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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AMT4SentinelFRM
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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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Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS)
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Earth and Sea Observation System (EASOS): Marine pollution
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EarthServer
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FRM4SOC: Fiducial Reference Measurements for Satellite Ocean Colour
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FRONTAL: Satellite FRONTs for detection of Anthropogenic plastic Litter
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GCRF Blue Communities
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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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Optical Methods for Marine Litter detection (OPTIMAL)
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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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Rehabilitation of Vibrio-infested waters of Lake Vembanad, funded under the India-UK Water Quality programme (REVIVAL)
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REmineralisation, OPTIcs and Marine partIcle siZE (REOPTIMIZE)
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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
- Werther, M; Odermatt, D; Simis, SGH; Gurlin, D; Lehmann, MK; Kutser, T; Gupana, R; Varley, A; Hunter, PD; Tyler, AN; Spyrakos, E; 2022. A Bayesian approach for remote sensing of chlorophyll-a and associated retrieval uncertainty in oligotrophic and mesotrophic lakes . Remote Sensing of Environment.
- Owers, CJ; Lucas, RM; Clewley, D; Tissott, B; Chua, SMT; Hunt, G; Mueller, N; Planque, C; Punalekar, SM; Bunting, P; Tans, P; Metternicht, G; 2022. Operational continental-scale land cover mapping of Australia using the Open Data Cube . International Journal of Digital Earth.
- Ford, DJ; Tilstone, GH; Shutler, JD; Kitidis, V; 2022. Identifying the biological control of the annual and multi-year variations in South Atlantic air–sea CO2 flux . Biogeosciences.
- Loveday, BR; Smyth, TJ; Akpınar, A; Hull, T; Inall, ME; Kaiser, Jan; Queste, BY; Tobermann, M; Williams, CAJ; Palmer, MR; 2022. Application of a new net primary production methodology: a daily to annual-scale data set for the North Sea, derived from autonomous underwater gliders and satellite Earth observation . Earth System Science Data.
- Watson-Parris, D; Christensen, MW; Laurenson, A; Clewley, D; Gryspeerdt, E; Stier, P; 2022. Shipping regulations lead to large reduction in cloud perturbations . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
- Lucas, RM; German, S; Metternicht, G; Schmidt, RK; Owers, CJ; Prober, SM; Richards, AE; Tetreault‐Campbell, S; Williams, KJ; Mueller, N; Tissott, B; Chua, SMT; Cowood, A; Hills, T; Gunawardana, D; McIntyre, AD; Chognard, S; Hurford, C; Planque, C; Punalekar, S; Clewley, D; Sonnenschein, R; Murray, NJ; Manakos, I; Blonda, P; Owers, K; Roxburgh, S; Kay, H; Bunting, P; Horton, C; 2022. A globally relevant change taxonomy and evidence‐based change framework for land monitoring . Global Change Biology.
- Free, G; Bresciani, M; Pinardi, M; Simis, SGH; Liu, X; Albergel, C; Giardino, C; 2022. Investigating lake chlorophyll-a responses to the 2019 European double heatwave using satellite remote sensing . Ecological Indicators.
- Armitage, S; Awty-Carroll, K; Clewley, D; Martinez-Vicente, V; 2022. Detection and Classification of Floating Plastic Litter Using a Vessel-Mounted Video Camera and Deep Learning . Remote Sensing.
- Burggraaff, O; Werther, M; Boss, ES; Simis, SGH; Snik, F; 2022. Accuracy and Reproducibility of Above-Water Radiometry With Calibrated Smartphone Cameras Using RAW Data . Frontiers in Remote Sensing.
- Kurekin, A; Miller, PI; Avillanosa, AL; Sumeldan, JDC; 2022. Monitoring of Coastal Aquaculture Sites in the Philippines through Automated Time Series Analysis of Sentinel-1 SAR Images . Remote Sensing.
People who work in this area of research
Dr Elizabeth C. Atwood
Earth Observation Data Analyst
liat@pml.ac.uk
Dr Lauren Biermann
Earth Observation Scientist
lbi@pml.ac.uk
Dr Andrei Chuprin
Programmer
ach@pml.ac.uk
Professor Steve Groom
Head of Science - Earth Observation
sbg@pml.ac.uk
Dr Thomas Jackson
Remote Sensing and Ocean Optics Scientist
thja@pml.ac.uk
Dr Bror Jonsson
Senior scientist
brj@pml.ac.uk
Dr Thomas Jordan
Earth Observation Scientist
tjor@pml.ac.uk
Christina Kong
Postgraduate Fellowship
chko@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
Professor Stefan Simis
Earth Observation Scientist (inland/coastal waters)
stsi@pml.ac.uk
Emma Sullivan
Earth Observation Scientist
emsu@pml.ac.uk
Dr Varunan Theenathayalan
Earth Observation Scientist
vath@pml.ac.uk
Dr Gavin H Tilstone
Bio-optical oceanographer
ghti@pml.ac.uk
Dr Mark Warren
Remote sensing scientist
mark1@pml.ac.uk
