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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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19 Nov 2018
Research article |
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| 19 Nov 2018
Preface: The use of remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) in monitoring applications and management of natural hazards
Daniele Giordan
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Istituto di Ricerca per la Protezione Idrogeologica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Turin, Italy
Yuichi S. Hayakawa
Center for Spatial Information Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
now at: Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan
Francesco Nex
University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), Twente, the Netherlands
Paolo Tarolli
Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry, University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLII-2-W6, 355–361, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-2-W6-355-2017, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-2-W6-355-2017, 2017
K. Pawłuszek, A. Borkowski, and P. Tarolli
Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLII-1-W1, 83–90, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-1-W1-83-2017, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-1-W1-83-2017, 2017
P. Jende, F. Nex, M. Gerke, and G. Vosselman
Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLII-1-W1, 317–323, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-1-W1-317-2017, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-1-W1-317-2017, 2017
Livia Piermattei, Luca Carturan, Fabrizio de Blasi, Paolo Tarolli, Giancarlo Dalla Fontana, Antonio Vettore, and Norbert Pfeifer
Earth Surf. Dynam., 4, 425–443, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-4-425-2016, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-4-425-2016, 2016
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We investigated the applicability of the SfM–MVS approach for calculating the geodetic mass balance of a glacier and for the detection of the surface displacement rate of an active rock glacier located in the eastern Italian Alps. The results demonstrate that it is possible to reliably quantify the investigated glacial and periglacial processes by means of a quick ground-based photogrammetric survey that was conducted using a consumer grade SRL camera and natural targets as ground control points.
M. Gerke, F. Nex, and P. Jende
Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XL-3-W4, 11–18, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XL-3-W4-11-2016, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XL-3-W4-11-2016, 2016
D. Giordan, A. Manconi, P. Allasia, and D. Bertolo
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 15, 2009–2017, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-2009-2015, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-2009-2015, 2015
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Straightforward communication of monitoring results is of major importance in emergency scenarios relevant to large slope instabilities. Here we describe the communication strategy developed for the Mont de La Saxe case study, a large rockslide threatening La Palud and Entrèves hamlets in the Courmayeur municipality (Aosta Valley, Italy).
A. Manconi and D. Giordan
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 15, 1639–1644, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-1639-2015, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-1639-2015, 2015
D. Giordan, A. Manconi, A. Facello, M. Baldo, F. dell'Anese, P. Allasia, and F. Dutto
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 15, 163–169, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-163-2015, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-163-2015, 2015
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In recent years, the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in civilian/commercial contexts is becoming increasingly common, also for the applications concerning the anthropic and natural disasters. In this paper, we present the first results of a research project aimed at defining a possible methodology for the use of micro-UAVs in emergency scenarios relevant to rockfall phenomena.
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Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 18, 2127–2139, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-2127-2014, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-2127-2014, 2014
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In the special issue
The use of remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) in monitoring applications and management of natural hazardswe propose a collection of papers that provide a critical description of the state of the art in the use of RPAS for different scenarios. In particular, the sequence of papers can be considered an exhaustive representation of the state of the art of the methodologies and approaches applied to the study and management of natural hazards.
In the special issue
The use of remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) in monitoring...
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