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Kokaly, R.F., Clark, R.N., Swayze, G.A., Livo, K.E., Hoefen, T.M., Pearson, N.C., Wise, R.A., Benzel, W.M., Lowers, H.A., Driscoll, R.L., and Klein, A.J., 2017, USGS Spectral Library Version 7: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1035, 61 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1035
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TITLE: Marsh PHAU 100% DWO-3-DEL-2 DESCRIPT

DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: PLANT

SAMPLE_ID: Phragmites australis at DWO-3-DEL-2

PLANT_TYPE: wetland grass (reed)

PLANT: Roseau cane

LATIN_NAME: Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.

COLLECTION_LOCALITY: Bird's Foot delta of the Mississippi river, Louisiana

COLLECTION_LATITUDE: 29.09708 deg. N

COLLECTION_LONGITUDE: 89.07347 deg. W

DATUM: NAD83

ORIGINAL_DONOR: Raymond F. Kokaly, USGS

SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:

This spectrum is the average reflectance of 20 field measurements of Phragmites australis. The canopy measured stood over 2.5 m tall. The spectral measurements were made from the side of the canopy and the edge of the stand was traversed while recording measurements. The reflectance measurements were made on August 14, 2010, using an ASD Field Spectrometer 3 (FS3) in reflectance mode, relative to a Spectralon reference panel. An average spectrum was computed from the recorded measurements. The average spectrum was converted to absolute reflectance by multiplying by the reflectance spectrum of the Spectralon reference panel.

Project Background
This site was measured as part of joint work between the USGS Denver Spectroscopy Laboratory and the Coastal Restoration Assessment Branch of the USGS National Wetlands Research Center, Baton Rouge.

This spectrum was used in the following publication:
Kokaly, R.F., Couvillion, B.R., Holloway, J.M., Roberts, D.A., Ustin, S.L., Peterson, S.H., Khanna, S., and Piazza, S.C., 2013, Spectroscopic remote sensing of the distribution and persistence of oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill in Barataria Bay marshes, Remote Sensing of Environment, Volume 129, Pages 210-230. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2012.10.028

IMAGE_OF_SAMPLE: Photo of site Photo of site Photo of sample

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COMPOSITIONAL_ANALYSIS_TYPE: None

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TRACE_ELEMENT_ANALYSIS:

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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