Results of analysis of human impact on environment using the time series of vegetation satellite images around large industrial centers

• Published in: Advances in space research Vol. 41; no. 1; pp. 36 - 40
• Main Authors: Shevyrnogov, A., Vysotskaya, G., Sukhinin, A., Frolikova, O., Tchernetsky, M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 2008; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Industrial wastes; Remote sensing; Vegetation dynamics; Vegetation index; Russia, Siberia; Russia, Krasnoyarskiy, Krasnoyarsk; Vegetation dynamics; Industrial wastes; Vegetation index; Remote sensing
• ISSN: 0273-1177; 1879-1948
• DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.02.008

The paper shows the efficiency of an application of the vegetation index image time series to determine long-term vegetation dynamics. The influence of large industrial centers of Siberia on the near-by vegetation is demonstrated. The analysis of the data shows that the influence of industrial waste is stronger in the Siberian North. These regions are characterized by critical conditions for vegetation existence. In the south of the Krasnoyarsk region, human impact is also important, but the possibility of vegetation self-rehabilitation is higher. The present-day economic situation in Russia is unique, with a temporary abrupt fall of industrial production and its following increase. Thus, we managed to analyze the degree of human impact on the environment within a relatively short-time interval.