Stefania Amici

National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology | INGV

Imaging spectroscopy allows us to identify surface materials by analyzing the spectra resulting from the light–material interaction. In this preliminary study, we analyze a pair of hyperspectral cubes acquired by PRISMA (on 20 April 2021) and EO1- Hyperion (on 4 July 2015) over the Indonesian Lusi mud eruption. We show the potential suitability of...

This article presents the epistemological complexity inherent in the roll out of an international project on Disaster and Risk Reduction, and consequently about science education in the Indigenous context of Turkana County in Kenya. After an introduction that explains the current state of Disaster and Risk Reduction, the paper focuses on the ‘Paper...

This research explores the potential use of artificial intelligence techniques and edge computing approaches to detect wildfires directly from satellite platforms. The study is based on PRISMA (Hyperspectral Precursor of the Application Mission), an Italian hyperspectral satellite launched in 2019 that provides hyperspectral imagery in the spectral...

The exacerbation of wildfires, attributed to the effects of climate change, presents substantial risks to ecological systems, infrastructure, and human well-being. In the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly those related to climate action, prioritizing the assessment and management of the occurrence and intensity of ex...

Volcanic eruptions are a natural hazard that can devastate people and property. In recent years, the number of volcanic eruptions has been on the rise, and the effects of climate change are making them more frequent and more powerful. This research proposes a new methodology for monitoring volcanoes in real-time or very close to real-time using an...

The implications of the COVID-19 outbreak are subjected to an increasing number of studies. So far, air quality trends related to the lockdown due to the pandemic have been analysed in large cities or entire regions. In this work, the region studied is the metropolitan area of Cagliari, which is the main city on the island of Sardinia (Italy) and c...

Recent developments in Distributed Satellite Systems (DSS) have undoubtedly increased mission value due to the ability to reconfigure the spacecraft cluster/formation and incrementally add new or update older satellites in the formation. These features provide inherent benefits, such as increased mission effectiveness, multi-mission capabilities, d...

One of the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals is climate action (SDG-13), and wildfire is among the catastrophic events that both impact climate change and are aggravated by it. In Australia and other countries, large-scale wildfires have dramatically grown in frequency and size in recent years. These fires threaten the world's fores...

This paper deals with detection and temperature analysis and of wildfires using PRISMA imagery. Precursore IperSpettrale della Missione Applicativa (Hyperspectral Precursor of the Application Mission, PRISMA) is a new hyperspectral mission by ASI (Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, Italian Space Agency) launched in 2019. This mission provides hyperspectral...

This paper investigates the opportunity to use artificial intelligence methodologies and edge computing approaches for wildfire detection directly from satellite platforms. The test case for our study is PRISMA (Precursore IperSpettrale della Missione Applicativa-Hyperspectral Precursor of the Application Mission), the Italian hyperspectral satelli...

The potential of shortwave infrared (SWIR) remote sensing to detect hotspots has been investigated using satellite data for decades. The hotspots detected by satellite SWIR sensors include very high-temperature heat sources such as wildfires, volcanoes, industrial activity, or open burning. This study proposes an automated classification method of...

This paper deals with the analysis and detection of wildfires by using PRISMA imagery. Precursore IperSpettrale della Mis­sione Applicativa (Hyperspectral Precursor of the Application Mission, PRISMA) is a new hyperspectral mission by ASI (Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, Italian Space Agency) launched in 2019. This mission provides hyperspectral images...

Precursore IperSpettrale della Missione Applicativa (Hyperspectral Precursor of the Application Mission, PRISMA) is a new hyperspectral mission by the ASI (Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, Italian Space Agency) mission launched in 2019 to measure the unique spectral features of diverse materials including vegetation and forest disturbances. In this study...

A substantial proportion of Italian students are unaware of the connection between what they learn at school and their work opportunities .This proportion would most likely increase if data were collected today, given the generation of a broad range of new jobs that has arisen due to advancements in technology. This gap between students’ understand...

Abstract: Because of limited activities are designed for early childhood children on geoscience natural hazards we have been exploring playful approaches to let young children to familiarize with them starting with volcanoes. In fact, learning theory suggests the we need to incorporate a wide range of skills and competencies in the learning process...

Monitoring volcanic eruptions provides key information for hazard assessment and its time evolution. Satellite remote sensing data are nowadays essential to perform such task, thanks to their capability to survey disastrous events also in remote and under-monitored regions, with frequent revisit time and accurate spatial resolution. Even though sat...

PAPER VOLCANOES LABORATORY S. Amici, B. Castello Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (ITALY) Earth science and natural disaster are relevant topic in the frame of geosciences education; volcanic eruptions, wildfires, flooding , tornados, are few examples of natural disasters which are regularly in the news and grab kids' attention. Wh...

The sixty percent of Italian students ignore the link between what they study and the work opportunities. To fill this gap the Italians Educational ministry is promoting the “Alternanza scuola- lavoro" (school-work interchange) program which aims to provide students with real work experience aligned with the principle of open school. The program st...

The LUSI (contraction of LUmpur SIdoarjo) eruption started the 29 of May 2006 in the highly populated area in the Sidoarjo Regency in East Java, Indonesia. The eruption is still active bursting ~50.000 m3/day of boiling mud, clasts, and water. In the framework of the ERC funded LUSI LAB project (CEED, University of Oslo), we have processed a large...

This study describes an application of artificial neural networks for the recognition of flaming areas using hyper- spectral remote sensed data. Satellite remote sensing is considered an effective and safe way to monitor active fires for environmental and people safeguarding. Neural networks are an effective and consolidated technique for the class...

Systematic detection and monitoring of moorland wildfires is essential to conservation groups such as Moors for the Future to understand the extent of damage and to monitor natural post-fire recovery or peatland restoration measures. The collection of burn scar perimeter data and vegetation recovery in the field is labour-intensive and time-consumi...

In this paper we present the field campaign held in October at the Solfatara of Pozzuoli, near Naples, concerning measurements of CO2, H2S and SO2. The campaign was carried out in collaboration with the University of Costa Rica and Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) and has allowed the acquisi...

We present a collection of eight reflectance spectra representative of Mt. Etna volcano lava flows. The reflectance spectra were measured with a Field Spec Pro from 350 nm to 2500 nm during a fieldwork in June 2007. The reflectance has been compared with reflectance obtained by multis-pectral Advanced Space borne Thermal Emission and Reflection Rad...

Remotely sensed data, acquired by multispectral and hyperspectral satellite sensors for scientific applications including geology, require periodic validation, since the resulting measurements might be affected by sensor performance changes and accuracy of atmospheric correction models. In this frame we have performed a fieldwork acting to collect...

Insight into signs that prelude volcanic eruptions is key for protecting the lives, livestock and property of those living in the vicinity of a volcano. One key indicator is temperature rise. Using Mount Etna as a test site, the authors show that an unmanned aerial system (UAS) equipped with a thermal infrared sensor generates data similar to tempe...

In the frame of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) Hyperspectral Mission PRISMA (Precursore IperSpettrale della Missione Applicativa), the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) is coordinating the scientific project ASI-AGI (Analisi Sistemi Iperspettrali per le Applicazioni Geofisiche Integrate) to develop specific algorithms and produc...

On March 11th, 2011 (at 05:46:23 UTC) a megaearthquake (M 9.0) occurred near the NE coast of Honshu island ( Japan), originated near the subduction plate boundary between the Pacific and the North America plates. The epicenter has been located at about 130 km East of Sendai city, at a depth of about 32 km. This seismic event has been followed by a...

Extreme environments like active volcanoes exhibit many difficulties in being studied by in situ techniques. For exam-ple, during eruptions, summit areas are very hard to be accessed because of logistics problems and/or volcanic hazards. The use of remote sensing techniques in the last 20 years by satellite or airborne platforms has proven their ca...

Volcanic activity has often affected human life both at large and at small scale. For example, the 2010 Eyjafjallajokull eruption caused severe economic damage at continental scale due to its strong effect on air traffic. At a local scale, ash fall and lava flow emission can cause harm and disruption. Understanding precursory signals to volcanic er...

In the frame of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) Hyperspectral Space Mission PRISMA, the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia coordinates the scientific project ASI-AGI aimed to develop specific algorithms and products for geophysical applications. Data validation and calibration activities have been focused on active volcanic areas and thr...

Thermal remote sensing is widely used in the detection, study, and management of biomass burning occurring in open vegetation fires. Such fires may be planned for land management purposes, may occur as a result of a malicious or accidental ignition by humans, or may result from lightning or other natural phenomena. Under suitable conditions, fires...

Tenerife is the central island of the Canary Archipelago Spain, which consists of seven islands that represent different stages of geological evolution. The Teide-Pico Viejo 28° 16′ 30′′ N, 16° 38′ 42′′ W stratocones formed during the last eruptive phase of the isle of Tenerife. It is an active, though currently quiescent, shield volcano that last...

Il Laboratorio di Meccanica del Volo (MDVLab) dell’Università di Bologna nasce nel 2006 presso la Seconda Facoltà di Ingegneria e la sua attività di ricerca riguarda principalmente problematiche di modellazione, simulazione e controllo del volo atmosferico e spaziale. Un'intensa collaborazione con l’Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (I...

Thermal remote sensing studies of actively burning wildfires are usually based on the detection of Planckian energy emissions in the MIR (3–5μm), LWIR (8–14μm) and/or SWIR (1.0–2.5μm) spectral regions. However, vegetation also contains a series of trace elements which present unique narrowband spectral emission lines in the visible and near infrare...

The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER ) has operated since 19 December 1999 from NASA's Terra Earth-orbiting, sun synchronous satellite. Emissivity and temperature standard products are based on the TES algorithms and required periodical validation campaign. In the frame of the EC project PREVIEW (http://www.prev...

This work is an evaluation, to which degree geological information can be obtained from modern remote sensing systems like the multispectral ASTER or the hyperspectral Hyperion sensor for a volcanic region like Teide Volcano (Tenerife, Canary Islands). To account for the enhanced information content these sensors provide, hyperspectral analysis met...

In the last decade a very wide spectrum of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) has been developed, essentially for military purposes. They range from very small aircraft, weighing a few kg, to stratospheric aeroplanes with total weight of many tonnes. Endurance also varies very markedly, from a few hours to

We present the Messinian evaporite suite (Mediterranean region) and the Solfatara hydrothermal system (Phlegraean Fields volcanic province, Italy), discuss their implications for understanding the origin of sulfates on Mars and show preliminary sets of VNIR laboratory and in situ reflectance spectra of rocks from these geologic systems. The choice...

The INGV Remote Sensing unit is equipped with a NOAA-AVHRR receiving station that provides 4 to 10 images per day of the central Mediterranean area in the visible to thermal infrared bands. These data were acquired and processed in real time using automatic and semi-automatic procedures which outputs information collated in daily and weekly observa...

At present the authors are developing the system FASA, an airborne combination of a Fourier Transform Spectrometer and an imaging system. The aim is to provide a system that is usable to investigate and monitor emissions from natural disasters such as wild fires and from volcanoes. Besides temperatures and (burned) areas FASA will also provide conc...

In order to calibrate and validate remote sensing data, information derived from laboratory and in situ measurements are needed. Periodically campaigns are organized to perform measurements and samplings to retrieve spectral and geochemical information. Information are very important to improve the theoretical model and to realize a classification....

The field measurements campaign made in July 2003 on Etna, Vulcano Island and Campi Flegrei was dedicated to the calibration and validation of airborne and spaceborne data. The campaign activities were relevant part of two ASI funded projects: 1) FASA, dedicated to airborne system and data validation/calibration 2) HypSEO, dedicated to multispectra...

The field measurements campaign made in July 2003 on Etna, Vulcano Island and Campi Flegrei was dedicated to the calibration and validation of airborne and spaceborne data. The campaign activities were relevant part of two ASI funded projects: 1) FASA, dedicated to airborne system and data validation/calibration 2) HypSEO, dedicated to multispectr...

Mount Etna volcano is the tallest and most active of European volcanoes. It is characterised by four craters (Northeast Crater, Voragine, Bocca Nuova, Southeast Crater) with a highest point at 3315m elevation. Eruptions are frequently observed on Etna, and are typical of basaltic volcanism, consisting of voluminous lava flows and ash-generating exp...

Fixed or rotary wing manned aircraft are currently the most commonly used platforms for airborne reconnaissance in response to natural hazards, such as volcanic eruptions, oil spills, wild fires, earthquakes. Such flights are very often undertaken in hazardous flying conditions (e.g., turbulence, downdrafts, reduced visibility, close proximity to d...

Hyper/Multispectral data provide information about characteristic of natural and antropic surfaces. In order to retrieve the mineralogical species composing the Castel Porziano Beach (CPB), remote sensed data needs to be atmospherically corrected. In this work a new tool for the atmospheric correction for spaceborne EO data, based on MODTRAN and 6S...

From 16 to 26 July 2003 an extensive field campaign was carried out around Mt Etna, Sicily, Italy. During the campaign a new airborne system, Fire Airborne Spectral Analyzer (FASA), was tested. The main instrument of the payload is a high resolution Michelson Interferometer with Rotating Retroreflector (MIROR), which operates in the nominal infrare...

This paper describes CIRILLO, a new software for the correction of spaceborne images acquired in the VIS-SWIR spectral range. Moreover the capability to retrieve minerals composing the Solfatara di Pozzuoli surface using ASTER multispectral data is shown. In order to identify the mineralogical composition of the collected sample, mineralogy analysi...

Remote sensing data acquired by satellite or airborne sensor need on ground validation measurements. As concern volcanoes monitoring, important information may be retrieved by observing these targets in the InfraRed spectral range. A portable muFTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Interferometer) capable of making sensitive and accurate measurements of...

The simultaneous solution of the Planck equation (involving the widely used “dual-band” technique) using two shortwave infrared (SWIR) bands allows for an estimate of the fractional area of the hottest part of an active lava flow (f h) and the background temperature of the cooler crust (T c). The use of a high spectral and spatial resolution imagin...

At present the authors are developing the system FASA, an airborne combination of a Fourier Transform Spectrometer and an imaging system. The aim is to provide a system that is usable to investigate and monitor emissions from natural disasters such as wild fires and from volcanoes. Besides temperatures and (burned) areas FASA will also provide conc...

During July 2003 a new airborne system named FASA was tested on Italian volcanoes. FASA that stands for Fire Airborne Spectral Analyzer, is a system devoted to high temperature events study. The payload on the airborne consisted of an imager (ABAS) and an high resolution Michelson interferometer with rotating retroreflector MIROR operating in the n...

This from 17 July until 26 July, 2003, a field campaign on Mount Etna and on the island of Vulcano, was carried out jointly to airborne campaign (FASA). FASA (Fire Airborne Spectral Analyze) is the airborne main instrument composed by an imager and a Fourier Transform Spectrometer in the 3.3-13 mum IR range. The field campaign was aimed to the vali...

The Cassini Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) is an imaging spectrometer covering the wavelength range 0.3–5.2 μm in 352 spectral channels, with a nominal instantaneous field of view of 0.5 mrad. The Cassini flyby of Jupiter represented a unique opportunity to accomplish two important goals: scientific observations of the jovian syste...

From radio and radar observations, providing information on the upper 0.1 to 10 m of the Martian crust, we know that subsurface properties seem to be slightly different from those at the surface, suggesting subsurface layering in many places. This idea has been strongly strengthened by the recent observation in sedimentary areas of the Martian surf...

FASA stands for Fire Airborne Simulator Arrangement. It consists in a bi-spectral imager and highresolution FTIR-spectrometer (Fourier Transform Infrared spectrometer), named MIROR to be flown on Donier 228. The scientific objectives of FASA are to determine the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation ( spectral range 3-16um) of high temperature even...

IRMA (the acronym stands for InfraRed Microscope Analysis) is a hyperspectral imaging spectrometer which is capable, in its present design, to achieve a spatial resolution of 38 mum in the 0.8-5 mum infrared spectral range. IRMA has the goal to first ever quantitatively characterize the mineralogy and the microphysical structure of the materials of...

The Italian drill “DEEDRI” is going to be the lander based sample acquisition system for the Mars Surveyor Program of the Mars Sample Return mission. DEEDRI is capable to collect core/sand sample of the martian soil down to 50 cm in depth. The MA_MISS experiment belongs to the DEEDRI system and it will be dedicated to observe the wall of the excava...

We report the first detection and profile characterization of thermal emission from the surface of Venus at 0.85 and 0.90 µm, observed in the first planetary spectrum acquired by the Visual-Infrared Mapping Spectrometer onboard the Cassini spacecraft en route to the Saturn system. The strength and shape of these two newly observed nightside emissio...

VIRTIS stands for Visible and Infrared Thermal Imaging Spectrometer. VIRTIS is an imaging spectrometer to be flown on the Rosetta mission. The scientific objectives of VIRTIS are to determine the composition of surface material of the comet P-Wirtanen, as well as two asteroids. VIRTIS is composed of two subsystems named VIRTIS-M and VIRTIS-H.VIRTIS...

VIRTIS is an acronym for Visible and Infrared Thermal Imaging Spectrometer. It is an imaging spectrometer for the Rosetta mission, a mission to the comet 46P/Wirtanen, It is made of two channels: a high resolution one, named VIRTIS-H (resolving power up to 2000, spectral range 1-5 mu m) and the classical imaging spectrometer VIRTIS-M. The M in part...

The MARS-IRMA investigation has been proposed for inclusion in the payload of the Mars Sample Return Lander 1. Its goal is the quantitative characterization of the mineralogy and the microphysical structure of the materials in the Martian soils, down to the depth available to the sampling mechanism of the Lander. The instrument we intend to build i...

The instrument VIMS (Visible and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer) to be flown on Cassini is a multispectral imager covering the spectral range from 0.30-5.1 mu m. Some major areas for the scientific objectives of the Cassini-VIMS instrument will be study of the atmospheres of Saturn and Titan; study of the surface composition and spatial distribution...