Contact Information
School of GeoSciences,
The University of Edinburgh,
King's Buildings,
West Mains Road,
Edinburgh, EH9 3JW, UK
T: +44 (0)131 6507724
E: pip at ed dot ac dot uk
How do you find us? (PDF )
Presentations
2010
Contemporary changes in the Earth's atmosphere: new insights from planes, trains and satellites, Paul Palmer, Inaugural lecture, April 1st, 2011. (PPS )
2010
Annemarie Fraser, NCEO Conference, September, 2010. (PDF )
Are we making the right measurements to address relevant science questions?, Paul Palmer, IGAC Conference, Halifax, July 2010.
Estimating the magnitude and uncertainty of wildfire emissions from SCIAMACHY HCHO columns , Siegfried Gonzi, EGU meeting, Vienna, April 2010.
An Earth system satellite mission? Department of Physics, University of Leicester, 17th March 2010.
2009
Interpreting recent changes in atmospheric methane using satellite observations of gravity Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, November 2009.
Quantifying the impact of BOReal forest fires on Tropospheric oxidants over the Atlantic using Aircraft and Satellites: An overview of the BORTAS project , Mark Parrington, Aura Science Team Meeting in Leiden, The Netherlands, September 2009.
New insights about recent growth rate of anomalies of atmospheric methane using space-based data , Paul Palmer, Grantham Institute for Climate Change, Imperial College, June 2009.
Vertical transport of surface fire emission observed from space , Siegfried Gonzi, GEOS-Chem meeting, Harvard University, April 2009.
Was 2008 a particularly interesting year for observing Borneo from space? , Michael Barkley, OP3 photo-oxidants workshop, University of York, March 2009.
Vertical transport of surface fire emissions observed from space , Paul Palmer, School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, March 2009.
Some new insights about natural emissions of trace gases using satellite data , Paul Palmer, School of Geography, University of Leeds, February 2009.
Quantifying uncertainties in modelling global isoprene emissions: the role of satellite data , Paul Palmer, VOCBAS meeting, Estonia, January 2009.
2008
Regulated large-scale annual shutdown of Amazonian isoprene emissions? , Michael Barkley, Fall AGU meeting San Francisco, December 2008.
The UK Universities contribution to the analysis of GOSAT L1 and L2 data: towards a better quantitative understanding of surface carbon fluxes , presented by Michael Barkley on behalf of the UK consortium at the GOSAT science team meeting, Tokyo, November 2008.
Development of an EnKF to estimate CO2 fluxes from realistic distributions of XCO2 , Paul Palmer, National Institute for Environmental Science, Tsukuba, Japan, 5 August, 2008.
Estimating terrestrial CO2 fluxes from XCO2 data using an EnKF: Sensitivity to glint-view measurements and spatial resolution of control variables , Paul Palmer, International Workshop on Greenhouse Gases Measurements from Space, California Institute for Technology, Pasadena, CA, 24 June 2008.
Interpreting distributions of HCN over the tropics using a chemistry transport model , Qian Li, ACE Science Team Meeting, York, UK, 10 June 2008.
Global Distributions of Carbonyl Sulfide (OCS) in the Upper Troposphere and Stratosphere , Michael Barkley, ACE Science Team Meeting, York, UK, 10 June 2008.
Biogenic VOC emissions from tropical ecosystems: top-down ecosystem isoprene fluxes inferred from GOME HCHO columns , Michael Barkley, EGU, Vienna, April 2008.
What determines column CO2 ? , Paul Palmer, EGU, Vienna, April 2008.
Towards a better quantitative understanding of equatorial South American emissions of isoprene: combining EO data and models , Paul Palmer, King's College London, University of London, March 11th, 2008.
2007
Using space-borne measurements of HCHO to test current understanding of tropical BVOC emissions , Paul Palmer, Max Planck Institute, Mainz, September 13, 2007.
Biogenic Emissions from Tropical Ecosystems , Michael Barkley, GEOS-CHEM Users Meeting, Harvard University, 2007.
Formaldehyde from Space: unexplored regions, new data, new challenges. Atmospheric Science Seminar, Institut für Umweltphysik IUP Bremen, Germany, 30th January 2007.
2006
An atmospheric chemist's perspective on Earth system science. NCEO trace gas and aerosol theme planning meeting, University of Reading, 15th December 2006.
Inverse modelling of spaceborne observations. Meeting on Satellite Measurements of Tropospheric Composition for Climate and Air Quality, University of Leicester, 21st November 2006.
Using space-based measurements of formaldehyde to learn about BVOC distributions. Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics Seminar Series, University of Oxford, 16th November 2006.
Using space-based measurements of formaldehyde to learn about BVOC distributions. Discussion meeting on "Trace gas biogeochemitry and global change", The Royal Society of London, 13th November 2006.
What can we learn about the Earth system using space-based observations of tropospheric chemical composition? Data Assimilation Research Centre Seminar, University of Reading, 25 April 2006. [10.7MB]
What can we learn about the Earth system using space-based observations of tropospheric chemical composition? Space Sciences Division, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, 24 April 2006. [8.9MB]
What have I learnt about tropospheric composition from space-based observations? ENV Seminar, University of East Anglia, 26 March 2006. [7.3MB]
AQ from space: a UK perspective , Community workshop on air quality remote sensing from space: defining an optimum observing strategy, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, 21-23 February 2006. [2.6MB]
Satellite observations of tropospheric composition: current and future research , Space Research Centre, University of Leicester, 1 February 2006. [6.5MB]
2005
Space-based measurements of carbon compounds , School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, 7 December 2005. [7.8MB]
Space-based measurements of carbon compounds , Centre for Terrestrial Carbon Dynamics, University of Sheffield, 16 November 2005. [6.7MB]
Improved Understanding of Biogenic Emissions Using HCHO Column Data: From GOME to OMI , Aura Science Team Meeting, The Hague, Amsterdam, 8-10 November 2005. [1.8MB]
2004
Using satellite observations of HCHO column to better understand natural NMVOC emission processes , Gordon Conference on Biogenic Hydrocarbons and Climate, Italy, 2004. [3.8MB]
Estimating regional C fluxes by exploiting observed correlations between CO and CO2 , Department of Meteorology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 2004. [7.0MB]
Estimating regional C fluxes by exploiting observed correlations between CO and CO2 , National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, 2004. [7.0MB]
Terrestrial and marine emissions of isoprene , Meteorological Service of Canada, Toronto, 2004. [6.1MB]
Terrestrial and marine emissions of isoprene , Department of Physics, University of Toronto, 2004. [6.1MB]
Studying tropospheric chemistry from space , School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, 2004. [12.8MB]
2003
Quantifying emissions of natural VOCS using HCHO column observations from space , AGU Fall Meeting (invited presentation), 2003. [4.6MB]
Towards a more integrated approach to tropospheric chemistry , Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, 2003. [8.9MB]
Towards a more integrated approach to tropospheric chemistry , Massachusetts Institute for Technology, Cambridge, MA, 2003. [9.6MB]
Determining emissions of environmentally important gases using data from aircraft and satellites , California Institute for Technology, Pasadena, CA, 2003. [6.4MB]
2002
North American Hydrocarbon Emissions Measured from Space , Atmospheric Environment Research, Cambridge, MA, 2002. [4.2MB]
North American Hydrocarbon Emissions Measured from Space , Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, 2002. [3.4MB]
North American Isoprene Emissions Measured from Space , National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, 2002. [2.3MB]