UK Space Agency and UK National Center for Earth Observation Kick Off Climate Data Project

Climate Data Visualization. Photo: U.K. Space Agency

[Via Satellite 05-05-2016] The U.K. Space Agency and the National Center for Earth Observation (NCEO) are funding a project called the U.K. Climate Data from Space (CDS) computing zone to provide a seamless supply chain of climate data from space. The project is to provide data processing facilities, community tools and software to allow regular production of climate data from currently flying satellite instruments, in order to boost growth and development in the country’s climate services industries.

The CDS-zone will provide dedicated infrastructure and software support to the U.K. climate data from space community, hosted on Jasmin-Climate and Environmental Monitoring from Space (CEMS), for an initial period of two years.