Assessment of the Impact of the Chemical Pollution due to Metallurgical Plants on Forest Areas Using Satellite Images

An operating ironwork is considered, which uses three different technologies for steel smelting, each of which is characterized by an individual composition of atmospheric emission, affecting the state of forest areas around the enterprise. Based on the decoding of satellite pixel photographs of forest areas, the technological mode with the least impact on forest areas is determined. This mode corresponds to the condition of the minimum area of ecological zones around the ironwork. An assessment of chemical pollution of ironworks on forest areas in the form of ecological zone areas, silva state and volumes of biomass for different parts of the forest is proposed. The mosaic of ecological zones of forest areas is determined by satellite pixel photographs of forest areas using an original algorithm for controlled cluster analysis.