Applied Research in Geomatics, Atmosphere, Nature & Space

ARGANS is an independent customer orientated industrial company of highly-skilled and innovative scientists and engineers working with remote sensing (airborne and satellite) data and geographical information systems (GIS) to map and monitor the marine, atmospheric and terrestrial environments.

ARGANS was established as a Private Limited UK Company in 2007 with the operational base as Plymouth, which allowed it to connect to the University of Plymouth and wider South West through the Tamar Science Park. In 2010, a second office was opened at the Harwell Science & Innovation Centre, alongside the European Space Agency's (ESA) UK centre and the International Space Innovation Centre (ISIC).

The company works with Space Agencies such ESA and NASA alongside UK, European and International partners (companies, research institutes and universities). In addition, we are members of societies / trade bodies such as the British Association of Remote Sensing Companies (BARSC), Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society (RSPSoc) and the European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories (EARSeL).

Dr. Samantha Lavender, the Managing Director, is a scientific expert who is involved in the International research community. ARGANS activities include:
  • AquaMar Training of Users.
  • Commercial Consultancy.
  • Disasters Charter in Africa.
  • MERIS CalVal Calibration & Validation.
  • Sentinel-3 Level 2 Prototype Processor.
  • SPPA Sensor Performance & Product Assessment.
  • SMOS Soil Moisture Ocean Salinity.
  • Supporting for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) subjects.
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News & Events

Dec 2011
SMOS paper "Optimization of L-band sea surface emissivity models deduced from SMOS data" accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. It will be published in the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity Mission 2010 Special Issue in May 2012.
  • ARGANS Limited
  • 19 Research Way, Tamar Science Park
  • Derriford, Plymouth, Devon, PL6 8BT
  • Tel: +44 1752 764298
  • Fax: +44 1752 772227
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