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- Comparison of calibration of hyperspectral image-processing techniques for environmental assessment in S. Domingos Mine, SE PortugalPublication . Quental, Lídia; Sousa, António Jorge Gonçalves de; Marsh, Stuart HarryABSTRACT: This study addresses the application of hyperspectral or imaging spectroscopy (IS) sensors to environmental concerns related to mining areas and is tested in the old S. Domingos Mine. To detect for acid mine drainage a multi-source spectral methodology was developed based on distinct spectra: mineralogical libraries, field, and endmembers extracted from the images. A quantitative link is established among them, selecting the highest correlation values as input spectra for the Spectral Angle Mapper algorithm, generating two maps in function of either field or endmembers spectra. The final improved map is the pixel intersection of both, converted to high spectral correlations of mineralogical assemblages indicators of low pH (<3)[copiapite(coquimbite)(smectite-alunite-illite-kaolinite)]. The low pH areas vary in function of the atmospheric corrections and the thresholds selected, but generally assign the same critical hazardous areas in year 2000. The monitoring capabilities were tested with another IS sensor seven years apart (2007) but the same methodology did not yield significant results, highlighting the complexity of a multi-sensor approach. The translation of input IS data resampled to a contemporary multispectral image mapped similar areas of low pH and opens good perspectives for multispectral routine application, once at some stage multi-source IS knowledge is available on a site.