; Novo, EMLM; Novoa, S; Odermatt, D; O’Donnell, DM; Olmanson, LG; Ondrusek, M; Oppelt, N; Ouillon, S; Pereira Filho, W; Plattner, S; Verdu, AR; Salem, SI; Schalles, JF; Simis, SGH; Siswanto, E; Smith, B; Somlai-Schweiger, I; Soppa, MA; Spyrakos, E; Tessin, E; Van der Woerd, HJ; Vander Woude, A; Vandermeulen, RA; Vantrepotte, V; Wernand, M; Werther, M; Young, K; Yue, L; 2023. GLORIA - A globally representative hyperspectral in situ dataset for optical sensing of water quality . Scientific Data.
People who work in this area of research
Dr Elizabeth C. Atwood
Earth Observation Data Analyst
liat
@pml.ac.uk
Dr Andrei Chuprin
Programmer
ach
@pml.ac.uk
Professor Steve Groom
Head of Science - Earth Observation
sbg
@pml.ac.uk
James Harding
AI/Machine Learning Data Scientist
jha
@pml.ac.uk
Dr Bror Jonsson
Senior scientist
brj
@pml.ac.uk
Dr Thomas Jordan
Earth Observation Scientist
tjor
@pml.ac.uk
Dr Gemma Kulk
Phytoplankton physiologist
gku
@pml.ac.uk
Dr Andrey Kurekin
Marine Earth Observation Scientist
anku
@pml.ac.uk
Dr Peter Land
Remote Sensing Scientist
peland
@pml.ac.uk
Dr Angus Laurenson
Scientific Python Guru
anla
@pml.ac.uk
Dr Junfang Lin
Earth Observation Scientist
junl
@pml.ac.uk
Dr Xiaohan Liu
Earth Observation Scientist
liux
@pml.ac.uk
Dr Victor Martinez-Vicente
Bio-optical oceanographer
vmv
@pml.ac.uk
Dr Peter Miller
Marine Earth Observation Scientist
pim
@pml.ac.uk
Dr David Moffat
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Data Scientist
dmof
@pml.ac.uk
Silvia Pardo
Earth Observation Scientist
spa
@pml.ac.uk
Paula Pereira
Research intern
ppe
@pml.ac.uk
Dr Graham Quartly
Physical oceanographer (Remote sensing)
gqu
@pml.ac.uk
Dr Shubha Sathyendranath
Merit Remote Sensing Scientist
ssat
@pml.ac.uk
Dr Nick Selmes
Earth Observation Scientist
nse
@pml.ac.uk
Dr Dhritiraj Sengupta
Physical Geographer and Earth Observation Scientist
dse
@pml.ac.uk
Professor Stefan Simis
Earth Observation Scientist (inland/coastal waters)
stsi
@pml.ac.uk
Emma Sullivan
Earth Observation Scientist
emsu
@pml.ac.uk
Dr Gavin H Tilstone
Bio-optical oceanographer
ghti
@pml.ac.uk
Dr Mark Warren
Remote sensing scientist
mark1
@pml.ac.uk