LHR

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...

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MISO Mission Study

Microsatellite missions have been developing rapidly over the last 5 years: 158 launched in 2014 and 212 forecasted for 2015....

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Solar tracker

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...

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LHR / FTS comparison for atmospheric sounding

Funded by STFC proof of concept.

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Ozone profiling by Laser Heterodyne Spectro-Radiometry

Text on o3 work.

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Who we are

The Spectroscopy Group of RAL Space carries out R&D on novel concepts and instruments for high-precision laser-based hyperspectral sensing, aiming to pioneer the development of the next generation of sensing systems needed for the demanding applications of atmospheric, space sciences, and beyond. It also offers a unique high resolution Fourier Transform facility to support many areas of science.