Analysis of coal fire dynamics in the Wuda syncline impacted by fire-fighting activities based on in-situ observations and Landsat-8 remote sensing data

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 141-142, Issue , 2015, Pages 91-102

  Song, Zeyang ^a,b   Kuenzer, Claudia ^b   Zhu, Hongqing ^a   Zhang, Zhen ^a   Jia, Yaorong ^c   Sun, Yulin ^c   Zhang, Jianzhong ^d  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c Wuda Mine Haibowan District ^*  (China)

^d Beijing ESKY Technology Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Automated thermal anomaly extraction; Blasting and excavation; China; Coal fire dynamics; Landsat 8 data; Remote sensing; Surface coal fires; Wuda

Indexed keywords

BLASTING; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; DYNAMICS; EXCAVATION; EXTRACTION; FIRE EXTINGUISHERS; FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT; FIRES; IMAGE RESOLUTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITES; SCANNING; SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION; SURVEYS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WASTE INCINERATION;

CHINA; COAL FIRES; LANDSAT; THERMAL ANOMALIES; WUDA;

COAL COMBUSTION;

BLASTING; COAL SEAM; EXCAVATION; FIRE; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; LANDSAT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SYNCLINE;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL; WUDA;

EID: 84925727700     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2015.03.008     Document Type: Article

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