An Explanation for the Observed Spectral Contrast Reduction Between Field and Laboratory Infrared Measurements of Soils

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Mar 1996

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Lunar and Planetary Science, volume 27, page 609

Computer Science

Infrared, Remote Sensing, Soil, Spectral Contrast, Spectroscopy

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Comparison of emission spectra (7-14 m) of pristine soils in the field with bidirectional reflectance spectra of soils obtained in the laboratory shows that laboratory spectra tend to have less contrast than field spectra. We investigated this phenomenon by measuring emission spectra of both pristine (in situ) and sampled soils (prepared as if for transport to the laboratory). The sampled soils had much less spectral contrast than the pristine soils in the reststrahlen region near 9 m. We hypothesize that this effect is due to a difference in grainsize distribution of the optically active layer (i.e., fine particle coatings). This concept was proposed by Salisbury et al. to explain their observations that soils washed free of small particles adhering to larger grains exhibited greater spectral contrast than unwashed soils. Unrecognized, this phenomenon could influence interpretations of remote sensing data since it is a common practice to use spectra of materials obtained in the laboratory to interpret spectra obtained remotely.

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