Vol. 6, Issue 6 (2018)
A comparative study on soil colour determination through munsell colour chart and hyper spectral remote sensing technique
Author(s): Hema B and Jagadeeswaran R
Abstract: Soil colour is useful to characterize and differentiate soils. Routine determination of soil colour in the field is usually accomplished by visually comparing a soil sample with the Munsell Soil Colour Charts. The colour of soil can be measured in laboratory using Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Technique. Spectral reflectance measurement of 150 samples were carried out in the laboratory using spectroradiometer (model: GER1500; range: 350 to 1050nm). Colours were also visually estimated using Munsell soil colour charts. The Hyperspectral data were analysed for different indices and correlated with Munsell Soil colour measurement using correlation techniques and they showed good agreements. The overall correlation was 0.776. Thus the colour aspect of soil sample can be predicted from its spectral reflectance and this has numerous applications in remote sensing.
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Hema B, Jagadeeswaran R. A comparative study on soil colour determination through munsell colour chart and hyper spectral remote sensing technique. Int J Chem Stud 2018;6(6):2420-2429.
