Using optical and radar images to study the thermal pollution from the waste disposal site around Vidin area

Adlin Dancheva; Roumen Nedkov; Denitsa Borisova; Temenuzhka Spasova; Nikolay Georgiev

doi:10.1117/12.2538116

21 October 2019 Using optical and radar images to study the thermal pollution from the waste disposal site around Vidin area

Adlin Dancheva, Roumen Nedkov, Denitsa Borisova, Temenuzhka Spasova, Nikolay Georgiev

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Proceedings Volume 11149, Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology XXI; 1114928 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2538116
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2019, Strasbourg, France

Abstract

One of the main issues that concerns mankind today is the problem of domestic waste and how it affects climate change, air pollution and the environment. In the present work the heat pollution from the waste disposal site is tracked at various time points. The waste disposal site near Vidin was selected for the purpose of the research. Optical satellite data from the Sentinel 2 multi-spectral instrument (MSI) and synthetic – aperture radar (SAR) data from the Sentinel 1 platform of the Copernicus program of the European Space Agency were used. The Landsat 5 -7 (ETM) and Landsat 8 (OLI / TIRS) sensors were used to calculate the surface thermal pollution of the waste disposal sites. Orthogonalization of satellite imagery was made to trace the dynamics of the main components of the Earth's surface - vegetation, moisture and soil. On this basis, a correlation is made to trace the link between the different components of the Earth's surface at different time points. Climate data on average air temperature, evapotranspiration, radiation and rainfall was used and a comparative analysis of surface temperature from landfill and climatic data was made.

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Adlin Dancheva, Roumen Nedkov, Denitsa Borisova, Temenuzhka Spasova, and Nikolay Georgiev "Using optical and radar images to study the thermal pollution from the waste disposal site around Vidin area", Proc. SPIE 11149, Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology XXI, 1114928 (21 October 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2538116

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