Brockmann Consult has been delivering environmental informatics and geoinformation services for satisfied customers and as part of European and international partnerships for over two decades. Take a look at some of the highlights.
Company Timeline
Brockmann Consult team reaches 40 staff members
Brockmann Consult becomes Prime Contractor for Climate Service Land Biosphere Service
Upgrade of the coastal services to include coastal erosion products
Launch of Earth System Data Laboratory (DeepESDL), a platform that leverages deep learning and advanced data analysis techniques to study Earth system data in the cloud
CyanoAlert, a new alert service software to inform users about Cyanobacteria blooms and multi-sensor based water quality parameters is developed in cooperation with Brockmann Geomatics Sweden and Brockmann Consult
BC moves to new offices in Hamburg Bergedorf in a location convenient for staff and guests
Release of xcube v.0.1.0 which is the foundation for BC’s move towards Analysis Ready Data. Xcube is the basis of many of BC’s applications, analyses and services
Brockmann Consult becomes a service provider for Copernicus Services, starting with the Land Monitoring Service (Inland water products, global mosaic), which expands to include Marine Service (high resolution ocean colour) and Climate Service
Spectral Earth was founded to work within
the Brockmann Consult portfolio
Brockmann Geometics Sweden is founded
to work in conjuction with the Hamburg operation
Brockmann Consult intensified its engagement in Climate Change related service by providing Essential Climate Variables on Ocean Colour, Landcover, Lakes, Water Vapour, Sea Surface Temperature and Fire Burned Area to ESA Climate Change Initiative
Launched the Calvalus Massive parallel Earth Observation processing system Calvalus was started, being the backbone of BC’s in-house and cloud processing system
Expanding the coastal and water service portfolio. Machine learning based public domain C2RCC software processor was developed by R. Doerffer in cooperation between Brockmann Consult and Hereon Research Centre
Launch of coastal services for habitat mapping and coastal erosion by remote sensing means.
BC joins the ESA ENVISAT satellite mission; the first release of BEAM software launched.
Foundation of Brockmann Consult GmbH
Formation of Brockmann Consult as a sole property
The Brockmann Experience
Brockmann Consult fosters a friendly and innovative environment where cutting-edge technology meets proven methodology to provide solutions in support of complex environmental issues. Our long-serving team members welcome new recruits and everyone learns from each other. Here, knowledge sharing supports stimulating challenges, upskilling is encouraged, and contributions are acknowledged and valued.
Read what the team has to say about their Brockmann experience.
Our Values
We believe in the pursuit of knowledge through evidence-based science. We are committed to contributing towards environmental management in collaboration with our customers and communities by fostering mutual respect, integrity, passion and innovative problem solving.


