Monitoring of a Phosphate Mining Area in Central Florida Using Landsat Satellite Data

Details

• Personal Author:
  Budge TK ; Inglis M
• Description:
  This report presents an investigation on the applicability of landsat multispectral scanner satellite and simulated thematic mapper data to the phosphate mining area of central flordia. An evaluation was made of the sensors as mine monitoring tools. The report describes the computer software and hardware used in the digital analysis of the scanner data, the theory of unsupervised classification, the methodology of image processing, and documents the classifications of selected mining and wetland areas. Conclusions are discussed and recommendations are made for future investigations. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Open File Report
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference Publications ; Final Contract Report
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; New Mexico ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 6
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  TURC - Tuscaloosa Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-67
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10003386
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB84-165752
• Citation:
  NTIS: PB/84-165752; :1-67
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1983
• Performing Organization:
  University of New Mexico
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  NTIS: PB/84-165752
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1833c96cedebda933b8c0deb20321c22324f4d66ef25a0680536a21a17b9bebcf9dcce264f8d52590cb85e0819be0a2f60c3923f2b1d12b3a8229d71d8bbb95b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/235156/cdc_235156_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.15 MB ]