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OSM | 2022
Commercial high-resolution multispectral imagery is available in resolutions down to 25 centimeters but can be obscured by clouds. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE)…
OSM | 2022
The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) monitors two mine sites in the State of Washington where it is difficult to obtain cloud-free multispectral imagery. OSMRE worked with…
OSM | 2022
Time-series remote sensing with high-resolution imagery has allowed many industries and users the ability to detect changes in land use and land cover over time. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation…
OSM | 2014
State of New Mexico Abandoned Mine Land Program This project explores the use of an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) to map stream channel morphology and monitor re-vegetation efforts in the Dillon and…
OSM | 2011
Satellite imagery provides a relatively inexpensive tool to monitor and assess vegetation regrowth over time, and thus, was identified as an added benefit to the VIP method. Imagery can…
OSM | 2011
With supporting field work, satellite imagery is ideal for mapping vegetation community types for large areas. As in vegetation cover mapping, image classification techniques can be used to…
OSM | 2011
Satellite imagery has long been used to derive vegetation cover. With supporting field sampling, vegetation density (VIP 15) can be classified using the supervised image classification…
OSM | 2011
Vegetation establishment (VIP 14) can be determined using multispectral satellite imagery and image processing software to compute the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI). NDVI is a…
OSM | 2011
As part of the surface coal mining reclamation process, the operator is required to establish vegetative cover on all disturbed areas. Vegetation cover is required to be equal in extent and…
OSM | 2011
Regulations require that no surface coal mining operations be conducted within 100 feet of a public road right-of-way. (VIP 13) Compliance with the 100 foot regulation can be…
OSM | 2011
Impoundment structures hold water, sediments, or other liquid or semi-liquids and are designed to reduce the amount of Total Suspended Solids leaving the mine site. The inspector must…