The Effectiveness of Hydrothermal Alteration Mapping based on

Hyperspectral Data under Tropical Region

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Reyno Rivelino D. M., 1,2Asep Saepuloh

Geothermal Technology Study Program, Faculty of Mining and Petroleum Technology, Institut Teknologi Bandung
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Geology Engineering Study Program, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Technology, Institut Teknologi Bandung

ABSTRACT
Reflectance spectra in the near- and shortwave infrared region offers signature response for
determining the mineralogy of rocks and soils. Hyperspectral remote sensing could be used to
characterize the targets at earths surface based on their spectra. This capability is useful for
mapping and characterizing the distribution of host rocks, alteration assemblages, and
minerals. Contrary to the multispectral sensors, the hyperspectral identifies targets with high
spectral resolution. The Wayang Windu Geothermal field in West Java, Indonesia was
selected as the study area due to the existence of surface manifestation and dense vegetation
environment. Therefore, the effectiveness of hyperspectral remote sensing under tropical
region was targeted as the objective of this study. The Spectral Angle Mapper (SAM) method
was used to detect the occurrence of clay minerals spatially based on hyperspectral data from
Hyperion. The SAM reference of reflectance spectra were obtained from field observation
and guided image pixel selection at observed materials. To calculate the effectiveness of
hyperspectral data, we used multispectral data from Landsat 8. The comparison method was
conducted by counting the SAMs clay mineral occurrence which is verified by field
observation for both Hyperion and Landsat 8 data. The mineral mapping based on
hyperspectral is more accurate than multispectral data. The correlation coefficient derived
from Hyperion is higher about 0.7 than Landsat 8 about 0.5. This inferred that the
hyperspectral remote sensing is preferable for mineral mapping even though vegetation
covered study area.

Keywords: Reflectance, Hyperion, Landsat 8, Wayang Windu, Tropic