FLIR is a company that makes thermal infrared cameras for taking photos or videos of heat (not to be confused with [near infrared cameras](/wiki/multispectral-imaging)). Some of these are tuned specifically for gases, and can be used to image #methane. See more under [thermal photography](/wiki/thermal-photography) ## Questions [questions:flir] ## Activities [activities:flir] ...
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| amysoyka | "You might appreciate what these guys did. http://youtu.be/yqB8w0WXhnc 1:45 - they built a portable lab to monitor gasses around fracking sites. " | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "Those lower wavelength bands may be cheaper or possibly not require as much cooling to get a fast sensor response. Good thinking. We need a ~100k..." | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| geraldmc | "While methane has a main absorption band between 3200-3400nm, it also has weaker bands around 2300nm and 1650nm. For the 3200-3400nm band EOC sell..." | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "MWIR lenses: https://www.thorlabs.com/newgrouppage9.cfm?objectgroup_id=5428 http://www.ispoptics.com/catalog/2/IR%20Lens%20Assemblies http://www..." | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "The key filter seems to be a 3.46micrometer peek bandpass filter for midwave (MWIR) infrared. a few groups seem sell them or something like it. h..." | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "InAs (Indium Arsenide) looks almost perfect, with a high sensitivity and a peak sensitivity at 3400nm (3.4micrometers) when cooled to 196K. 196K is..." | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "Finding a sensor that can do high-speed sampling in the range required is looking pretty expensive. Thor Labs has a series of amplified, cooled se..." | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "Can we digitize a 240x320 analog video signal using an standard audio jack? A mac laptop captures a maximum of two cannels (stereo) at 96khz, with..." | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "The mirror arrays are looking more and more attractive because of their light-efficiency and compactness. Also, since I can now order cast and hig..." | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| donblair | "Awesome! FLIR-tin' with greatness, here. " | Read more » | about 10 years ago | |||
| karenv | "fantastic! one step closer! " | Read more » | about 10 years ago | |||
| sara | "awesome! Love the orange suit case. " | Read more » | about 10 years ago | |||
| warren | "$45 for 4 hours, $75 for 24 hours! Michael Nagle from Sprout just gave them a ring. " | Read more » | almost 13 years ago | |||
| gonzoearth | "Indeed, I wonder how much? I was just looking at these "RESNET" standards that they market compliance with: http://www.resnet.us/standards " | Read more » | almost 13 years ago |