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Aiming at the remote sensing application has been increasingly relying on ground object spectral characteristics. In order to further research the spectral reflectance characteristics in arid area, this study was performed in the typical delta oasis of Weigan and Kuqa rivers located north of Tarim Basin. Data were collected from geo-targets at multiple sites in various field conditions. The spectra data were collected for different soil types including saline–alkaline soil, silt sandy soil, cotton field, and others; vegetations of Alhagi sparsifolia, Phragmites australis, Tamarix, Halostachys caspica, etc., and water bodies. Next, the data were processed to remove high-frequency noise, and the spectral curves were smoothed with the moving average method. The derivative spectrum was generated after eliminating environmental background noise so that to distinguish the original overlap spectra. After continuum removal of the undesirable absorbance, the spectrum curves were able to highlight features for both optical absorbance and reflectance. The spectrum information of each ground object is essential for fully utilizing the multispectrum data generated by remote sensing, which will need a representative spectral library. In this study using ENVI 4.5 software, a preliminary spectral library of surface features was constructed using the data surveyed in the study area. This library can support remote sensing activities such as feature investigation, vegetation classification, and environmental monitoring in the delta oasis region. Future plan will focus on sharing and standardizing the criteria of professional spectral library and to expand and promote the utilization of the spectral databases.
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This study was carried out with the financial assistance of the National Key Program for Developing Basic Research Science (grant no.2009CB421302), the Chinese National Natural Science Foundation (grant no. 40861020, no.40961025 and no.40901163), and the Open Foundation of State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environment Information Systems (grant no.2010KF0003SA).
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Zhang, F., Tiyip, T., Ding, J. et al. Spectral reflectance properties of major objects in desert oasis: a case study of the Weigan–Kuqa river delta oasis in Xinjiang, China. Environ Monit Assess 184, 5105–5119 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-011-2326-x
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