Mineral classification of soils using hyperspectral longwave infrared (LWIR) Ground-based data

Gila Notesco*, Shahar Weksler, Eyal Ben-Dor

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Soil mineralogy is an important factor affecting chemical and physical processes in the soil. Most common minerals in soils-quartz, clay minerals and carbonates-present fundamental spectral features in the longwave infrared (LWIR) region. The current study presents a procedure for determining the soil mineralogy from the surface emissivity spectrum. Ground-based hyperspectral LWIR images of 90 Israeli soil samples were acquired with the Telops Hyper-Cam sensor, and the emissivity spectrum of each sample was calculated. Mineral-related emissivity features were identified and used to create indicants and indices to determine the content of quartz, clay minerals, and carbonates in the soil in a semi-quantitative manner-from more to less abundant minerals. The resultant mineral content was in good agreement with the mineralogy derived from chemical analyses.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1429
JournalRemote Sensing
Volume11
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jun 2019

Funding

FundersFunder number
Ministry of Science, Technology and Space68740
Israel Science Foundation1395/15

    Keywords

    • Emissivity spectrum
    • Hyperspectral remote sensing
    • Longwave infrared image
    • Soil mineralogy

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