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USGS Spectral Library Version 7 Sample Description

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: Sagebrush Sage-Leaves-1 dry DESCRIPT

DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: PLANT

SAMPLE_ID: Sage-Leaves-1

PLANT_TYPE: Shrub perennial

PLANT: Big Sagebrush

LATIN_NAME: Artemisia tridentata Nutt.

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:

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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