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Research Units
G-STEP
G-STEP (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security - Space Technology Exchange Partnership) is a University of Leicester led-interdisciplinary project to help businesses use and apply complex earth observation data obtained from satellite, aerial and ground based monitors. The project is part funded by the ERDF.
G-STEP is a dedicated team with the backing of experienced and established experts in the GMES and Earth Observation fields and can assist SME’s and other businesses in the East Midlands by:
- Developing solutions using earth observation data
- Providing access to the extensive expertise of the University of Leicester and regional earth observation knowledge base
- Providing workshops exploring the utilisation of earth observation data for business
- Providing graduate placements within business for short term project development
- Providing support to assist business with GMES related interests to access larger agencies
- Partnering business in accessing European funding opportunities in GMES.
See the G-STEP website for further details.
The Leicester Lidar Research Unit (LLRU)
The Leicester Lidar Research Unit (LLRU) is an interdisciplinary research group working towards the development of techniques, methods and applications of Lidar remote sensing and image interpretation. The research unit is undertaking a number of exciting projects that utilise Lidar data. These include earthquake fault mapping in Slovenia, automated extraction of vegetation characteristics and 3-D visualisation and simulation of the University of Leicester campus. The LLRU includes members from academia, government, commerce and industry who provide financial, logistical or data support. Research is also supported by a number of research staff and students.
Members: Dr Kevin Tansey, Dr Nick Tate, Dr Dickson Cunningham and others
The Leicester Neotropical Research (LNR)
The Leicester Neotropical Research (LNR) Unit specialises in palaeo-ecological and environmental biogeochemical research in Northern South America. The Quaternary period of this region in particular offers some exciting scientific questions that we focus at. The answers to these problems hold important clues towards the response of the tropical environment to global climate change and ultimately will lead to a better understanding of the local landscape and the earth-system.
Members: Dr Juan-Carlos Berrio, Dr Arnoud Boom, Dr Laurent Bremont
Leicester Quaternary Palaeoenvironments Research Group
A major area of physical geography research at Leicester is focused on the study of environmental changes over the last two million years of Earth history (The Quaternary). This period was characterized by great fluctuations in the earth's climate, landscape and ecology. At Leicester we are especially interested in palaeoenvironmental records from the tropics and sub-tropics, and the group is currently involved in projects ranging from the Amazon Forest to the Sahara Desert. Our research involves a number of techniques, with particular emphasis on stable isotopes and geochemistry. The group comprises four members of academic staff and a number of postgraduate students.
Members: Dr Juan-Carlos Berrio, Dr Arnoud Boom, Dr. Andy Carr, Dr Sue McLaren
