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ADVANCED REMOTE SENSING MONITORING OF MINE WASTE
Citation:
Mace, T H. AND J G. Lyon. ADVANCED REMOTE SENSING MONITORING OF MINE WASTE. Presented at U.S. EPA Environmental Monitoring Technology Conference, Boston, MA, September 19-20, 2000.
Impact/Purpose:
Our research objectives are to: (a) develop new methods using satellite remote sensor data for the rapid characterization of LC condition and change at regional to national scales; (b) evaluate the utility of the new NASA-EOS MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer) leaf area index (LAI) measurements for regional scale application with landscape process models (e.g., biogenic emissions and atmospheric deposition); (c) provide remote sensor derived measurement data to advance the development of the next generation of distributed landscape process-based models to provide a predictive modeling capability for important ecosystem processes (e.g., nutrients, sedimentation, pathogens, etc.); and (d) integrate in situ monitoring measurement networks with UAV and satellite based remote sensor data to provide a continuous environmental monitoring capability.
Description:
The OEI-EAD and NERL-ESD have been cooperating on development of monitoring technologies and research to better use remote sensor-derived information and to ultimately disseminate that information to users. This work has focused on NASA'S airborne advanced remote sensor systems in the arid western US, and the utility of using space borne versions of the sensors to provide monitoring information of mine and extractive industry wastes. Aa new cooperative effort focused on perchlorate identification will also be addressed.