SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING FOR LARGE-SCALE LANDFILL MANAGEMENT

Abstract

In this study, satellite remote sensing was applied to monitor the Laogang landfill, one of China's largest landfill sites. Results indicated as follows; the progress of landfilling could be grasped by comparing the images that were taken in different days, the area where the temperature was relatively high and the area under landfilling were corresponding, degree of vegetation growth on the landfilled area was related to the elapsed time after completion of landfilling, and that was supposed to be the effect of gas generated by microbe degradation of organic waste.