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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: P.austr. DWO-3-DEL-2b grn.a DESCRIPT

DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: PLANT

SAMPLE_ID: DWO-3-DEL-2 Phragmites australis

PLANT_TYPE: Wetland grass (reed), perennial, growth habit from grass to shrub

PLANT: Roseau cane, also known as common reed

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

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

COLLECTION_LATITUDE: 29.09709 deg. N

COLLECTION_LONGITUDE: 89.07352 deg. W

DATUM: NAD83

ORIGINAL_DONOR: Raymond F. Kokaly, USGS

SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:

This spectrum is the average reflectance of 19 field measurements (using an artificial light source) of green leaves of Phragmites australis. 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. The contact probe attachement (an artificial light source with a restricted, 1 cm diameter, field of view) was used to measure the reflectance spectra of stacks of leaves. After each recording, the contact probe was moved to a different stack of leaves. 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. The first 50 channels(0.35 - 0.40 microns) in the spectral measurement show relatively high levels of noise.

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