UK-South Africa Partnership : EO for Atmospheric Composition Science
Climate change mitigation, and air quality (AQ) improvement are two inter-related pressing global challenges for which high quality, trustable Earth...
Mid Infrared Photonics – Germanium on Silicon structures for spectroscopic sensing
This project is the latest addition in a programme of work to develop miniature mid-infrared (MIR) gas sensors using novel...
Fiducial reference measurements for greenhouse gases (FRM4GHG)
In partnership with 6 institutes (Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, University of Bremen, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen,...
SOLSTICE
The SOLSTICE mission (Solar Occultation Limb Sounding Transformative instruments for Climate Exploration) aims to demonstrate for the first time accurate...
Open path near IR laser dispersion spectrometer for methane monitoring
Monitoring methane emissions is essential to develop accountable, trusted greenhouse gas emission mitigation strategy. Based on its expertise in laser...
Integrated laser isotopic analysers for breath analysis
Using hollow waveguide hybrid optical integration, the group develops miniaturized mid-infrared laser absorption spectrometers for isotopologue ratio analysis. One of...
CubeSats for the Monitoring of Atmospheric Processes – CubeMAP
Earth is changing at an unprecedented pace. One of the most pressing global issues faced by humankind relates to climate...
MEMS Fourier Transform Spectrometer for Earth Observation
Lightweight, power-efficient, low-cost, yet efficient, sensors are highly sought after for space applications. Hyperspectral and ultraspectral (spectroscopic) remote sensors are...
GECO – Geothermal Emission COntrol
The Spectroscopy Group is part of the H2020 GECO consortium led by Reykjavik Energy. For the GECO project, the group...
ASPIC – Advanced Spectroscopy for improved characterisation of the near-Infrared water vapour Continuum
In collaboration with the University of Reading, Department of Meteorology, the RAL Space Spectroscopy Group works on a four year...
Fugitive gas emission mapping & quantification
In collaboration with MIRICO Ltd and Shell SGSI, the group has developed a novel laser sensor for long open path...
Mid-infrared photonics – laser inscribed optical components
Ultrafast laser inscription (ULI) of glasses is known to produce single- and multi-mode waveguides, which, to date, have mostly been...
CO2 Laser Heterodyne Radiometer deployment to the Finnish Arctic for the FRM4GHG campaign
An essential component of quantifying, understanding and predicting changes in the Earth’s carbon cycle is a global measurement system of...
MISO Mission Study
Microsatellite missions have been developing rapidly over the last 5 years: 158 launched in 2014 and 212 forecasted for 2015....
Laser isotope ratio-meter volcanic deployment
Volcanic degassing is the main pathway of carbon release from the Earth’s interior to the atmosphere. In order to constrain...
Laser Heterodyne Spectro-radiometry for CO2 sounding
This project focuses on the demonstration and assessment of thermal infrared laser heterodyne spectro-radiometry for the remote sensing of carbon...
Active Coherent Laser Spectrometer for standoff sensing (ACLaS)
Detecting chemical threats at safe standoff distances An eye-safe, mid-IR hyperspectral active standoff detection system provides identification, detection, and confident...
Laser isotope ratio-meter
From an initial breadboard concept development intended for planetary landers, the group has developed some novel concept for laser isotope...
Long open-path laser dispersion sensing
Laser Dispersion Spectroscopy (LDS), is a new gas sensing technique that applies a novel approach to tuneable diode laser spectroscopy....
Intracavity laser sensors
The group develop a new technology based on widely tunable cavity enhanced sensors, for gas and liquid phase analysis. When...