Journal
AMBIO
Volume 48, Issue 4, Pages 423-435Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-018-1093-0
Keywords
Coal mining; Dust emissions; Forest health; Hyperspectral imaging; Remote sensing; Street dust
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- 7th framework programme project EO-MINERS [244242]
- Slovenian Research Agency [P1-0025]
- Czech Science Foundation [17-05743S]
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This study presents a statistical comparison between the in situ measurements of the elemental composition of street dust and a forest health status classification derived from aerial hyperspectral image data (HyMap). Combining these two methods allowed us to indirectly pinpoint at a high spatial resolution the atmospheric dust emissions and its effects in a study area around the open-pit lignite mine in Sokolov, Czech Republic. The results reveal a statistically significant relationship between increased Al, Na, Li and Sr levels in street dust and decreased forest health status, and the highest number of statistically significant correlations within a 100m distance from the street-dust sampling points. Differences in lithological composition were unable to sufficiently explain these changes, therefore anthropogenic factors like dust emissions from coal mining and coal combustion, as well as urbanisation and other industries might be the reason for this link. Such studies are a crucial step in developing new high spatial resolution methods for determining atmospheric dust deposition and their effects.
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