Collaboration
NPL represents the UK, and in some cases the international metrology community as a whole, on a number of key committees. These include Committee on Earth Observation Satellites Working group on Calibration and Validation (CEOS WGCV) where it also provides the chair for the Infrared, Visible and Optical Sensors sub-group (IVOS), Network for Detection of Stratospheric Change (NDSC) and World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). It also supports UK government funded research within the research councils and government policy (in this context) through Defra, DIUS and associated agencies. NPL is recognised as the European lead national metrology institute (NMI) in this sector and is providing strategic support to the European Space Agency (ESA).
Links
- Network for the Calibration and Validation of Earth Observation data (NCAVEO).
- Committee on Earth Observation Satellites Working group on Calibration and Validation (CEOS WGCV).
- Network for Detection of Stratospheric Change (NDSC).
- World Meteorological Organisation (WMO).
- Physikalisch-Meteorologische Observatorium Davos (PMOD) World Radiation Center (WRC)CEOS WGCV IVOS.
Environment / Climate Change collaborations
In 2006, the Optical Technologies team at NPL helped Expedia.co.uk send its 'Blue Sky Explorer' to measure the colour of the sky around the world by providing a portable spectrometer, specially built for the project.