Comparison between automated and manual detection of lava fountains from fixed monitoring thermal cameras at Etna Volcano, Italy

S Calvari, G Nunnari - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Etna volcano is renowned worldwide for its extraordinary lava fountains that rise several
kilometers above the vent and feed eruptive columns, then drift hundreds of kilometers away …

The VEI 2 Christmas 2018 Etna eruption: a small but intense eruptive event or the starting phase of a larger one?

S Calvari, G Bilotta, A Bonaccorso, T Caltabiano… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
The Etna flank eruption that started on 24 December 2018 lasted a few days and involved
the opening of an eruptive fissure, accompanied by a seismic swarm and shallow …

A Google Earth Engine tool to investigate, map and monitor volcanic thermal anomalies at global scale by means of mid-high spatial resolution satellite data

N Genzano, N Pergola, F Marchese - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Several satellite-based systems have been developed over the years to study and monitor
thermal volcanic activity. Most of them use high temporal resolution satellite data, provided …

Assessing impending hazards from summit eruptions: the new probabilistic map for lava flow inundation at Mt. Etna

F Zuccarello, G Bilotta, G Ganci, C Proietti… - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
The development of probabilistic maps associated with lava flow inundation is essential to
assess hazard in open vent volcanoes, especially those that have highly urbanized flanks. In …

Overflows and pyroclastic density currents in March-April 2020 at Stromboli volcano detected by remote sensing and seismic monitoring data

S Calvari, F Di Traglia, G Ganci, F Giudicepietro… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Between 28 March and 1 April 2020, Stromboli volcano erupted, with overflows from the NE
crater rim spreading along the barren Sciara del Fuoco slope and reaching the sea along …

Combining radar and optical satellite imagery with machine learning to map lava flows at Mount Etna and Fogo Island

C Corradino, G Bilotta, A Cappello, L Fortuna… - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
Lava flow mapping has direct relevance to volcanic hazards once an eruption has begun.
Satellite remote sensing techniques are increasingly used to map newly erupted lava …

Semeru volcano, Indonesia: measuring hazard, exposure and response of densely populated neighbourhoods facing persistent volcanic threats

JC Thouret, M Taillandier, E Wavelet, N Azzaoui… - Natural Hazards, 2023 - Springer
Abstract We studied Semeru, East Java, Indonesia, to show the population exposure to
volcanic threats from its persistent, daily eruptive activity which endangers at least 50,000 of …

Data fusion for satellite-derived Earth surface: the 2021 topographic map of Etna volcano

G Ganci, A Cappello, M Neri - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
We present a new automatic procedure for updating digital topographic data from multi-
source satellite imagery, which consists in the production of Digital Surface Models (DSMs) …

Formal matters on the topic of risk mitigation: A mathematical perspective

G Bilotta, A Cappello, G Ganci - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
How (in) formal should the classic expression describing risk as the product of hazard,
exposure, and vulnerability be considered? What would be the most complete way to …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of dynamic emissivity–temperature trends on spaceborne data: Applications to the 2001 mount Etna eruption

N Rogic, G Bilotta, G Ganci, JO Thompson, A Cappello… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Spaceborne detection and measurements of high-temperature thermal anomalies enable
monitoring and forecasts of lava flow propagation. The accuracy of such thermal estimates …