LEMON emitter installed in the overall LIDAR system

As the LEMON project enters its final phase (project end planned in June 2023), the building of the LEMON instrument is also coming to the final straight. The overall LIDAR structure is assembled and the telescope is already installed and pre-aligned at ONERA premises, in Palaseau. The emitter of the LIDAR system comprises several subsystems …

LEMON at the International Astronautical Congress 2022 in Paris!

The 73rd International Astronautical Congress (IAC) will take place on 18-22 September 2022 in Paris, France. LEMON will be represented at this global space event by the Project Coordinator, Myriam Raybaut from ONERA, with the oral presentation entitled  »Lidar Emitter and Multi-species greenhouse gases Observation iNstrument (LEMON): advances on a multi-species differential absorption Lidar system ». …

The LEMON project at ICSO 2022!

The International Conference on Space Optics 2022 will take place on 3-7 October 2022 in Dubrovnik, Croatia. It is the 14th edition of the largest meeting worldwide of experts working in all disciplines of Optical, Optoelectronic and Photonic Technologies for Space Applications, which makes it a key dissemination venue for the LEMON project. As for …

The LEMON project at the EOS Annual Meeting (EOSAM) 2022!

The European Optical Society Annual Meeting, EOSAM, will take place on 12-16 September 2022 in Porto, Portugal. The EOSAM is a major international scientific conference covering all aspects of optics and photonics, covered by the topical meetings and sessions. It is attended annually by over 500 top researchers, key leaders, students, and industry experts. LEMON …

The LEMON project at the SPIE Remote Sensing 2022 conference!

SPIE Remote Sensing is a key international conference for satellite-based imaging systems. This years’ issue will take place on 5-8 September 2022 in Berlin, Germany. LEMON will be represented at the conference by Michael Strotkamp from Fraunhofer ILT with the oral presentation entitled « Versatile laser transmitter for an airborne CO2 and water vapor DIAL based …

LEMON overall instrument mechanical integration soon achieved and preparation of the ground-based and airborne demonstration campaigns

At the occasion of the M42 official EC Review meeting on the 20th of June 2022, the LEMON consortium partners gathered in Palaiseau, France, at ONERA premises, after a long time of remote meetings due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The official project Review 2 meeting, held under the supervision of the EC Project Officer, Florence …

European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA) highlighs LEMON for the World Environment Day

The LEMON project was featured alongside two other H2020 projects, SPACE CARBON OBSERVATORY (SCARBO) and COPERNICUS CO2 (CoCO2) in the news article entitled “Only one Earth: the value of monitoring climate change from space” published on the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA) website on the 5th June 2022. The article, released for the …

LEMON Newsletter n°5 / Mai 2022 released

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 …

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 …