Data data everywhere – a need to stop and think!

The raw material for our work in the Digital Environment programme is of course DATA and, as ever, we need improved means of sourcing and accessing appropriate datasets to support our modelling activities. NERC of course is not short of data!! There are a series of data centres associated with each of the environments, for the exact […]

Data Visualisation Tools

A key extension to undertaking data analysis is the effective communication of the subsequent results, helping interested parties understand clearly the analytical outcomes. The very act of visualising data can also itself play a key role in the interpretation and understanding of data. In this blog, we gather together and discuss a range of data […]

COVID-19 Hackathons – Winners announced for first and second events

We are pleased to be able to announce the winning teams for the first two events in the NERC COVID-19 Digital Sprint Hackathons – Air Quality and Recovery. We had some really fantastic entries to choose amongst and the judging panels had a hard job. But after much deliberation, the woinners to date are announced […]

COVID-19 Hackathons – Mid-point update

A big thank you to all the teams who have participated to date in our COVID-19 Hackathons – the events are proving popular. As of today we have now completed the first two events – ‘Air Quality‘ and ‘Recovery‘. The judging panel have met with respect to the first event and the winners have been […]