Mine waste location by satellite imagery. Open file report 30 May 80-18 Dec 82
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:5601521
This report describes the potential for utilization of satellite observations for remote sensing of mine waste disposal areas. Four study sites consisting of metal and nonmetal mining areas in different climatic and physiographic regions of the contigous United States were used in the investigation. The mine waste disposal sites consisted of mining of phosphates in Florida, copper in Arizona, silver in Idaho, and coal in West Virginia. Landsat satellite multispectral scanner observations were used together with aerial photographs, ground surveys, U.S. Geological Survey maps, and other ancillary information. Landsat digital data were categorized using automated supervised classification algorithms and an image analysis system.
- Research Organization:
- Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Seabrook, MD (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5601521
- Report Number(s):
- PB-83-238519
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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