Detecting coal fires using remote sensing techniques

J Zhang, W Wagner, A Prakash, H Mehl… - International journal of …, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
This paper gives an overview of the theory and case studies of detecting coal fires by using
remote sensing techniques. Coal fires, either man-made or spontaneous combustion, not …

Remote sensing of coal fires in India: A review

TH Syed, MJ Riyas, C Kuenzer - Earth-Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Coal fires are a persistent threat to major coal producing countries in the world. Alongside
massive wastage of coal resources, coal fires pose enormous constraints to mining …

Land-use map** and change detection in a coal mining area-a case study in the Jharia coalfield, India

A Prakash, RP Gupta - International journal of remote sensing, 1998 - Taylor & Francis
In an area like the Jharia coalfield (JCF), where extensive and rapid underground and
opencast mining is going on continuously, land-use studies are of paramount importance …

Classification of fires in coal waste dumps based on Landsat, Aster thermal bands and thermal camera in Polish and Ukrainian mining regions

Á Nádudvari, A Abramowicz, M Fabiańska… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
A self-heating intensity index (SHII) based on the highest (pixel max.) and lowest (pixel min.)
values taken from satellite thermal maps of burning coal waste dumps are proposed. The …

Coal fire map** from satellite thermal IR data–A case example in Jharia Coalfield, Jharkhand, India

RS Chatterjee - ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote …, 2006 - Elsevier
Coal fire has been found to be a serious problem worldwide in coal mining processes. Coal
fire burns valuable coal reserve and prevents access to proven reserve in the affected area …

Integrating satellite remote sensing techniques for detection and analysis of uncontrolled coal seam fires in North China

S Voigt, A Tetzlaff, J Zhang, C Künzer, B Zhukov… - International journal of …, 2004 - Elsevier
China is the biggest producer of coal in the world and mines about 1000 Mt of raw coal per
year. Approximately 70% of China's energy consumption is covered by coal. At the same …

Landsat-TM data for estimating ground temperature and depth of subsurface coal fire in the Jharia coalfield, India

AK SARAf, A PRAKASH, S Sengupta… - International Journal of …, 1995 - Taylor & Francis
Coal fires are a ubiquitous problem in coal-mines, the world over. They burn our prime
energy resource, lead to atmospheric pollution and render mining of coal hazardous …

Detection of illegal mine voids using electrical resistivity tomography: the case-study of Raniganj coalfield (India)

AK Bharti, SK Pal, P Priyam, VK Pathak, R Kumar… - Engineering …, 2016 - Elsevier
Unauthorised coal mining activities may result in development of hidden hollows, rat holes,
galleries, goafs, shafts etc., which pose great threats of land subsidence, fire, water flooding …

Detecting unknown coal fires: synergy of automated coal fire risk area delineation and improved thermal anomaly extraction

C Kuenzer, J Zhang, J Li, S Voigt, H Mehl… - International Journal of …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
This paper presents two complementing algorithms for remote sensing based coal fire
research and the results derived thereof. Both are applicable on Landsat, ASTER and …

Thermal surface characteristics of coal fires 1 results of in-situ measurements

J Zhang, C Kuenzer - Journal of Applied Geophysics, 2007 - Elsevier
Natural underground coal fires are fires in coal seams occurring subsurface. The fires are
ignited through a process named spontaneous combustion, which occurs based on a …