Land and Atmosphere Remote Sensing
LARS
The LARS (Land and Atmosphere Remote Sensing) group deals with the development of methods for space-based monitoring of bio/geophysical variables of the biosphere.
Currently, our research focus is the development of remote sensing methods to detect, quantify and monitor methane emissions from space, which we do in collaboration with institutions including ESA, UNEP-IMEO and EUMETSAT. We are also involved in the development of data pre-procesing and cal-val methods for the TRUTHS and CHIME future ESA missions.
Responsible of group
Luis Guanter Palomar
Professor
- Remote sensing
- Imaging spectroscopy
- Radiative transfer modeling
- Earth observation missions and instruments
Research Support Staff
Itziar Irakulis Loitxate
PhD candidate
- Detection of greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters
- Spatial data analysis and GIS
- Climate change mitigation
Javier Gorroño Viñegla
Postdoctoral researcher
- Calibration and validation of optical sensors
- Uncertainty analysis of EO products
- EO processing chain development
Adriana Valverde Iglesias
PhD candidate
- Environment and climate change
- Detection of methane emissions
- Remote sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Lulu Si
PhD candidate
- Remote sensing and GIS
- Image analysis in EO
- Detection and quantification of gas flaring
Shanyu Zhou
Postdoctoral researcher
- Optical satellite image analysis
- Data science in Earth Observation
- Hydrocarbon detection