The possibility of distance methods application for snow dump sites monitoring

Abstract

Abstract. In this article the results of remote sensing of the Earth for monitoring of four snow dump sites in Tomsk are described. Their compliance with permitted type of the territory use was evaluated. Earlier unknown time of the operation start was identified. The spatial-temporal variability of areas was defined. The temperature profiles of snow dump and background sites were analyzed. Use of remote sensing data allowed easy identification of snow dump sites creation time. The fact that the sites are located out of zones of permitted type of the territory use was revealed, that is violation of the law. For the first time the cartographic material was collected and showed that in the recent years their areas increased in average in 18%. The forecast for the nearest years was made. The article contains satellite images indicting the degradation of soil-vegetative cover of snow dumps. The reasons are contamination and overcooling of the soil in the beginning of vegetation period. The research results became the initial material for perfection of snow dumps territories management and will be applied in the work of environmental protecting service. Approaches proposed by authors may be used in solving similar problems in any region.

Analysis of the Vegetation State of the Territory of Central Iraq Using Landsat Data

“…Scanning optical-electronic systems are the main sources of remote-sensing data to solve the problems of natural-resource and environmental monitoring (Zhu et al, 2014). Landsat images in the archives of the US Geological Survey are the unique due to their relation to researching global changes and applications in agriculture, cartography, geology, forestry, regional planning, observation and education for long periods of time (Anderson, 2012;Potapov et al, 2012;Pasko et al, 2016;Kovalev et al, 2016).…”