Royal Belgian Institute for Space AeronomyPhysics and chemistry of the atmosphere of the Earth and other planets, and of outer space.
Groundbased & airborne instrument development: science & technology | 2023-2024
Polar Light Imager (PLI) can be remotely controlled from Belgium to capture high-resolution images of the aurora.
Auroral light is captured by ASIS (Auroral Spectrograph In Skibotn), an auroral spectrograph installed at the Skibotn observatory in Norway.
This ground-based instrument has evolved significantly, demonstrating its capabilities in air quality monitoring over the past two years.
BIRA-IASB developed a mobile measurement platform that uses infrared remote sensing to monitor atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations.
To detect emissions from ships in the North Sea, SEMPAS is designed, manufactured and assembled under the responsibility of the Engineering department of BIRA-IASB.