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

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TITLE: Oak Oak-Leaf-2 dried DESCRIPT

DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: Plant

SAMPLE_ID: Oak-Leaf-2

PLANT_TYPE: Deciduous Tree

PLANT: Oak

LATIN_NAME: Quercus robur

COLLECTION_LOCALITY: Lakewood, Colorado

ORIGINAL_DONOR: Raymond Kokaly

SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:

Average reflectance of a single oak leaf, measured laying flat on a strongly absorbing laboratory benchtop. The leaf was cut from a tree and measured after oven drying for 72 hours at 30 degrees Celsius. The dry leaf weight was 0.83g. The leaf, when measured, was a dull green color with some portions of the leaf affected by degradation of chlorophyll caused by the drying process.

The fresh leaf was dark green in color with a weight of 1.65g (see sample Oak-Leaf-1). The leaf was collected from the sunlit east side of the tree from the lower branches.

Photos of the sample:

END_SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION.

COMPOSITIONAL_ANALYSIS_TYPE: none

COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION:

END_COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION.

TRACE_ELEMENT_ANALYSIS: none

TRACE_ELEMENT_DISCUSSION:

END_TRACE_ELEMENT_DISCUSSION.

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 11774 0.3-2.5µm 200


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