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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 YNP-LP1-B DESCRIPT

DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: Plant

SAMPLE_ID: YNP-LP1-B

PLANT_TYPE: Tree

PLANT: Lodgepole Pine

LATIN_NAME: Pinus contorta

COLLECTION_LOCALITY: Near Norris Geyser Basin (north of Gibbon River and south of Virginia Cascade) in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA.

ORIGINAL_DONOR:

SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:

Averaged spectral reflectance for a conifer forest of lodgepole pine located near the Norris Geyser Basin (north of Gibbon River and south of Virginia Cascade) of Yellowstone National Park. This forest of lodgepole pine was classified as growth stage LP1 by Despain (1990).  LP1 forests are 45-150 years old, usually consist of small diameter lodgepole pine, and have very sparse forest floor vegetation.  This average spectrum was computed from 135 pixels of radiative-transfer-ground-calibrated AVIRIS data.  AVIRIS data were collected on August 6, 1996, at approximately 11:10 am Local Time.  AVIRIS channels 1-4, 32-33, 43, 59-62, 81-84, 95-97, 106-113, 154-167, 173-175, and 222-224 were deleted due to residual atmospheric effects, poor instrument response, and redundancy where detectors overlap. Sample referenced in Kokaly et al. (2002).

Despain, D.G. (1990), Yellowstone vegetation: Consequences of environment and history in a natural setting.  Santa Barbara: Roberts Rinehart Publishers.

Kokaly et al. (2002), "Remote Sensing of environment 5792 (2002)1-20"

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COMPOSITIONAL_ANALYSIS_TYPE: none

COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION:

END_COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION.

TRACE_ELEMENT_ANALYSIS:

TRACE_ELEMENT_DISCUSSION:

END_TRACE_ELEMENT_DISCUSSION.

SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION:

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SPECTRAL_PURITY: 1b2_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 11675 0.2-3.0µm 200


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