Instrument Design
Scientific instruments for ground, satellite, and aircraft application
World-Class Instrument Design
AirPhoton’s Chief Technical Officer Vanderlei Martins has designed a wide variety of scientific instruments which have been deployed in ground, aircraft and satellite instruments. In addition to his work in the laboratory designing instruments he has been a leading remote sensing scientist working with NASA, NOAA, and other international agencies for the past fifteen years. He knows first hand the scientific objectives which drive the instrument design process. His scientific background plus his versatility as an engineer place him in an elite category of instrument designers. Whether you have an instrument need that you would like us to develop or a prototype which you need to build you would be hard pressed to find a more innovative and skilled team than AirPhoton’s lead designer and engineers. |
Laboratory Instrumentation
Shown left: laser imaging nephelometer The laser imaging nephelometer was designed and built by AirPhoton for NOAA. It provides high quality measurements of particulate matter. This version of the instrument was equipped with one UV laser and one in the deep blue allowing it to distinguish between different types or organic molecules. The raw data can be used in conjunction with GRASP software to determine the size distribution of the aerosols it is measuring. This instrument can be equipped with a variety of lasers depending on the types of measurement desired by the user. This instrument is available for purchase from AirPhoton. |
Satellite Instrumentation
Qubscout-1 was designed by Dr. Martins and his team at UMBC. It was propelled into a low Earth orbit from a launch site in Yasny, Russia on a Dnepr LV rocket. The satellite was built as a joint venture between the University and Science and Technology Corporation (STC) a small high-tech company based in Hampton, VA. The satellite measures 2 inches x 2 inches by 4 inches and it is designed to test a micro sun-sensor that can be used to find and point instruments toward the sun. |
Aircraft Instrumentation
FIREfly system: The FIREfly system offers a complete imaging instrument for forest fire identification and fire radiative energy measurements using a combination of visible and mid-wave infrared wavelengths with autonomous IMU and GPS units, and a full data acquisition system. FIREfly consists of two cameras covering three RGB narrow band wavelengths in the visible range for context, and one band in the mid-wave infrared (MWIR) at 3.7 or 3.9mm for fire identification and fire radiative energy measurements. |
Recent NewsAirPhoton has recently joined forced with GRASP-SAS to form the new company GRASP Global.
Our nephelometers and the new iMAP will be using GRASP inversions to maximize data content. |
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