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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LandSeaLot: Land-Sea interface: Let’s observe together!
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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 Data Analysis and Artificial-Intelligence 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
- Jiang, D; Jones, I; Liu, X; Simis, SGH; Cretaux, J-F; Albergel, C; Tyler, A; Spyrakos, E; 2024. Impacts of droughts and human activities on water quantity and quality: Remote sensing observations of Lake Qadisiyah, Iraq . International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation.
- Bentley, LK; Phillips, RA; Carpenter‐Kling, T; Crawford, RJM; Cuthbert, RJ; Delord, K; Dilley, BJ; Makhado, AB; Miller, PI; Oppel, S; Pistorius, PA; Ryan, PG; Schoombie, S; Weimerskirch, H; Manica, A; 2024. Habitat preferences of Phoebetria albatrosses in sympatry and allopatry . Journal of Biogeography.
- Goddijn-Murphy, L; Martinez-Vicente, V; Dierssen, H; Raimondi, V; Gandini, E; Foster, R; Chirayath, V; 2024. Emerging Technologies for Remote Sensing of Floating and Submerged Plastic Litter . Remote Sensing.
- Zhang, Y; Sun, J; Shen, X; Lal Chandani, V; Du, M; Song, C; Dai, Y; Hu, G; Yang, M; Tilstone, GH; Jordan, TM; Dall’Olmo, G; Liu, Q; Nemitz, E; Callaghan, A; Brean, J; Sommariva, R; Beddows, D; Langford, B; Bloss, W; Acton, W; Harrison, R; Dall’Osto, M; Shi, Z; 2024. Measurements of particulate methanesulfonic acid above the remote Arctic Ocean using a high resolution aerosol mass spectrometer . Atmospheric Environment.
- Kong, CE; Sathyendranath, S; Jackson, T; Stramski, D; Brewin, RJW; Kulk, G; Jonsson, B; Loisel, H; Gali, M; Le, C; 2024. Comparison of ocean-colour algorithms for particulate organic carbon in global ocean . Frontiers in Marine Science.
- Vabson, V; Ansko, I; Duong, K; Vendt, R; Kuusk, J; Ruddick, K; Bialek, A; Tilstone, GH; Gossn, JI; Kwiatkowska, E; 2024. Complete characterization of ocean color radiometers . Frontiers in Remote Sensing.
- Liu, X; Warren, M; Selmes, N; Simis, SGH; 2024. Quantifying decadal stability of lake reflectance and chlorophyll-a from medium-resolution ocean color sensors . Remote Sensing of Environment.
- Malysheva, AS; Lobanova, PV; Tilstone, GH; 2024. Development of a Maximum Specific Photosynthetic Rate Algorithm Based on Remote Sensing Data: a Case Study for the Atlantic Ocean . Oceanology.
- McQuatters-Gollop, A; Stern, RF; Atkinson, A; Best, M; Bresnan, E; Creach, V; Devlin, M; Holland, M; Ostle, C; Schmidt, K; Sheppard, L; Tarran, GA; Woodward, EMS; Tett, P; 2024. The silent majority: Pico- and nanoplankton as ecosystem health indicators for marine policy . Ecological Indicators.
- 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.
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
Dr Yanna Alexia Fidai
Earth Observation and Remote Sensing Scientist
yfi
@pml.ac.uk
Professor Steve Groom
Head of Science - Earth Observation
sbg
@pml.ac.uk
Dr Thomas Jordan
Earth Observation Scientist: Ocean Optics
tjor
@pml.ac.uk
Dr Lekshmi Krishnakumary
Earth Observation Scientist
lkr
@pml.ac.uk
Dr Gemma Kulk
Senior Earth Observation Scientist
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
Paula Pereira
Research intern
ppe
@pml.ac.uk
Dr Graham Quartly
Physical oceanographer (Remote sensing)
gqu
@pml.ac.uk
Dr May Rodriguez
Earth Observation Scientist
mro
@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