Research Unit Leaders:
Gaia Vaglio Laurin // Sergio Noce
Data acquired by different platforms and sensors (satellite and airborne; light and radar wavelength; hyperspectral and LIDAR) are processed and used, and analytical tools and spatial modelling based on Geographical Information Systems (GIS) are developed, to monitor the earth surface. Remote sensed data at different spatial, spectral and temporal resolutions, particularly when integrated by GIS techniques, are useful to assess the changes of earth surface and natural resources (vegetation, soil, water) to be then projected under different climate change scenarios.
The activities concerns tropical and temperate biomes (biomass, biodiversity, plant productivity, and response to extremes), crop systems (productivity, variability, precision farming), water resources (availability, dynamics and impacts on food security) and land cover and land use change.
Scientific support to missions and experiments of the European Space Agency (ESA) is given on the above subjects.
Cooperation is expected with the ASC Division.