The Planetary Spectroscopy Laboratory (PSL): Spectral measurements of planetary analogues from UV to FIR

Abstract

In the last decade the Planetary Emissivity Laboratory (PEL) of DLR in Berlin has provided spectral measurements of planetary analogues from the visible to the far-infrared range for compari-son with remote sensing spacecraft/telescopic meas-urements of planetary surfaces [1-5]. Bi-directional reflection, transmission and emission spectroscopy are the techniques we used to acquire spectral data of target materials. In fall 2015 we started upgrading our laboratory set-up, adding a new spectrometer, three external sources, and new detectors and beamsplitters to further extend the spectral range of measurements that can be performed in the laboratory. The new facility received the name of Planetary Spectroscopy Laboratory (PSL). The purpose of this paper is to illustrate all of the pos-sible measurements that can be done at the Planetary Spectroscopy Laboratory (PSL).