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
X Units
cm⁻¹
Y Units
Absorbance
Data Points
2,126
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USGS Spectral Library Version 7, U.S. Geological Survey