@phdthesis{Winkelmann2005, author = {Winkelmann, Kay Hasko}, title = {On the applicability of imaging spectrometry for the detection and investigation of contaminated sites with particular consideration given to the detection of fuel hydrocarbon contaminants in soil}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:co1-000000756}, school = {BTU Cottbus - Senftenberg}, year = {2005}, abstract = {This study investigates the applicability of remote sensing in general and imaging spectrometry in particular, for contaminated site detection and investigation with a focus on fuel hydrocarbon soil contaminations. Laboratory experiments were conducted to investigate the reflectance spectra of typical contaminants, contaminants at typical concentrations in soils, related materials and detection limits in a range of wavelengths from 0.38 µm to 2.5 µm. Characteristic absorption features of different organic chemicals, natural and man-made materials are described. Detection limits for fuel hydrocarbon contaminants in soils are defined, and the separability of hydrocarbon soil contaminations from other hydrocarbon-bearing materials is described. Data interpretation experiments using an imaging spectrometry dataset were conducted to assess the applicability of established data interpretation algorithms and to develop a method of detecting and separating different classes of hydrocarbons in imaging spectrometry datasets.}, subject = {Bodenverschmutzung; Mineral{\"o}l; Fernerkundung; Fernerkundung; Abbildende Spektrometrie; Altlast; Kontamination; Mineral{\"o}lkohlenwasserstoff}, language = {en} }