Sand DWO-3-DEL2a no vis.oil

Spectrum Details

Modality

NIR

Category

soil

Material Type

Areal

Sample ID

DWO-3-DEL2a beach sand

Collection Locality

Bird's Foot delta of the Mississippi river, Louisiana

Spectral Purity

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

Sample Description

The area measured is at the end of the Mississippi river delta, an area known as the Bird's Foot. The spectrum is the average spectrum for a dry beach area that appeared to be oil-free, including small green plants and litter from adjacent Phragmites australis plants. The reflectance measurement was made on August 14, 2010. The spectrum was used in: 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:

X Units

cm⁻¹

Y Units

Absorbance

Data Points

2,126