Sigma Space Corporation in China: a new opportunity for air quality improvement

china2On May 2010, Sigma Space Corporation participated in the International Conference held in China, by the Air & Waste Management Association, on Leapfrogging Opportunities for Air Quality Improvement.

As a vendor exhibitor, Sigma Space released the MiniMPL, a new Micro Pulse Lidar optimized for the near range of the atmosphere (up to 10 km). A product well suited for Atmospheric Boundary Layer measurements, the MiniMPL has been presented as the ideal instrument for air quality monitoring.

Attendees have largely appreciated it as one of the best examples of the latest technology in this field. Yunhui Zheng (in the picture), the Director of Optical Engineering who leads MiniMPL project in Sigma and participated to the exhibition, has collected a very good feedback in particular from the atmospheric researchers. “I still remember with satisfaction the reaction of some of them who lifted it, telling me with a face of surprise It is much more lighter than I could guess. Our product, in fact, is actually the smallest Lidar on the market. But I bet that our Lidar can be even lighter!” declared Yunhui, anticipating some of the upcoming improvement on the instrument.

MiniMPL Smart Station launched at the Meteorological Technology World …

MiniMPL Smart Station launched at the Meteorological Technology World Expo 2012

Two axis scanner, weather station, GPS mapping, weather camera and network capabilities provide an integrated view of the aerosol and atmosphere. Sigma Space released several new features for its famous product, the Mini Micro Pulse Lidar (MiniMPL) at the Meteorological Technology World Expo 2012, in Brussels, Belgium. The Smart Station concept addresses the needs of multiple-lidar installations that track pollution sources, volcanic ash or dust storm events over large geographic...

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DOWNLOAD the new MPL brochure!

DOWNLOAD the new MPL brochure!

  The new MPL brochure is ready to show the latest features and characteristics of our products. Download, read and share it! Send us an e-mail with your address if you prefer a hard copy be mailed to you!

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Micro Pulse LiDAR helps to shed light on carbon emissions at World Eco…

Micro Pulse LiDAR helps to shed light on carbon emissions at World Economic Forum

  Sigma Space Corporation partnered with Picarro Corporation, Penn State University and CLIMMOD scientists in the City Carbon project, demonstrating near real-time carbon emission estimates in the city of Davos, Switzerland, before, during, and after the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting. City Carbon combines measurements from the high-precision and easy-to-use Sigma Space MiniMPL (Mini Micro Pulse LiDAR) and Picarro gas analyzers with carbon-cycle modeling and analysis in order to demonstrate...

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Sigma Space deploys world’s first commercial operational volcanic-ash …

Sigma Space deploys world’s first commercial operational volcanic-ash measurement LIDAR

  NASA-derived technology solves airport closures in Argentina   Sigma Space’s Micro Pulse LiDAR (MPL) was installed at Bariloche airport in Argentina on January 30th at the request of the Argentinean Ministry of Defense. Since the June 2011 eruption of the Chilean volcano Puyehue, Bariloche has been suffering from intermittent ash clouds blowing from the volcano, frequently  closing the airport. Sigma Space’s rugged, portable, and highly automated MPL system was rapidly deployed. Volcanic...

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A DESIGNER’S VIEW OF THE MICRO PULSE LiDAR

A DESIGNER’S VIEW OF  THE MICRO PULSE LiDAR

 By Yunhui Zheng - MPL Optical Engineer I began my career at Sigma Space as an Optical Engineer in 2005.  Since that time, I have been designing and integrating a variety of remote-sensing optical systems for ground-based, airborne and space-borne applications. One project has been of particular interest and excitement for me. It is my work on Sigma Space’s commercially available remote-sensing system, the Micro Pulse LiDAR (MPL). It is an...

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