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For decades, geologists have studied high-resolution reflectance spectra of minerals and soils to determine mining and soil potential. Very successful models have been, and are continuing to be, developed which facilitate the interpretation of these spectra. These studies overlap into hazardous waste environmental applications as well as agriculture, hydrology, and military troop movement planning. Observations are used for ground truthing as well as in more direct applications. ASD offers a variety of field spectrometer options, some tailored specifically for minerals and soils.

Below are links to published white papers and articles by researchers utilizing ASD instrumentation.

In Situ Characterization of Soil Clay Content with Visible Near-Infrared Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy

Pipestone Provenance: Sourcing Prehistoric Pipestone Artifacts Within Museum Collections Using Reflectance Spectroscopy

Prediction of soil content using near-infrared spectroscopy

Exploration Case Study: Goldfield, Nevada

Airborne Hyperspectral Mapping Case Study: Dragon Mine, Tintic District, Utah

Environmental Case Study: Bauer Mill Site, Utah

Environmental Case Study: Coeur D'Alene River Basin Project

Sensing Soil Quality in Lab and Field

Clay Mineral Analysis of the USGS Cannon Park Core (CHN-800) Using Near Infrared Reflectance Spectra, Charleston, South Carolina

Documentation of Ruokolahti Campaign, Finland, June 2000

Remote Sensing Characterization of Soils and Sensitive Habitats, Camp Shelby Training Site, Mississippi

Infrared Spectra of Dust Coatings

Application of Stochastic Radiative Transfer to Remote Sensing of Vegetation

Field Reflectance Spectrometry for Detection of Swelling Clays at Construction Sites

Visible/Near-Infrared Spectra and Two-Layer Modeling of Palagonite-Coated Basalts

Exploring the Effects of Dust Coatings and Shock Pressures on Thermal Infrared Spectra

Geological and Geobotanical Studies of Long Valley Caldera, CA, USA Utilizing New 5m
Hyperspectral Imagery

Synergy of HyMap and Digital Elevation Data for the Analysis of Upland Peat Erosion Pattern and Composition

USGS Spectroscopy Lab — Imaging Spectroscopy

Reflectance and Emittance Properties of Spring-Formed Ferricretes and Acid Mine Drainage Materials: Relevance to Remote Sensing of Mars

Studying the Potential for Monitoring Colorado River Ecosystem Resources Below Glen Canyon Dam Using Low-Altitude AVIRIS Data

Multi Sensor Mines Signatures Measurements at the JRC

SWIR Spectrometers

First MINEO Workshop, Vienna / Austria, October 2001
Central European Test Site “Kirchheller Heide”

Light Absorption Spectroscopy (LAS)— a mineral identification technique that measures the absorption spectrum

Spectral Properties of Plants and Soil

IR spectroscopy

The Importance of Sand Albedo for the Thermal Conditions on Sea
Turtle Nesting Beaches

Welcome to the 13th Annual Scientific Research Poster Session Sponsored by
The College of Charleston School of Science and Mathematics

HyMuS-Project - Upscaling of Spectrally derived Land-Surface Parameters, Part I

Spectroradiometer Analysis of Clays from the Petrified Forest Member of Triassic Chinle Formation, Southwestern Utah

MINEO — Assessing and Monitoring the Environmental Impact of Mining Activities in Europe Using Most Advanced Earth Observation Techniques

Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Data — South Caspian Basin, Azerbaijan

Development of Spectral Reflectance Library for Soil

Image Analysis Sediments and Paleoenvironments

University of New South Wales, Syndey, Australia, Research & Publications Report 1997

Hyperspectral Mine Detection Phenomenology Program

Southern Africa Validation of EOS (SAVE) Status Report
Period of Report: 6 June 2000 -- 28 Sept. 2001

NASA JPL AVIRIS Science and Applications Workshop (jointly written with Alex Held)

Global Products of Vegetation Leaf Area and Fraction Absorbed PAR
From Year One of MODIS Data

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