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Clark et. al. 2003 USGS Open File Report 03-395
Spectral Library splib05a Sample Description

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TITLE: Lodgepole-Pine LP-Needles-1 DESCRIPT

DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: Plant

SAMPLE_ID: LP-Needles-1

PLANT_TYPE: Coniferous Tree

PLANT: Lodgepole Pine

LATIN_NAME: Pinus contorta

COLLECTION_LOCALITY: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

ORIGINAL_DONOR: Raymond Kokaly

SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:

Reflectance of needles of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) measured in the laboratory. The green needles were stacked in a sample cup and the head of the spectrometer fiber optic cable was passed over the needles.

The vegetation was sampled in Yellowstone National Park and kept in a plastic bag, on ice, for four days until measured. As a result, some of the plant moisture was lost during the storage time. Also, some of the chlorophyll was likely degraded.

A related spectrum (sample ID = LP-Needles-2) of this collection of lodgepole needles was measured after oven drying the needles for 72 hours at 36 degrees Celsius. Fresh weight of the needles was 6.38 g and dry weight was 3.15 grams.

Photos of the sample:

none

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COMPOSITIONAL_ANALYSIS_TYPE: none

COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION:

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TRACE_ELEMENT_ANALYSIS:

TRACE_ELEMENT_DISCUSSION:

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SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION:

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SPECTRAL_PURITY: 1a2_3_4_ # 1= 0.2-3, 2= 1.5-6, 3= 6-25, 4= 20-150 microns

LIB_SPECTRA_HED: where Wave Range Av_Rs_Pwr Comment
LIB_SPECTRA: splib05a r 11574 0.2-3.0µm 200


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