SSHADE Facts Sheet
[state at 26/04/2021]
SSHADE stands for “Solid Spectroscopy Hosting Architecture of Databases and Expertise”
Website
- www.sshade.eu (data search/visualization/export tools, and more…)
Wiki
Data type
- on-line spectroscopic data
- with fully documented metadata on materials, samples, spectra, publications…
Type of materials
- ices, snow, molecular solids…
- minerals, rocks
- organic solids, carbonaceous materials…
- liquids
Type of samples
- 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…
Type of spectra
- transmission, absorption coefficient, optical constants…
- reflectance, BRDF…
- Raman spectra…
- XANES spectra
Spectral range
- designed from gamma to radio wavelengths
- but currently mostly from near-UV to sub-mm (0.3µm - 1mm), plus X-ray.
Number of
- experiments: 316 (+37*)
- samples: 1897 (+261*)
- spectra: 3760 (+517*)
(*: to be released)
Data providers
- active databases: 18
- starting databases: 5
- future databases: 6
- partner teams: 34
- Database managers : 53
- researchers : 129
- countries: 16