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Towards Sentinel-1 SAR Analysis-Ready Data: A Best Practices Assessment on Preparing Backscatter Data for the Cube

Published: October 3, 2019

Catapult co-authors: T Freemantle, C Williams, T Jones, C Rossi, A Syriou This study aims at assessing the feasibility of automatically producing analysis-ready radiometrically terrain-corrected...

Lush green terraced rice fields with scattered trees and a small village under a clear sky.

A comparative review on the state and advancement of Site-Specific Crop Management in the UK and China

Published: January 4, 2019

Catapult co-author: Dan Wicks Precision agriculture, and more specifically Site-Specific Crop Management (SSCM), has been implemented in some form across nearly all agricultural production systems...

Erupting volcano spewing bright orange lava against a dark night sky.

Integration of SAR Data Into Monitoring of the 2014–2015 Holuhraun Eruption, Iceland: Contribution of the Icelandic Volcanoes Supersite and the FutureVolc Projects

Published: January 4, 2019

Catapult co-author: Cristian Rossi We report how data from satellite and aerial synthetic aperture radar (SAR) observations were integrated into monitoring of the 2014–2015 Holuhraun...

A Nonlocal InSAR Filter for High-Resolution DEM Generation from TanDEM-X Interferograms

Published: October 29, 2018

Catapult Co-Author: Crisitian Rossi This paper presents a nonlocal InSAR filter with the goal of generating digital elevation models of higher resolution and accuracy from...

Aerial view of a coastal area with landslide velocity map, marked zones, and color-coded velocity legend.

Is Rize (Turkey) really at risk of collapse?

Published: October 29, 2018

Catapult Co-Authors: Esra Erten, Cristian Rossi & Terri Freemantle Rize, a city with about a hundred thousand inhabitants on the Black Sea coast in the north-east...

Satellite view of a strait dividing two land masses, with urban areas and green landscape on either side.

The sustainability study of the recent construction projects in Istanbul through Sentinel-1 Persistent Scatter Interferometry

Published: October 29, 2018

Catapult Co-Author: Esra Erten & Cristian Rossi Turkey, as a developing country, is designing and performing huge construction projects around Istanbul, now that it is the...

Satellite image of the UK and Ireland in grayscale, showing detailed topography and texture of the land.

Testing the Interoperability of Sentinel 1 Analysis Ready Data Over the United Kingdom

Published: October 29, 2018

Catapult Co-Authors: Daniel Wicks, Thomas Jones, Cristian Rossi To access the valuable information contained within Earth observation data, users are required to undertake a series of...

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An Earth Observation Framework for the Lithium Exploration

Published: October 29, 2018

Catapult Co-Authors: Cristian Rossi, Maral Bayaraa, Stephen Spittle, Anoop Pandey, Niki Henry This paper presents an overview of a large research project involving collaboration from the...

Geomorphometric analysis of the 2014-2015 Bárðarbunga volcanic unrest, Iceland, using multi-temporal TanDEM-X DEMs

Published: October 29, 2018

Catapult Co-Author: Cristian Rossi Topographical information is of major interest when assessing material flows throughout active volcanic systems. In order to obtain accurate estimates of...

Satellite image of a green, rugged coastline surrounded by dark blue water. (© USGS/NASA Landsat).

Lithium Exploration Using a Multi-Disciplinary Earth Observation Framework Over Cornwall, UK

Published: October 29, 2018

Catapult Co-Authors: Cristian Rossi, Maral Bayaraa, Stephen Spittle, Anoop Pandey, Niki Henry The increasing global effort to overcome the addiction to fossil fuels is driving the...

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