SSHADE Facts Sheet
[state at 01/01/2024]
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
Type of band lists
- Absorption and Raman
- Fundamental molecular solids and Minerals
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: 423 (+53*)
- samples: ~3000 (+300*)
- spectra: 7482 (+689*)
- Bandlists : 64 (+2*)
- Bands : 1345 (+35*)
(*: ingested, to be released)
Data providers
- active databases: 22
- starting databases: 6
- future databases: 3*
- partner teams: 30 (+3*)
- Database managers : 45 (+5*)
- researchers : 130
- countries: 14 (+2*)
(*: planned future)