ISSN 2070-7401 (Print), ISSN 2411-0280 (Online)
Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa
CURRENT PROBLEMS IN REMOTE SENSING OF THE EARTH FROM SPACE

  

Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2016, Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 20-28

The application of satellite methods for monitoring snow dump sites

O.A. Pasko 1 , O.S. Tokareva 1 , N.S. Ushakova 1 , E.S. Makartsova 1 , E.A. Gaponov 1 
1 National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk, Russia
Accepted: 24.08.2016
DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2016-13-14-20-28
The issues of allocation and operation of snow dumps are topical for all Russian regions with a long-lying snow. This paper presents the results of remote sensing and on-site research of four snow dump sites in Tomsk. Earlier unknown time of their operation start was identified. It was revealed that they are allocated in violation of the permitted type of the territory use approved by Tomsk urban zones documentation. Evaluation results of dynamics of snow dumps’ areas were presented, and it was shown that the area of degradation of soil and vegetation on the operated snow dump sites increases in average by 18 % per year. On the base of data from the thermal channel of the satellite Landsat-8 TIRS camera the temperature profiles of snow dump sites and background areas were made and the processes of soil warming were analyzed. It was discovered that the central areas of snow dump sites are overcooled till the end of May and over-wetted – till the third decade of June. These negative factors cause retardation of vegetation development. From the end of May, the acceleration of the soil warming begins. It was revealed that the speed of soil warming on the snow dump sites is 2,1 times higher than on the background areas at the expense of pollutants contained in the snow. Migration of dangerous pollutants (heavy metals, oil products) to the soil and underground water is very dangerous for the environment and requires correct and timely management decisions.
Keywords: snow dump site, remote sensing, snow, soil, temperature profile, pollution
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