Keiko Nomura, PhD
My personal website
News
- Joined the NASA Earth eXchange (NEX) (September, 2024)
- Climate Engine collaborates with Dun & Bradstreet to launch Climate Risk Insights for businesses (December 2023)
- Climate Engine’s flagship product ‘SpatiaFi’ was selected as Google Cloud’s 2023 Industry Solution Technology Partner of the Year for Sustainability (August 2023)
- Author-led video tutorial, “Cloud-based Remote Sensing with Google Earth Engine: Fundamentals and Applications”, Chapter F5.1 Raster/Vector Conversions (April 2023)
- Speaker for GEE Nairobi Meet up “Introduction to Earth Engine” (April 2023)
- Exploring Mastodon (November 2022)
- Speaker for Power of the Pixel panel at Pecora 2022 (October 2022)
- Climate Engine featured at the Geo for Good conference (October 2022)
- Speaker for EO Transformation at Living Planet Conference (May 2022)
- Off!Cast Mosquito Forecast was launched by SC Johnson with Google Cloud and Climate Engine (May 2022)
- Became a Google Developers Expert (GDE) for Earth Engine! (April 2022)
- Speaker for Innovation for Climate Services organised by ICPAC (February 2022)
- Speaker for Space & Geospatial at KTN / Geospatial Virtual Pavilion for COP26 (November 2021)
- Interviewed for the WIRED article “Missing Forests Are Messing With Climate Targets” (October 2021)
- Speaker for the 2021 Singapore Geospatial Festival, EarthEngine@SG (September 2021)
- Joined Climate Engine (August 2021)
- Featured by Tech Nation. Thank you! (August 2021)
- Space Intelligence published the first ever Scotland-wide high resolution habitat maps, for free (April 2021)
- Selected among 15 leading women in Machine Learning for Earth Observation 2021 by Radiant Earth Foundation! (March 2021)
- Happy Women’s History Month! Ali Harford @MapDotCom selected an amazing group of women and I got to be part of! (March 2021)
I’m so honoured! Thank you so much https://t.co/PSacuwYc92
— Keiko (@Keiko_geo) March 8, 2021
#ImageOfTheDay #HolidaySpecial🎄
— 🇪🇺 DG DEFIS #StrongerTogether (@defis_eu) December 23, 2020
Peatlands are core ecosystems for #biodiversity
In May 2019, a #wildfire burned for 6⃣ days affecting >5,300 hectares of #peatlands in 🏴
⬇️@CopernicusEU #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️view of the🔥: the smoke is shown red tones
Image processed by @Keiko_geo pic.twitter.com/lbpvb5ISH7
If you need a pick-me-up from a mid-week slump, I highly recommend revisiting this 👇 inspiring panel from @geospatialwomen. Great advice, motivation, and a diversity of paths and experiences among some exemplary women in geospatial tech! https://t.co/HEUvdZhgep pic.twitter.com/xijCHUQRz9
— Kelsey E. Herndon (@keherndon) November 11, 2020
About me
- From Kyoto, Japan
- UNDP Indonesia 2011-2012
- UNDP Asia-Pacific Regional Center, Thailand 2012-2013
- UN Environment Asia and the Pacific, Thailand 2014-2016
- University of Edinburgh 2016-2019 -> People I worked with and learned from
- Outstanding reviewer for Environmental Research Letters, 2018
- Space Intelligence Ltd., 2019-2021
- Climate Engine, 2021-2024
- Google Developer Expert (GDE) for Earth Engine, 2022-
- NASA Ames Research Center, Earth eXchange (NEX), 2024-
Media coverage and engagement
WIRED “Missing Forests Are Messing With Climate Targets”. 30, October 2021
Tech Nation, 3 August 2021.
Image of the Day, Copernicus Holiday Special, 23 December 2020.
“GEE with Keiko”, Scene from Above Podcast, 29 November 2020.
SAR_STAR, Sisters of SAR, 20 November 2020.
GEOMOB, “Something fun with Earth Engine”, 17 November 2020.
Career Journeys of Women+ in Earth Engine: Abena Asare-Ansah, Dr. Lola Fatoyinbo & Dr. Keiko Nomura, Google Geo for Good Summit, 21 October 2020.
“Space and Satellites Artist Residency – Work in Progress: Cécile Simonis,” Space Technology Thursday Talk, 11 June 2020.
“Detecting palm oil plantation land use in Myanmar,” EO Data Science, May 2020.
“Myanmar risks losing forests to oil palm, but there’s time to pivot,” Mongabay Environmental News, 13 November. 2019. https://news.mongabay.com/2019/11/myanmar-risks-losing-forests-to-oil-palm-but-theres-time-to-pivot/.
“The Case for SPACE,” the Herald’s Business HQ Magazine, page 89, issue 10, summer 2019.
“Concerns raised about Redd+ scheme to conserve forests,” Geographical, 23 May. 2019. https://geographical.co.uk/places/forests/item/3164-redd-scheme.
“Earth from space: the biggest earth observation conference in the world, ESA’s Living Planet Symposium, kicks off in Milan.” Today Programme. BBC Radio 4. 13 May. 2019.
“Brazil to Receive First-Ever Results-Based REDD+ Payment, but Concerns Remain.” Mongabay Environmental News, 1 March. 2019. https://news.mongabay.com/2019/03/brazil-to-receive-first-ever-results-based-redd-payment-but-concerns-remain/.
Publications
Did the Covid-19 lockdown really boost bees and wildflowers in Scotland?, Space Intelligence, 30 July 2020.
“10 tips for becoming an Earth Engine expert”, Medium, 28 Jan 2020.
Nomura, K., Mitchard, E. T., Patenaude, G., Bastide, J., Oswald, P., & Nwe, T. (2019). Oil palm concessions in southern Myanmar consist mostly of unconverted forest. Scientific reports, 9(1), 1-9.
- Tanintharyi oil palm and rubber map
- About oil palm in Myanmar
Nomura, K., Mitchard, E. T., Bowers, S. J., & Patenaude, G. (2019). Missed carbon emissions from forests: comparing countries’ estimates submitted to UNFCCC to biophysical estimates. Environmental Research Letters.
Nomura, K., & Mitchard, E. (2018). More Than Meets the Eye: Using Sentinel-2 to Map Small Plantations in Complex Forest Landscapes. Remote Sensing, 10(11), 1693.