Monitoring the process of bioremediation and revegetation of a phosphogypsum waste stack by remote sensing

Production of phosphorus-containing fertilizers is related with the problem of reclamation of phosphogypsum dumps formed during the processing of Apatite-nepheline ore. In this regard, some attention should be paid to biological remediation as the most effective ecological method. Biological reclamation is one of the ways to protect the environment in the formation of phosphogypsum dumps. In this article, we propose a method for assessing the effectiveness of remediation using phyto monitoring using satellite data, which are used as the results of remote sensing. The proposed method allows estimating the volume and state of biomass of plants forming vegetation cover on the surface of man-made massif.