CDT: Satellite Data in Environmental Science
The SENSE CDT is training the next generation of environmental scientists to become specialists in data-science, Earth observation from space and science communication. The centre will in total train about 70 PhD students to tackle cross-disciplinary environmental problems, applying state-of-the-art data science methods to the vast set of measurements collected by satellites.
The centre is run jointly by the Universities of Edinburgh and Leeds, the British Antarctic Survey and the National Oceanography Centre.
In addition to state-of-the-art research, students engage with industry through 3-month placements and industry symposiums held with industry partners and local businesses.
SENSE students also run SatSchool, our outreach programme, which promotes STEM career pathways and Earth observation in schools.
Highlights:
SENSE PhD student Emily Dowd discovered a substantial methane leak from a faulty gas pipe near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire while using GHGSAT’s high-resolution data in March 2023. This is the first time a UK methane emission has been detected from space and mitigated.
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