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GEO424 Lect08 Soil Water Snow PDF
GEO424 Lect08 Soil Water Snow PDF
Soil reflectance
Most important factors
Moisture content
Organic matter content
Other factors
Particle size (surface)
Iron oxide content
Mineralogy
Structure
Materials
moved
IN
Jensen, 2000
Jensen, 2000
OM content
Muck
3 - 8 % OM
2 - 6 % OM
1 – 3 % OM
Jensen, 2000
Fibric
Hemic
USDA
Sapric
Soil
Taxonomy
Fibric
Hemic
Sapric
Jensen, 2000
Clear water
over bright
sand substrate
10
200
Percent Reflectance
100
6 6 Lodhi et al., 1997
Sediment derived
from clayey soil
with high % 1000 mg/l
Percent Reflectance
4 50 mg/l 4
organic matter
200
100
2 clear water 2 400
50 mg/l
clear
water
0 0
0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9
Wavelength (µm) Wavelength (µm)
Prieur, L. and Sathyendranath, S. (1981). An optical classification of coastal and oceanic waters
based on the specific spectral absorption curves of phytoplankton pigments, dissolved organic matter,
and other particulate materials. Limnol. Oceanogr. 26: 671-689.
GEO424 – Advanced Remote Sensing
Physical Basis of Remote Sensing
Case 1 vs. Case 2 water
Case 1 water is found in the open ocean, far from land.
It is nearly as transparent as glass and is a deep azure-
blue color. In Case 1 waters, all of the optical properties
are determined by the concentration of phytoplankton
and its associated chlorophyll, but these are usually
low.
Case 2 waters are turbid. They can be muddy-brown
near the mouth of rivers or coffee-black. Case 2 waters
can also be verdant green when loaded with
chlorophyll and mixed with a little mud from the sea
bottom, such as found in a coastal upwelling zone.
g/m3