This paper gives an overview of the theory and case studies of detecting coal fires by using
remote sensing techniques. Coal fires, either man-made or spontaneous combustion, not …

Various countries around the globe face numerous hazards due to the burning of coal on the
surface as well as below ground. Countries like China, India, United States of America …

Uncontrolled coal fires occur worldwide and pose a great threat to the environment. This
paper introduces the problem of coal fires referring to two coalfields in north-central China …

Coal fire has been found to be a serious problem worldwide in coal mining processes. Coal
fire burns valuable coal reserve and prevents access to proven reserve in the affected area …

In the last few decades remote sensing has reached from an experimental to an operational
level. The increase in the number of earth observation satellites, the advancement in tools …

The Wuda coal mining area in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China, is one of the
largest coal fire areas world-wide. At the same time it is also one of the most extensively …

Coal fire is a global catastrophe that causes resource waste, economic loss, and
environmental pollution. Accurate detection of surface abnormalities induced by coal fires …

China is the biggest producer of coal in the world and mines about 1000 Mt of raw coal per
year. Approximately 70% of China's energy consumption is covered by coal. At the same …

Underground coal fires have become a worldwide disaster, which brings serious
environmental pollution and massive energy waste. Xinjiang is one of the regions that is …

China is a major coal-producing country that consumes large amounts of coal every year.
Due to the existence of many small coal kilns using backward mining methods, numerous …