LEMON is pleased to release the public project Newsletter N°5! This fifth issue contains among others: an editorial text by the Project Coordinator, Myriam Raybaut (ONERA); an overview of the latest achievements related to the LEMON emitter manufacturing, in line with LEMON objectives to be able to tagert several greenhouse gas species; the updated list […]
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LEMON enters the DIAL instrument integration phase
In January 2022, the LEMON consortium started the project year N°4. In the M37 General Assembly Meeting, held on the 27th of January 2022, the project status and achievements were assessed and well perceived by the HaDEA Project Officer, Florence Beroud, and the external independent reviewer, Maria Losurdo. Despite the Covid-19 related delays, the LEMON […]
Four LEMON peer-reviewed papers published in 2021 and available in Open Access
LEMON consortium partners have been active in disseminating project results over the past months. In 2021, four peer-reviewed papers were published in renowned scientific journals and top conference proceedings, and are available in Open Access. Publication in the Proceedings of the International Conference on Space Optics (ICSO) 2021: Paper title: “Design and pre-development of an […]
Video of first DIAL ground-based validation campaign [French]
LEMON partner CNRS produced a video reportage [in French] of the first differential absorption lidar (DIAL) instrument ground-based validation campaign, performed by LEMON partners in September 2021. The video was published on the French newspaper Le Monde and on CNRS Le Journal. The video highlights the challenges of measuring water vapor isotopic composition, and the […]
LEMON Newsletter n°4 / November 2021 released
LEMON is pleased to release the public project Newsletter N°4! In this issue of the Newsletter you will find: Editorial by the Project Coordinator, Myriam Raybaut; Focus on the first differential absorption lidar (DIAL) instrument ground-based validation campaign, performed by LEMON partners in September 2021; Focus on calculations performed to estimate the LEMON instrument performances […]
Towards a spaceborne Lidar frequency reference
This news article aims to provide an update on the radiation tests performed within the LEMON project, as a follow-up of the news article published on the LEMON website on the 18th September 2020. The most susceptible components of the LEMON Frequency Referency UnIT (LEMON Fruit) have been identified and assessed with respect to the […]
Status overview of the LEMON instrument manufacturing
This news article aims to provide an update on the work performed within the key project work package focusing on the manufacturing of the DIAL LIDAR instrument, under Fraunhofer ILT leadership. After the successful Optical and Mechanical Readiness Report as an output of the design phase, the LEMON project entered the next stage with the […]
The LEMON project at the front stage at the ICSO conference 2021
The LEMON project was well represented at the 13th edition of the International Conference on Space Optics (ICSO), which was held virtually between the 30th March and the 2nd April 2021. The ICSO conference is the world’s largest meeting of experts who are active in all disciplines of optical, optoelectronic and photonic technologies for space […]
LEMON peer-reviewed article about LEMON instrument design and its emitter optical design published in the Special Issue of Atmosphere journal
The LEMON consortium is delighted to announce that the peer-reviewed article « High Energy Parametric Laser Source and Frequency-Comb-Based Wavelength Reference for CO2 and Water Vapor DIAL in the 2 µm Region: Design and Pre-Development Experimentations » has been published in Atmosphere journal on 20th March 2021 as part of the Special Issue Remote Sensing of Atmospheric […]
LEMON gathers for a virtual Review Meeting
The LEMON consortium gathered for the 2nd Review Meeting on the 20th of January 2021. The meeting was initially planned to take place at the premises of SpaceTech GmbH, in Immenstaad, Germany, on Lake Constance. However, due to the Covid-19 pandemic and travel restrictions, a remote meeting was scheduled instead. The REA Project Officer, Sabri […]