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...
Atmospheric sensing Living Lab
The Spectroscopy Group has established a new facility integral to its R&D program in atmospheric sensing instrumentation and data analysis:...
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...
Harwell TCCON – 3 years of GHG measurements
September 2023, the Harwell TCCON observatory has reached three years of operational measurements. The observatory was accredited in September 2020...
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...
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...
Towards a UK TCCON site
In collaboration with the University of Leicester and Edinburgh, the group is developing a ground based remote sensing facility for...
MISO Mission Study
Microsatellite missions have been developing rapidly over the last 5 years: 158 launched in 2014 and 212 forecasted for 2015....
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...
