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 Proactive disclosure Print version   | |  Success Stories EO Data, Mine Tailings, and Site Re-vegetation This information represents activities in the Earth Sciences Sector Programs (2002-2006). Please refer to Priorities for information on current Earth Sciences Sector Programs.
To date, the EO Data project has collaborated with SDKI at the Copper Cliff tailing impoundment area in Sudbury to monitor the results of the re-vegetation program initiated by INCO at this site. In this work, imagery from a casi (Compact Airborne Spectrographic Imager) was used to characterize sulphide mine tailings. Image data sets of the study site acquired on two dates were processed and analyzed using the CCRS ISDAS (Imaging Spectrometer Data Analysis System). Results indicate that these techniques can be employed successfully to map such sites and to monitor the results of rehabilitation efforts. For more information on this collaborative effort : Mine tailings site revegetation
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The Image Processing Standards for Earth Observation (EO) Data project is working with the Sustainable Development through Knowledge Integration (SDKI) program to evaluate the use of hyperspectral data for characterizing and monitoring mine tailings sites with a view to restoration.