SSHADE Facts Sheet
[state at 10/10/2021]
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
Type of band lists
- Absorption
- Raman
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: 328 (+40*)
- samples: ~1950 (+300*)
- spectra: 4052 (+604*)
- Bandlists : 21 (+3*)
- Bands : 518 (+104*)
(*: to be released)
Data providers
- active databases: 19
- starting databases: 5
- future databases: 6
- partner teams: 34
- Database managers : 54
- researchers : 130
- countries: 16