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Professor in Geomatics, GIS, Cartography and Photogrammetry at schools of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Geology and Geography. Current interests include, precision surveys, spatial data analysis, ground subsidence, monitoring of coastal areas, SAR interferometry, GNSS positioning and photogrammetric surveys by UAV.
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Education
April 1997 - April 1999
University of Bologna
Field of study
- Geodesy
September 1989 - December 1994
University of Bologna
Field of study
- Marine Environmental Sciences
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Publications (103)
This paper discusses a full interferometry processing chain based on dual-orbit Sentinel-1A and Sentinel-1B (S1) synthetic aperture radar data and a combination of open-source routines from the Sentinel Application Platform (SNAP), Stanford Method for Persistent Scatterers (StaMPS), and additional routines introduced by the authors. These are used...
Landslides can significantly affect cultural heritage sites worldwide, often leading to irreversible damage and loss of invaluable cultural assets, and the assessment of the spatio-temporal distribution of such processes in culturally relevant sites is still a challenge. In this study, we propose a workflow to assess landslide susceptibility at the...
In mountain environments, landslide activity can be assessed through a combination of remote and proximal sensing techniques performed at different scales. The complementarity of methods and the synergistic use of data can be crucial for landslide recognition and monitoring. This paper explored the potential of Multi-Temporal Differential Synthetic...
The growing interest in low-frequency SAR for soil parameter retrieval has led to the development of new active L-band satellites, that will provide novel surface soil moisture products and retrieval possibilities; however, due to data unavailability so far, limited applications have investigated the use of change detection models using L-band sate...
This paper investigates the performances of the multi-temporal DInSAR technique for the structural monitoring of single buildings. The application of the multi-temporal DInSAR technique at building or infrastructure scale is enabled by the high imaging capability of the current generation of SAR constellations. Within this framework, the paper prop...
This paper explores new technologies that can advance the state-of-the-practice in safety assessment and health monitoring of existing infrastructures. In this context, multi-temporal interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar techniques combined with the use of digital models of infrastructures represent a powerful integration to conventional approa...
High-resolution topographic data obtained from lidar surveys are commonly used to describe the geometry of rivers. Woody vegetation, however, is often filtered out when digital terrain model (DTM) data are used in preference to digital surface model (DSM) data. In the present study, 50-cm DSM and DTM data are used in combination to provide an expli...
The relationships between hillslope and fluvial processes were studied in a mountainous area of the Northern Apennines (Italy) where intermittent landslide activity has interacted for a long time with river morphodynamics. The aim of the study was to analyse such relationships in two study sites of the Scoltenna catchment. The sites were analysed i...
The paper introduces an approach based on the combination of multi-temporal Differential Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar and geographical information systems analysis to investigate and separate several contributions to subsidence phenomena over the municipality of Ravenna (Emilia Romagna, Italy). In particular, the relationship between di...
In mountain environments, slope and fluvial dynamics often interact, and their relationship can be investigated through an integrated methodological approach. Landslides are a source of supplying sediments into riverbeds and can interact or interrupt the water course. Water courses can trigger or re-activate slope movements. The complexity of inves...
Development of automated and remotely controlled procedures for accurate crack detection and analysis is an advantageous solution when compared to time-consuming and subjective crack examination conducted by operators. Recent studies have demonstrated that Machine Learning (ML) algorithms have sufficient potential for crack measurements. However, t...
The development and testing of innovative technologies and automated data analysis methodologies offer tools for the monitoring of complex marine ecosystems and the direct and indirect effects of climate change on natural heritage. Photogrammetric methods allow precise mapping of the underwater landscape as well as detailed three-dimensional (3D) r...
The development and testing of innovative technologies and automated data analysis methodologies offer tools for the monitoring of complex marine ecosystems and the direct and indirect effects of climate change on natural heritage. Photogrammetric methods allow precise mapping of the underwater landscape as well as detailed three-dimensional (3D) r...
In the field of geosciences and engineering, situations arise where special attention have to be paid to the planning of the UAV-photogrammetric project, that is, terrain with complex geometry and steep slopes. The use of off-nadir imagery and flights at a fixed height above ground level (AGL) are postulated as possible factors to be considered to...
The proper inspection of a cracks pattern over time is a critical diagnosis step to provide a thorough knowledge of the health state of a structure. When monitoring cracks propagating on a planar surface, adopting a single-image-based approach is a more convenient (costly and logistically) solution compared to subjective operators-based solutions....
The scope and scientific purpose of this paper focuses on multiscale (aerial and terrestrial) photogrammetry as a support to investigations and interpretations in a multi-component archaeological site located in the Argentinian Cordillera (Calchaquí, Salta), known as Tacuil. Due to its scarce accessibility, as well as long-term problems associated...
The recent development and rapid evolution of modern sensors and new processing strategies of collected data have paved the way for innovations in photogrammetry and remote sensing [...]
Marine animal forests are benthic communities dominated by sessile suspension feeders (such as sponges, corals, and bivalves) able to generate three-dimensional (3D) frameworks with high structural complexity. The biodiversity and functioning of marine animal forests are strictly related to their 3D complexity. The present paper aims at providing n...
In Antarctica, the severe climatic conditions and the thick ice sheet that covers the largest and most internal part of the continent make it particularly difficult to systematically carry out geophysical and geodetic observations on a continental scale. It prevents the comprehensive understanding of both the onshore and offshore geology as well as...
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The objective of this chapter is to acquaint the reader with the potentiality of UAS-based surveys on coastal environments through a discussion of examples available in the very recent literature and
through the skills achieved by the authors in this field. After a short introduction on...
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of the three dimensional (3D) point cloud density derived from Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) photogrammetry (using Structure from Motion (SfM) and Multi-View Stereopsis (MVS) techniques), the interpolation method for generating a digital terrain model (DTM), and the resolution (grid size (GS))...
Printed edition of the Special Issue Applications of Photogrammetry for Environmental Research that was published in IJGI.
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The applications of photogrammetry for environmental research benefits from the continuous and rapid evolution of sensors and methodologies in this field [...]
The paper presents a rational procedure for the structural assessment of bell towers with respect to the dynamic actions induced by the bell ringing, based on structural monitoring and data processing. This methodology is tested on the bell tower of Saint Prospero (Reggio Emilia, Northern Italy), a masonry tower of great historical interest. The pr...
The objective of this study is to evaluate the effects of the 3D point cloud density derived from unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) photogrammetry and structure from motion (SfM) and multi-view stereopsis (MVS) techniques, the interpolation method for generating a digital terrain model (DTM), and the resolution (grid size) of the derived DTM on the acc...
During the last decades, radar interferometry has become an effective technique able to provide reliable information in a variety of applications such as geodesy, natural hazards assessment, ground deformations and monitoring. With the beginning of Copernicus Earth Observation program, new chances in Earth Observation field arose. For instance, Sen...
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This paper presents a multi-temporal underwater photogrammetric survey of a reef patch located in Moorea, French Polynesia, designed to detect a coral growth of 10–15 mm/year. Structure-from-Motion photogrammetry and underwater imagery allows the three-dimensional quantification of reef structural complexity and ecologically relevant characteristic...
This paper discusses the performance of a terrestrial radar interferometer for the structural monitoring of ancient masonry towers. High-speed radar interferometry is an innovative and powerful remote sensing technique for the dynamic monitoring of large structures since it is contactless, non-destructive, and able to measure fast displacements on...
Knowledge about cultural and archaeological heritage can dissolve or even disappear with the passage of time, especially when the protection level of the archaeological site is weak. The recent development of techniques based on remote sensing from remotely controlled light platforms, so-called Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) or drones, carrying sen...
In order to make inferences on the geodynamics of Antarctica, geodetic and gravimetric maps derived from past and new observations can be used. This paper provides new insights into the geodynamics of Antarctica by integrating data at regional and continental scales. In particular, signatures of geodynamic activity at a regional extent have been in...
The present paper explores the combination of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) photogrammetry and three-dimensional geomechanical modeling in the investigation of instability processes of long sectors of coastal rocky cliffs. The need of a reliable and detailed reconstruction of the geometry of the cliff surfaces, beside the geomechanical characteriza...
The evolution of underwater photogrammetry allows to realize 3D models of submerged object and structures throughout the use of rapid and efficient procedures either in terms of data acquisition and data processing. These procedures are based on solutions that are applied using natural control points, signalized markers and tie points; the most com...
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This article compares the land surface temperature (LST) and sky view factor (SVF) as indicator of the impact of urban morphology on the urban heat island effect. For this purpose, the work investigates the dependence of this relationship to spatial resolutions va...
The feasibility of unmanned-aerial-vehicle-based photogrammetry was assessed for the reconstruction of high-resolution topography and geomorphic features of quarries by nadir and off-nadir imagery. The test site was a quarry located in the rural area of Turi (Bari, southern Italy). Two processing scenarios were created. Nadir images were initially...
Nell’ultimo ventennio, i sistemi laser a scansione hanno rappresentano una delle principali novità nell’ambito delle metodologie del rilevamento tridimensionale. La precisione e la grande produttività di questi strumenti ne hanno decretato il successo in molteplici applicazioni, dall’ingegneria all’architettura, dall’ambiente al mondo delle profess...
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Il lavoro riassume i risultati ottenuti da diversi partecipanti alla sessione “benchmark” - uso di immagini UAV per la ricostruzione 3D: esperienze condivise tra utenti, svoltasi nell’ambito del 61° convegno nazionale SIFET (Lecce 8-10 giugno 2016). L’iniziativa ha previsto l’elaborazione di un dataset comune, rappresentato da immagini ac...
The extent of coastline urbanization reduces their resilience to flooding, especially in low-lying areas. The study site is the coastline of the Emilia-Romagna region (Italy), historically affected by marine storms and floods. The main aim of this study is to investigate the vulnerability of this coastal area to marine flooding by considering the d...
The extent of coastline urbanization reduces their resilience to flooding,
especially in low-lying areas. The study site is the coastline of the Emilia-Romagna
region (Italy), historically affected by marine storms and floods. The
main aim of this study is to investigate the vulnerability of this coastal
area to marine flooding by considering the d...
This paper presents a literature review on the methodology called Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) and its use for Landslide Risk Assessment (LRA). General risk assessment procedures are discussed and the potential contributions of VGI are identified, in particular when quantitative characterization of factors such as Hazard, Vulnerability...
Coastal zone of Emilia-Romagna region, Italy, has been significantly urbanized during the last decades, as a result of a tourism development. This was the main motivation to estimate future trajectories of urban growth in the area. Cellular automata (CA)-based SLEUTH model was applied for this purpose, by using quality geographical dataset combined...
The new survey techniques allow for a more detailed depiction of the characteristics of the cultural heritage of which our country is so rich. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) are emerging as a key engineering tool for future environmental survey tasks. UAV aerial imagery offers both timely (on demand) and more detailed (higher resolution) informatio...
The 3D reconstruction with a metric content of a submerged area, where objects and structures of archaeological interest are found, could play an important role in the research and study activities and even in the digitization of the cultural heritage. The reconstruction of 3D object, of interest for archaeologists, constitutes a starting point in...
The Lithosphere-Atmosphere-Ionosphere Coupling model provides for the modification of atmospheric physical properties prior to a high magnitude earthquake over an area near to the epicentre. Ionization of air, caused by possible radon leaking from earth crust, could be one of the causes. In the GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) sciences, di...
La linea di riva rappresenta un elemento costiero dinamico e complesso, spesso difficilmente distinguibile, la cui identificazione precisa è ancora un tema aperto per gli esperti del settore. Il principale scopo di questo lavoro è di valutare il potenziale di un approccio semiautomatico di estrazione di linee di riva, mediante analisi multispettral...
The use of thermal remote sensing to estimate the phenomenon of urban heat islands (UHI) and development of climate anomalies in urban context represents a consolidated approach. In the current scientific literature a widespread case studies were focused on the estimation of the relationship between features related to the urban environment and the...
Comprehension of vulnerability to coastal erosion in dynamic coastal environments strongly depends on accurate and frequent detection of shoreline position. The monitoring of such environments could benefit from the semi-automatic shoreline delineation method, especially in terms of time, cost, and labour-intensiveness. This article explores the po...
The availability of high-resolution Digital Surface Models of coastal environments is of increasing interest for scientists involved in the study of the coastal system processes. Among the range of terrestrial and aerial methods available to produce such a dataset, this study tests the utility of the Structure from Motion (SfM) approach to low-alti...
Urban planning exerts influences on environmental, social and economic system related with the city. Processes of land transformation and city growth determine radical changes in urban landscape morphology and as a consequence they affect air temperature and energy exchange. The urbanization can bear on local climate more intensively than the globa...
L’attività solare si trova in un periodo di rapida crescita all’interno di un ciclo periodico della durata di 11 anni. Il campo magnetico terrestre ne è influenzato e con esso l’equilibrio dello strato superiore dell’atmosfera terrestre, la ionosfera, dove la propagazione dei segnali GNSS subisce i ben noti fenomeni di rifrazione. Considerato l’ult...
Ground deformation phenomena affecting the town of Tuzla (Bosnia Herzegovina), as consequence of underground salt deposits exploitation, have been surveyed since 60 years ago. The growing of cavities beneath the town and successive surface deformations have induced several hazard factors such as ground subsidence, deep and shallow fracturing and in...
The modification of some atmospheric physical properties prior to a high
magnitude earthquake has been recently debated within the
Lithosphere-Atmosphere-Ionosphere (LAI) Coupling model. Among this
variety of phenomena the ionization of air at the higher level of the
atmosphere, called ionosphere, is investigated in this work. Such a
ionization occ...
Ground subsidence triggered by salt mining from deposits located beneath
the city of Tuzla (Bosnia & Herzegovina) is one of the major
dangerous factor acting on a very densely urbanized area since 1950,
when the salt deposits exploitation by means of boreholes began. As
demonstrated in previous work, subsidence induced several hazard factors
such a...
The investigation of an Urban Heat Island (UHI) and its relationship
with the wide range of factors able to explain its behavior is a very
difficult task: the main trouble is represented by the spatial
variability of the urban temperature due to the extreme
heterogeneousness of the urban coverage and morphological features. In
literature it is know...
Ground deformation phenomena affecting the town of Tuzla (Bosnia Herzegovina), as consequence of underground salt deposits exploitation, have been surveyed since 60 years ago. The growing of cavities beneath the town and successive surface deformations have induced several hazard factors such as ground subsidence, deep and shallow fracturing, inten...
This study focuses on landslide susceptibility mapping in the Daunia area (Apulian Apennines, Italy) and achieves this by using a multivariate statistical method and data processing in a Geographical Information System (GIS). The Logistic Regression (hereafter LR) method was chosen to produce a susceptibility map over an area of 130 000 ha where sm...
Ground subsidence triggered by salt mining from deposits located beneath the city of Tuzla (Bosnia & Herzegovina) is one of the major danger acting on a very densely urbanized area since 1950, when the salt deposits exploitation by means of boreholes began. As demonstrated in previous work, subsidence induced several hazard factors such as a severe...
This study aim at the landslide susceptibility mapping by multivariate
statistical methods with the additional capability to distinguish among
typology of landslide occurrences. The methodology is being tested in a
hilly area of the Daunia Region (Apulia, southern Italy) where small
settlements are historically threatened by landslide phenomena. In...
This work addresses the potential of using Geographic Information Systems (G.I.S.) to support urban planning. In the case
in point, the tool has been adopted to carry out a census of all the manufacturing plants in the Apulian Region, in the context
of a working agreement between the Apulian Regional Board and the Department of Architecture and Urb...
Ground subsidence triggered by salt mining from deposits located beneath the city of Tuzla (Bosnia and Herzegovina) is one of the major dangers acting on a very densely urbanized area since 1950, when the salt deposit exploitation by means of boreholes began. As demonstrated in this paper, subsidence induced several hazard factors such as severe gr...
This study aim at the landslide susceptibility mapping within an area of
the Daunia (Apulian Apennines, Italy) by a multivariate statistical
method and data manipulation in a Geographical Information System (GIS)
environment. Among the variety of existing statistical data analysis
techniques, the logistic regression was chosen to produce a
suscepti...
Sinkhole development and collapse of underground caves within a gypsum
substrate is focused in proximity to the beach resort of Marina di
Lesina on the Adriatic coast of Southern Italy. This situation
constitutes a serious geohazard for the local community and a threat to
the development of the tourist activity. Fast sinkhole development has
been r...
IThe paper focuses on the use of multispectral satellite data for environmental monitoring along a portion of the Emilia-romagna coastal area where natural (wetland and salt intrusions) and anthropical (agricultural exploitations) aspects interact and modify the original ecological equilibrium. The environmental properties of wet and dry areas have...
Riassunto Il presente studio è il frutto del lavoro svolto all'interno di un progetto di ricerca finanziato dalla Regione Puglia e dall'unione Europea, che ha come principale scopo quello di valutare il rischio da frana nei centri minori del Sub-appennino Dauno. Allo scopo di produrre, a scala regionale, una carta della suscettività da frana, intes...
Salt mining induced ground subsidence is a major hazard in the city of Tuzla (Northeastern sector of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
and its surroundings since 1950, when solution mining of salt deposits by boreholes began. An analysis of the large (and never
before processed) amount of topographical data collected during two periods: from 1956 to the Balk...
Scientific investigations in Antarctica are, for many different reasons, a challenging and fascinating task. Measurements, observations and field operations must be carefully planned well in advance and the capacity of successfully meeting the goals of a scientific project is often related to the capacity of forecasting and anticipating the many di...
Following the densification of GPS permanent and episodic trackers in Antarctica, geodetic observations are playing an increasing role in geodynamics research and the study of the glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA). The improvement in geodetic measurements accuracy suggests their use in constraining GIA models. It is essential to have a deeper know...
The paper addresses the use of TERRA-ASTER thermal infrared data for investigation of ice and bedrocks
properties in the Northern Victoria Land, East Antarctica.
Data acquired by the TIR (Thermal Infrared Radiometer)sub-system were processed in order to retrieve information about the ground temperature and thermal anomalies over a coastal area char...
The VLNDEF (Victoria Land Network for DEFormation control) project started in 1999 with the aim of detecting crustal deformation in Northern Victoria Land (Antarctica) over an area that had never been surveyed by a dense GPS network before. After a brief summary of the Italian geodetic activities carried out since 1991, the paper presents the resul...
Rapid shoreline changes at Stromboli Island have been documented from maps and aerial photographs dating from 1938 to 2003. Shorelines digitized from aerial photographs, taken at decadal intervals on average, show that while cliffed tracts were relatively stable, beaches on the N and NE side of the island experienced alternating accretion and erosi...
Since the beginning of the VLNDEF (Victoria Land Network for DEFormation control) project, started in 1999 with the aim to detect crustal deformation in Northern Victoria Land, 5 field campaigns have been carried out. Two complete surveys of the network and other partial measurement repetitions have been made. In NVL the TNB1 GPS permanent station...
The use of satellite data for environmental monitoring can be much better undertaken after the
launch of the TERRA-ASTER (Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection
Radiometer) platform, a mid-resolution multispectral sensor operating in the VIS, NIR and Thermal
frequencies. The paper focuses on the coverage and land use recognition topic,...
The paper discusses the long time series analysis of GPS permanent station located at Terra Nova Bay, East Antarctica (Victoria Land). The station (TNB1) was monumented during the 1997–1998 Italian expedition in Antarctica and the data collection started on January 1998. TNB1 is included in the Victoria Land network for deformation control (VLNDEF)...
Since the year 1955, when the salt deposits exploitation activities were carried out in the city of Tuzla and surroundings, dramatic ground collapsing phenomena occurred. Up to 10 meters of sinking in the last half century produced several damages with regards to buildings and infrastructures, leading to the demolition of the most compromised part...
Recent variations of a debris-covered glacier (Brenva glacier) in the Italian Alps monitored by comparison of maps and digital orthophotos - Volume 51 Issue 172 - Carlo D’Agata, Claudio Smiraglia, Antonio Zanutta, Francesco Mancini
Talos Dome is an ice dome on the edge of the East Antarctic plateau; because accumulation is higher here than in other domes of East Antarctica, the ice preserves a good geochemical and palaeoclimatic record. A new map of the Talos Dome area locates the dome summit using the global positioning system (GPS) (7 47' 14''S, 15 04' 2'' E; 2318.5 m eleva...
Dome C was chosen by the European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPICA) as the site for the drilling of a deep ice core. This paper presents results from geodetic surveys of ice velocities (absolute and relative) at Dome C and along a transect to Terra Nova Bay. The purpose of the surveys was to provide accurate data for the study of ice dyn...
In the frame of the 1999-2000 Italian expedition in Antarctica a scientific programme for geodynamic purposes in the northern Victoria Land begun. The new project VLNDEF (Victoria Land Network for DEFormation control) deals with the monitoring of crustal deformations within the investigated area. The newly-monumented GPS stations and the following...
The paper addresses the item of orthorectification of high ,resolution satellite images ,and the assessment ,of the ,final accuracy achieved,when ,Digital Surface Models (DSM) provided ,by other ,remotely ,sensed data are used. By using ,a photogrammetric processing, a DSM was obtained from an EROS (Earth Resources Observation System) high resoluti...
The paper discusses the long time series analysis of GPS permanent station located at Terra Nova Bay, East Antarctica (Victoria Land). The station (TNB1) was monumented during the 1997–1998 Italian expedition in Antarctica and the data collection started on January 1998. TNB1 is included in the Victoria Land network for deformation control (VLNDEF)...
Aiming at reconstructing superficial velocity and volumetric variations of alpine glaciers, SAR interferometry (InSAR) technique is, for the first time in Italy, applied jointly with the glaciological classic field methods. This methodology with its quantitative results provides, together with other space geodesy techniques like GPS, some fundament...
Talos Dome is an ice dome on the edge of the East Antarctic plateau (Fig. l), about 290 km from the Southern Ocean and 250 km from the Ross Sea. It is adjacent to the Victoria Land mountains and overlies the eastern margin of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin. To the West, an ice saddle (2260 m) divides the Dome from an ice ridge coming from Dome C. Ice...
Started in 1996, the Chacas Valley Project is coordinated by Laura Laurencich Minelli and aims to study the social–cultural organization of space in the Chacas Region (Ancash-Perú) during the Early Intermediate Period (III–VII century A.D.). For an anthropological interpretation of ancient urbanized territory, a multidisciplinary approach focused o...
Started in 1996, the Chacas Valley Project is coordinated by Laura Laurencich Minelli and aims to study the social–cultural organization of space in the Chacas Region (Ancash-Perú) during the Early Intermediate Period (III–VII century A.D.). For an anthropological interpretation of ancient urbanized territory, a multidisciplinary approach focused o...
VLNDEF (Victoria Land Network for DEFormation control) project started in 1999 with the aim to measure a network for the study of regional geodynamics of northern Victoria Land. In 1999-2000 and 2000-01 italian expeditions, a network of 25 stations with an average distance of 70 km covering the area from Terra Nova Bay, italian sta- tion in Antarct...
During 1999 – 2000 Italian expedition in Antarctica started a new Geodetic Program with the aim to extend Northward and Southward the existing GPS geodetic network for the crustal deformation control of northern Victoria Land. The network is named VLNDEF (Victoria Land Network for DEFormationn control).
A network of 20 stations, spanning an area of...
The velocity field of outlet glaciers at the grounding line is a critical parameter, together with ice thickness, in determining the ice discharge rate for the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Moreover the position of the grounding line is very sensitive to changes in the mass balance of the ice sheet. Data on ice velocities have been obtained with remote sens...