510495 - ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT

insegnamento

ID:

510495

Durata (ore):

48

CFU:

SSD:

TELECOMUNICAZIONI

Anno:

2024

Periodo di attività

Primo Semestre (23/09/2024 - 10/01/2025)

Obiettivi Formativi

The aim of this course is to provide students with an understanding of environmental monitoring techniques, with management practices in view. Students will learn the principles of environmental monitoring, the techniques used for collecting data, and the processes involved in managing and analysing the collected data. The course will focus on spaceborne and in situ data with special regards to radar and sensor networks. By the end of the course, students will be able to critically evaluate different approaches to environmental monitoring and management and develop effective strategies to collect environmental data.

Prerequisiti

Students should have acquired some background from previous courses in environmental science, geospatial analysis, remote sensing, or a related field before enrolling in this course. Basic proficiency in relevant software such as GIS (Geographic Information Systems) software and remote sensing software may also be useful. Knowledge of the basics of computer programming is not required but strongly recommended.

Metodi didattici

The course will include traditional lectures, where the instructor presents the course material and engages students in discussions and debates, and lab sessions, where students get hands-on experience working with radar remote sensing and in-situ sensor networks.

Verifica Apprendimento

The exam consists of an oral discussion on at least three different topics in the course, aimed at assessing the candidate's level of knowledge and understanding of the subject. The mark is expressed with a number between 18 (barely sufficient) and 30 with honours (excellent).

Testi

• Moreira, A., P. Prats-Iraola, M. Younis, G. Krieger, I. Hajnsek and K. P. Papathanassiou, "A tutorial on synthetic aperture radar," in IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 6-43, March 2013, doi: 10.1109/MGRS.2013.2248301.

• Massonnet, D. and Souyris, J.C., “Imaging with Synthetic Aperture Radar” in Engineering Sciences series, EPFL Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0849382390

• Slides of the lessons published on the course site

Contenuti

Introduction to Environmental Monitoring and Management:

Radar Remote Sensing:
● Principles of radar remote sensing
● Types of radar sensors and their applications
● Data collection, processing, and interpretation
● Case studies on the use of radar remote sensing in environmental monitoring and management
● Copernicus and its Data Hub

Merger with in-situ data and application examples
● Introduction to in-situ sensors (inclinometers-GNSS-extensometers)
● Basic elements of GIS
● In-SAR data and interpretation: GIS analysis
● Landslides and subsidence: geological implications
● Radar monitoring of surface deformations after earthquakes
● Alpine and Apennine deep slow-moving landslides In-SAR Sentinel monitoring

Radar Remote Sensing vs. In-Situ instruments:

● In-SAR PS time series analysis and in-situ inclinometers/GNSS data comparison
● Case studies
● MARSIS geo-radar: analysis of Martian subsurface

Note: The order and content of topics may be adjusted to better fit the background of students and to keep the information current.

Lingua Insegnamento

INGLESE

Altre informazioni

This course provides students with an understanding of how to monitor the environment using spaceborne radar remote sensing and in-situ sensors. The principles of operations of a radar system and the meaning of the data it produces will be presented as a means to understand environmental application of related information collection and extraction activities.

A brief introduction will be also made on the main elements of some geological processes related to slope instabilities, land subsidence, earthquakes and their monitoring, from space (radar remote sensing) and in-situ (inclinometers, GNSS). Some cases studies will be addressed, analysing and processing data. Practical exercises in GIS environment, producing thematic maps derived from geological monitoring of instabilities processes, will be presented.