The Eosial – Earth Observation Satellite Images Application Lab is a lab of satellite remote sensing images dedicated to develop innovative applications through the use of optical data (multi- and hyper-spectral) and SAR, integrated with GIS analysis. The fields of interest include: the monitoring of fires, monitoring of volcanic eruptions, the detection of oil spills, monitoring and mapping of agricultural areas, crop early warning, detection of pests and diseases, the development of applications related to safety issues (borders permeability, monitoring of refugee camps) and disaster management (dust storm, damage assessment, early warning, etc.).
The activities of the laboratory is oriented, in particular, to the development of monitoring applications performed automatically and in real time or near-real-time. The laboratory is equipped with the software and hardware tools necessary for satellite images processing and an extensive archive of satellite images including images in low, high and very high spatial resolution, optical and radar.
The hardware equipment includes:
acquisition system of the SEVIRI sensor on board the geostationary satellites of the MSG (Meteosat Second Generation) series; the system also acquires resampled images of the MODIS sensors, AVHRR and GOES geostationary satellites (USA) and HIMAWARI (Japan).
FLIR thermocamera;
C LAI 2200 Plant Canopy Analyzer (LI-COR 2012) and Dualex 4 – A Force for estimating LAI (Leaf Area Index) and the content of chlorophyll and polyphenols in the leaves;
drone esarotors (SAPR SF6) equipped with a multispectral camera MicaSense with 5 channels.
Contacts:
Prof. Giovanni Laneve, Giovanni.laneve @uniroma1.it