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Spectral Library of Seaweed and Salt Marsh Species
Finally - a publicly available spectral library of seaweed and salt marsh plants for northern New England! Working with Schoodic Institute, Nearview has compiled a comprehensive spectral library of seaweed and salt marsh species sampled in 2023-2024 at multiple sites across the coast of Maine. This data set comprises averaged spectra of a minimum of 5 samples for each species, which were then processed to compute a single mean spectral signature for each species. In cases where plants were flowering, flowers (or heads) and stems (or leaves) were sampled and processed separately.
Samples were taken using a Spectra Vista Corp. (SVC) 1024i spectroradiometer with LC-RP Pro (leaf clip and reflectance probe) at numerous site locations on the Maine coast in July, August, September, and October 2023-2024. Each sample was located using centimeter precision GNSS GPS. All raw data samples (and metadata) can be found in the CESL database. A PDF with plotted signatures is provided in the downloadable white paper below. Mean signatures are also available as ENVI spectral libraries (.sli) or as ascii text files (.txt), and may be downloaded as zipped files. We appreciate reference to our white paper if the data are used in publications or presentations. Please send any questions to support@nearview.net.
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Mean Spectral Signatures of Salt Marsh and Seaweed Species from the Coast of Maine (PDF) Download |
Mean Spectral Signatures of Salt Marsh and Seaweed Species (TXT) Download |
Mean Spectral Signatures of Salt Marsh and Seaweed Species (SLI) Download |