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CIRES Approach Overview to Using Thermal Infrared Imagery to Find Geothermal Systems in Colorado

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Subsurface geothermal activity has a thermal expression that can be observed at the surface. Such spatial temperature gradients are within the radiometric resolution that is characteristic of a wide range of satellites that carry thermal sensors. For this effort, CIRES (part of the University of Colorado) used a hierarchical approach in which we examined data from Thematic Mapper (TM) and Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) onboard Landsat platforms and Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) aboard the Terra satellite to digitally model warm surface exposures. Geological characteristics such as faulting and other available datasets for known thermally active areas in Colorado were used in conjunction with the satellite thermal imagery to rank potential areas of geothermal activity.

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TY - DATA AB - Subsurface geothermal activity has a thermal expression that can be observed at the surface. Such spatial temperature gradients are within the radiometric resolution that is characteristic of a wide range of satellites that carry thermal sensors. For this effort, CIRES (part of the University of Colorado) used a hierarchical approach in which we examined data from Thematic Mapper (TM) and Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) onboard Landsat platforms and Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) aboard the Terra satellite to digitally model warm surface exposures. Geological characteristics such as faulting and other available datasets for known thermally active areas in Colorado were used in conjunction with the satellite thermal imagery to rank potential areas of geothermal activity. AU - Hussein, Khalid DB - Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI) DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory DO - KW - geothermal KW - Colorado KW - CIRES KW - ASTER KW - LANDSAT KW - Remote sensing KW - Thermal infrared KW - target areas KW - geothermal potential KW - identify KW - deep resource wells KW - potential LA - English DA - 2012/02/01 PY - 2012 PB - Flint Geothermal, LLC T1 - CIRES Approach Overview to Using Thermal Infrared Imagery to Find Geothermal Systems in Colorado UR - https://data.openei.org/submissions/6670 ER -
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Hussein, Khalid. CIRES Approach Overview to Using Thermal Infrared Imagery to Find Geothermal Systems in Colorado. Flint Geothermal, LLC, 1 February, 2012, GDR. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/332.
Hussein, K. (2012). CIRES Approach Overview to Using Thermal Infrared Imagery to Find Geothermal Systems in Colorado. [Data set]. GDR. Flint Geothermal, LLC. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/332
Hussein, Khalid. CIRES Approach Overview to Using Thermal Infrared Imagery to Find Geothermal Systems in Colorado. Flint Geothermal, LLC, February, 1, 2012. Distributed by GDR. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/332
@misc{OEDI_Dataset_6670, title = {CIRES Approach Overview to Using Thermal Infrared Imagery to Find Geothermal Systems in Colorado}, author = {Hussein, Khalid}, abstractNote = {Subsurface geothermal activity has a thermal expression that can be observed at the surface. Such spatial temperature gradients are within the radiometric resolution that is characteristic of a wide range of satellites that carry thermal sensors. For this effort, CIRES (part of the University of Colorado) used a hierarchical approach in which we examined data from Thematic Mapper (TM) and Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) onboard Landsat platforms and Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) aboard the Terra satellite to digitally model warm surface exposures. Geological characteristics such as faulting and other available datasets for known thermally active areas in Colorado were used in conjunction with the satellite thermal imagery to rank potential areas of geothermal activity.}, url = {https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/332}, year = {2012}, howpublished = {GDR, Flint Geothermal, LLC, https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/332}, note = {Accessed: 2025-05-03} }

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Submitted Feb 27, 2014

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Flint Geothermal, LLC

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Khalid Hussein

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Khalid Hussein

Flint Geothermal, LLC

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Project Name Recovery Act: Use Remote Sensing Data (selected visible and infrared spectrums) to locate high temp ground anomalies in Colorado.Confirm heat flow potential w/ on-site temp surveys to drill deep resource wells

Project Lead Mark Ziegenbein

Project Number EE0002828

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