SSHADE Facts Sheet

[state at 15/06/2026]

SSHADE stands for “Solid Spectroscopy Hosting Architecture of Databases and Expertise”

• www.sshade.eu (data search/visualization/export tools, and more…)

• Home page
• SSHADE user guide

• SSHADE manager: Lydie Bonal (Astron., UGA - IPAG)
• SSHADE co-manager: Lucia Mandon (Astron. Adj., UGA - IPAG)
• Former scientific manager (2009-2026): Bernard Schmitt (DR, CNRS - IPAG)
• Users/providers support: Zélia Dionnet (Astron. Adj., OSUPS - IAS)
• Development manager: Damien Albert (IE, CNRS - OSUG)
• Developer: Etienne Dode (IE, CNRS - OSUG)

• spectroscopic data: Spectra and bandlists
• with fully documented metadata on materials, samples, spectra, publications…

• ices, snow, molecular solids…
• minerals, rocks
• organic solids, carbonaceous materials…
• liquids

• synthesized in the laboratory,
• natural terrestrial analogues collected or measured in the field,
• extra-terrestrial samples collected on Earth: (micro-)meteorites, IDPs, …
• extra-terrestrial samples collected on planetary bodies: lunar soils…

• transmission, absorption coefficient, optical constants…
• reflectance, BRDF…
• Raman spectra…
• XANES spectra

• Absorption and Raman
• Fundamental molecular solids and Minerals

• designed from gamma to radio wavelengths
• currently mostly from near-UV to sub-mm (0.3µm - 1mm), plus X-ray.

• experiments: 516 (+59*)
• samples: ~3200 (+300*)
• spectra: 9135 (+1040*)
• Bandlists: 68 (+6*)
• Bands: 1467 (+125*)

(*: ingested, to be released)

• active databases: 22
• starting databases: 6
• future databases: 3*
• partner teams: 30 (+3*)
• Database managers: 45 (+5*)
• researchers : 130
• countries: 14 (+2*)

(*: planned future)

• registered users: 1162
• Unique visitors per month: 11000 (awstats), ~7000 (Matomo*)
• Visits per month: 35000 (awstats), ~8500 (Matomo*)
• Download per month: ~550 (~10 Go)

average over 3 last months (*: strongly filtered)