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

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TITLE: Sagebrush Sage-Leaves-1 dry DESCRIPT

DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: Plant

SAMPLE_ID: Sage-Leaves-1

PLANT_TYPE: Shrub

PLANT: Big Sagebrush

LATIN_NAME: Artemisia tridentata

COLLECTION_LOCALITY: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

ORIGINAL_DONOR: Raymond Kokaly

SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:

Reflectance of dried leaves of big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) measured in the laboratory. This collection of sagebrush leaves was measured after oven drying them for 24 hours at 36 degrees Celsius.The blue-green leaves were stacked in a sample cup and the head of the spectrometer fiber optic cable was passed over the leaves.

The vegetation was sampled in Yellowstone National Park and kept in a plastic bag, on ice, for four days until measured.

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 11837 0.2-3.0µm 200


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