Remote sensing technology development laboratory – LD2T

The Remote sensing technology development laboratory has a set of

remote sensing instruments allowing measurements in an indoor and controlled environment, including a darkroom with all the necessary equipment to calibrate measuring devices.

These instruments cover the range of solar (visible, near-infrared and short-wave infrared), thermal and microwave electromagnetic radiation. It allows the assembly of experiments in a controlled environment on the optical, thermal and microwave properties of natural or artificial materials on the earth’s surface.

Manager: Patrick Ménard

Summary list of equipment:

  • Visible and near infrared spectrometers
    • ASD FR JR
    • GER-2100
    • ASD PS II
    • SPECTRON CE 500
  • Radiometers
    • Passive microwave RADIOMETRICS
      • 10 GHz
      • 19 GHz
      • 37 GHz
    • Solar
      • CIMEL CE 318
      • MICROTOPS
      • Li-COR LAI 2000
    • Multibands (visible et near infrared)
      • CIMEL CE 310
      • EXOTECH
    • Thermal
      • CIMEL CE 312-2T R6 (ASTER)
      • CIMEL CLIMAL 312-2n (ASTER)
      • CIMEL aéroporté CE-332
      • EVEREST AG MULTIMETER
      • RAYTEK ST Pro
    • CO2
      • CIMEL PHCO2
    • Moonlight
      • CIMEL CE318N-EBS9
    • Startlight with dome
      • SPSTAR04 Schulz & Partner GmbH
  • Terrestrial Lidar Imager
    • IMAGER 5006 Z+F
    • ILRIS OPTECH
  • Atmospheric Lidar
    • CoralNet
  • Georadar
    • Pulse EKKO
      • 100 MHz
      • 900 MHz
      • 1500 MHz
  • Thermal camera
    • FLIR Thermacam PM 575
    • AGEMA Thermovision 880
  • Radar difusiometer
    •  L, C and Ku multipolarisation (HH, VV, HV et VH) bands on a mobile truck equipped with a telescopic arm
  • Telescope
    • Meade LX200 with CCD sensor
  • Global positioning system (GPS)
    • Novatel bi-frequence
    • SubX L1
    • Geneq SX Blue
    • Garmin
  • Meteorological station
    • Wind speed and direction, temperature, pressure, humidity, pyranometer, pyrgéometer, rain gauge, snow height.
    • Mobile HOBO MicroDAQ
  • Micro-climatology and snow instruments
    • GMON Gamma ray probe
    • NRC Cosmic Radiation Snow Gauge
    •  InGaAs Xenics NV XC130 Camera
    • IR reflectometry for snow grain size measurement
    • Nikon D1X modified for IR
    • Traceable digital thermometer model 4000
    • Temperature probes
    • Soil moisture measurement probes (thétaprobes)
    • Probes for measuring soil moisture and temperature Decagon EC-TM
    • Snow depth sensors
    • Roughness meters
    • Data logger (Campbell, LabJack)
  • Calibration equipment
    • Spectral lamps
    • Temperature-controlled black body
    • Spectralon Panels (Labsphere)
    • Infragold thermal reflector-diffuser (Labsphere)
    • Optical bench
    • Active Automatic Radar Calibration System (ARC)/li>
    • Goniometer
    • Laser
    • Photomultiplier
    • Inclinometer
  • Measuring support equipment
    • Skandic 550 Bombardier Snowmobile
    • 6′ x 10′ closed trailer