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Imaging spectrometer reflectance data, mineral predominance map, and white mica wavelength position map, Nabesna Quadrangle, Alaska

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Publication Date
Revision
2018-10-22
Start Date
2014-07-14
End Date
2016-07-21

Citation

Kokaly, R.F., Johnson, M.R., Graham, G.E., Hoefen, T.M, Kelley, K.D., and Hubbard, B.E., 2018, Imaging spectrometer reflectance data, mineral predominance map, and white mica wavelength position map, Nabesna Quadrangle, Alaska (ver. 1.1, October 2018): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7NV9H6F.

Summary

Approximately 1,900 square kilometers of imagery were collected from July 14 to July 21, 2014 using a HyMap™ sensor (Cocks and others, 1998) mounted on a modified Piper Navajo aircraft. The survey area covered parts of the Wrangell and Nutzotin Mountains in the eastern Alaska Range near Nabesna, Alaska. The aircraft was flown at an altitude of approximately 5,050 meters (m) (3,480 m above the mean ground surface elevation of 1570 m) resulting in average ground spatial resolution of 6.7 m. HyMap measured reflected sunlight in 126 narrow channels that cover the wavelength region of 455 to 2,483 nanometers (nm). Data were delivered by the operators of the sensor (HyVista Corp., Australia) in units of radiance (Kokaly and others, 2017). [...]

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Purpose

The imaging spectrometer data were collected and processed as one component of a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) mineral resource project with the goals of enhancing geologic mapping and developing methods to identify and characterize mineral deposits elsewhere in Alaska. Hyperspectral surveying is one method that can be used to rapidly acquire data about the distributions of surficial materials, including different types of bedrock and ground cover.

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