People

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People

• Lisa Belyea Chris Browitt
• Andrew Curtis Steve Dowers
• Bruce Gittings John Grace
• Bob Harwood Mike Mineter
• William Mackaness Tim Malthus
• Patrick Meir Maurizio Mencuccini
• Chris Merchant John Moncrieff
• Chris Place Keith Smith
• Neil Stuart Matt Williams
• Iain Woodhouse PDRAs PhDs
• Partners

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Aims and Purpose

• Optimise exploitation of observations of the
  Earth and its environment (both in situ and
  remote NOT JUST REMOTE SENSING).
• Sharing expertise and experience in measurement,
  modelling, technology, analysis, data handling
  assimilation, visualisation, application.
• Science questions driven by other research
  groups.
• Technical and science support for other research
  groups.
• Insight!

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My current interests (as an example)Everything
in the context of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)

• Forward (radiative transfer) modelling for
  microwave interaction with vegetation (including
  surface scattering).
• Inverse modelling (parameter retrieval).
• Image reconstruction (ill-posed problems, maximum
  entropy methods for speckle reduction).
• Polarimetry and interferometry (coherence theory)
• Visualisation (HCI)
• Applications in just about anything!

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Activities

• Seminar programme (in collaboration with
  societies, partners, or other research groups)
• Symposia (collaborative and internal) (ECRR)
• Workshops (What can GIS do for me?)
• Outreach (Dynamic Earth?)

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Aims and Purpose

• Promote and support new and innovative science in
  Edinburgh (benefit to researchers at the
  University)
• Help make Edinburgh a centre for world class
  research in the GeoSciences (attract external
  support and researchers)
• ?? Platforms, facilities, data, opportunities,
  people

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Initiatives

• SRIF bid (1M), NERC capital equipment

Research Aircraft Environmental Sensors Image
Processing Software GIS Visualisation
Lab Canopy Crane Mobile Laboratory Cosmogenic
Lab Stable Isotope Lab
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Future Initiatives

• Future equipment opportunities (NERC?)
• New posts (making bridges, plugging holes)
• Identifying suitable candidates for visiting
  researchers
• Collaborative research
• Within School of GeoSciences (NERC)
• With e-Science Centre, Informatics, EPCC (EPSRC)
• Others (Archaeology, ROE) (NERC, PPARC)

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