Exploring the
boundary layer
Our instruments measure fluorescence, scattering, and water-leaving reflectance from vessels, fixed stations, and small aircraft, with records tied to position and time
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What will your sample reveal? Join our fluorescence experiment in Ghent and help build a database of measurements from different liquids
LIFL-11 transects across Lake Balaton on 11–14 August 2026, recording chlorophyll-a, CDOM and elastic backscatter relative to the water Raman line
What will your sample reveal? Join our fluorescence experiment in Ghent and help build a database of measurements from different liquids. Bring a sample to our booth, measure it with the team, and add its fluorescence signature to the collection.
LIFeLiDAR is at Ocean Optics XXVII in Ghent, Belgium, from 13–18 September 2026, with our own booth and a sample-measurement contest. We are excited to join the ocean optics community and share the instruments and fieldwork our team has been developing.
We are building a library of fluorescence measurements from different liquids, and we invite conference visitors to contribute.
LIFL-11 transects across Lake Balaton on 11–14 August 2026, recording chlorophyll-a, CDOM and elastic backscatter relative to the water Raman line
The two OQOMETHI micro-stations now carry the current mFL-12 lidar and mHR-2 radiometer, after unattended operation since April
Each route is grounded in the instruments, the field record, and the partners involved
The LIFL-11 has supported studies of phytoplankton, CDOM, suspended matter, and coastal plumes. The resulting record includes peer-reviewed papers and validation work for Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-3.
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Campaigns can address hydrocarbon releases, harmful algal blooms, wastewater outfalls, and suspended matter in coastal or inland waters. Findings are prepared for port authorities, water boards, regulators, and industrial operators.
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Active LIF measurements and passive Rrs can be acquired together during an overpass. The method has been used with Sentinel-2 MSI and Sentinel-3 OLCI data and can support work with PACE, MODIS, and VIIRS.
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Records a 48-band spectrum at a station and maps four selected bands while the platform is underway
Measures fluorescence from a buoy, pier, or vessel, with unattended operation through day and night
Returns above-water Rrs for direct comparison with satellite ocean-colour observations
Our fieldwork spans the Black Sea and Caspian, Arctic river plumes and inland waters such as Issyk-Kul and Lake Balaton. Vessel surveys map chlorophyll, dissolved organic matter and suspended sediment along the track, revealing how their distributions change across each water body.
The record brings these measurements together with published studies and comparisons against water samples and satellite observations. It connects the instruments' development with the conditions encountered in the field.
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Gulf of Feodosia
Black Sea, 19 May 2015
Technical enquiries go directly to the team in Sophia Antipolis.
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