Course: Monitoring Climate from Space

In this video, Professor Andrew Shepherd explores how improvements in Earth observation technology are increasingly advancing our ability to make accurate measurements of ice thickness and volume in the polar …

Welcome to Week 3. This week will focus in more depth on the techniques, technologies and applications involved in observing the oceans and the cryosphere from space. The oceans cover …

Welcome to Week 5. This week will look at how Earth observation data are managed, the current methods used and some of the future challenges for handling and accessing large …

In this video, Professor Martin Wooster explains the importance and some of the basic principles of EO validation activities. He demonstrates, through a recent field study, an example of how …

In this video, Dr Stephen Briggs and Dr Kirsten Barrett explore how and why EO satellites are vital to both the development and success of the REDD+ initiative. Reducing Emissions …

In this video, Dr Angela Benedetti highlights the importance of past and current stratospheric ozone observations, and explores the key role that Earth observation played in delivering the Montreal Protocol …

This video will explore how satellite data relating to the composition of Earth’s atmosphere is enabling us to run increasingly detailed atmospheric models, and what this can mean for policy. …

The Earth is a complex system, just like a human body. If there are unexpected or potentially harmful changes in the Earth system, we need a way of monitoring its …

Welcome to ‘Monitoring Climate from Space’. In this course, we will introduce you to the powerful role of satellite ‘Earth observation’ (EO) technology in monitoring our changing climate and environment, …

This video explains why Earth observation is essential in climate policy and planning and will outline the key ways in which it is helping to inform effective climate decision-making. (Subtitles …

Professor Konrad Steffen, a leading expert in glaciology, presents a special introduction to the role of satellite technology in monitoring the cryosphere. (Subtitles and transcripts for this video are also …

The Earth is an extraordinarily complex system. Its planetary characteristics are the only ones we yet know of in the Universe to have allowed life to flourish. If certain aspects …

Professor Anny Cazenave, a leading expert in Earth observation and climate science, presents a special introduction to the role of satellite technology in monitoring the world’s oceans. (Subtitles and transcripts …

In this video, four leading scientists on climate science and policy discuss the crucial role of satellite Earth observation data in supporting international climate negotiations, including the COP21 climate summit …