30 years and 15 petabytes: New report by the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis

The Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) is the behind-the-scenes powerhouse keeping the environmental research world running smoothly. If you’ve ever wondered where vast amounts of atmospheric and Earth observation data actually live – or how scientists crunch those enormous datasets – CEDA is the place.

Working across four specialist data centres, advanced analysis environments, and a whole roster of research projects, CEDA supports thousands of researchers who rely on high-quality, accessible environmental data. Their mission is to strengthen environmental science, safeguard data for the long term, and pioneer new ways to access and analyse it. They even offer large-scale data analysis services for the heaviest of heavy-duty workloads.

Here are a few of their key services:

The CEDA Archive – a long-term home for more than 15 petabytes of atmospheric and Earth observation data.
JASMIN, the data-intensive supercomputer that helps researchers tackle complex environmental challenges.
Specialist research support, helping scientists get the most from the data and tools available.

All of this is delivered on behalf of the Natural Environment Research Council through the National Centre for Atmospheric Science and the National Centre for Earth Observation. CEDA itself is based within RAL Space at the Science and Technology Facilities Council.

This month, the CEDA team published their latest annual report. It is packed full of stats, standout achievements, and a look back over three decades of supporting environmental research.

We hope this report will share with you the diversity, impact and importance of our work supporting environmental research over the last three decades which will hopefully continue for many years to come!

– Philip Kershaw, Head of CEDA

The report includes: