%0 Journal Article
%@ 23003960
%A Mutke, Grzegorz
%A Kotyrba, Andrzej
%A Lurka, Adam
%A Olszewska, Dorota
%A Dykowski, Przemysław
%A Borkowski, Andrzej
%A Araszkiewicz, Andrzej
%A Baranski, Adam
%A Central Mining Institute, 40-166, Katowice, Pl. Gwarków1, Poland,
%A Central Mining Institute, 40-166, Katowice, Pl. Gwarków1, Poland,
%A Central Mining Institute, 40-166, Katowice, Pl. Gwarków1, Poland,
%A Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 01-452, Warszawa, Księcia Janusza 64, Poland,
%A Institute of Geodesy and Cartography, 02-679, Warszawa, Jacka Kaczmarskiego 27, Poland,
%A Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, 50-375, Wocław, CK Norwida 25, Poland,
%A Military University of Technology, 00-908, Warszawa 46, Gen. Witolda Urbanowicza 2, Poland,
%A Polish Mining Group S.A., 40-039, Katowice, Powstańców 30, Poland,
%D 2019
%F epos:2238
%I Elsevier
%J Journal of Sustainable Mining
%K Coal basin, Mining, Geodynamics, Geophysics, Monitoring systems
%N 4
%P 198-207
%T Upper Silesian Geophysical Observation System A unit of the EPOS project
%U https://episodesplatform.eu/eprints/2238/
%V 18
%X The aim of the paper is to present the structure and research potential of the newly created measurement and information system for observing dynamic phenomena occurring in the Earth's crust in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin (USCB) in Poland as a result of mining activities. The structure of the system is similar to the one developed for monitoring the movements of the European tectonic plate under the European Plate Observation System (EPOS) programme. The measurement part of the system consists of stationary devices and sensors working in monitoring mode, installed in various locations of the USCB, both on the surface and underground, as well as data sets from periodically performed measurements using land, air and satellite techniques. The IT part of the system will create a local data centre with specialized and dedicated processing and modelling software in which all measurement data will be archived and processed to a form which enables the analysis of the short and long-term impact of mining operations on the environment. As one of the elements of the system will be observations of the short and long-term gravity and morphology changes, the collected data will enable research in the field of the geodynamics of mining areas to be conducted.