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This is what we see!

This is what satellites see!


Spectral Sensing
Broadband Visible SWIR LWIR

Band Band Band Band Band Band Band


1 2 3 4 5 7 6
Multispectral .45-.52 .52-.60 .63-.69 .79-.90 1.55-1.75 2.08-2.35 10.4-12.4

Hyperspectral 100s of Bands

Ultraspectral 1000s of Bands


SPECTRAL CURVES OF EARTH MATERIALS

Blue
Green
Red
Infra Red

soil

vegetation

water
True – color
multispectral
image

Fig. 2-32, p. 57
False color infrared image
Fig. 2-34b, p. 58
False color infrared
image

Fig. 2-38, p. 61
Regular film

Infrared film
1. Healthy 2. Some air cavities in the mesophyll begin to
collapse, results in a drop in IR, no change
Example of vegetation yet in visible
Chloroplast deterioration increases red
reflectance. Green reflectance decreases Leaf’s cell structure collapses, red
by a small amount. The overall effect is the reflectance increases, the green
yellowing of the leaf. Reflectance also peak disappears. Leaves appear
decreases in the IR. brown

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