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Especially, the large extent of the spectrally homogenous region,
high reflectance of the homogenous region, high accessibility
and high elevation of the region are among the most salient
features. We believe that, especially European users will find it
very handy because of ease of access.
During the analysis, an interesting thing we observed was that,
the longer a region is covered with water, the more homogenous
it is. That phenomenon can be explained with homogenous
distribution of salt with water. The studies including detailed
field tests and analysis will be conducted annually and the site
will be maintained in future.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We would like to thank Mr. Vedat Gun and Mr. Ramazan
Kiip9ii for their support in our field studies.
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