International Journal of Geomatics and Geosciences
Open Access
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue: 3

Study of coal fire dynamics of Jharia coalfield using satellite data

  • Author:
  • R.K. Mishra1,, P.N.S. Roy2, J. Pandey1, A. Khalkho1, V.K. Singh1
  • Total Page Count: 8
  • Page Number: 477 to 484

1Mine Fire Division, Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research (CIMFR), Dhanbad, India

2Department of Geophysics, Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad, India

*Email id: rkm.cmri@gmail.com

Abstract

Jharia coalfield (JCF) is a treasure trove of the best quality prime coking coal of the country. In the present paper, study reveals the coal fire propagation of JCF during the period from 1990 to 2006 with the help of Landsat-5 TM and Landsat-7 ETM+ band 6 data. The Landsat5 TM satellite thermal dataset acquired in the year 1990, 1994, 1996 and Landsat-7 ETM+ in 2006 were used to find out the lateral propagation. On the other side coal fire affected area has decreased during the said period confirmed by the field study.

Keywords

Landsat-5 and Landsat-7 ETM+ data, Fire dynamics, Thermal imagine camera, Jharia Coalfield (JCF)