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A spaceborne SAR-based procedure to support the detection of landslides
Giuseppe Esposito
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
National Research Council, Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological
Protection (CNR-IRPI), Rende (CS), 87036, Italy
Ivan Marchesini
National Research Council, Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological
Protection (CNR-IRPI), Perugia, 06128, Italy
Alessandro Cesare Mondini
National Research Council, Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological
Protection (CNR-IRPI), Perugia, 06128, Italy
Paola Reichenbach
National Research Council, Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological
Protection (CNR-IRPI), Perugia, 06128, Italy
Mauro Rossi
National Research Council, Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological
Protection (CNR-IRPI), Perugia, 06128, Italy
Simone Sterlacchini
National Research Council, Research Institute of Environmental Geology and Geoengineering (CNR-IGAG), Milan, 20126, Italy
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In this article, we present an automatic processing chain aimed to support the detection of landslides that induce sharp land cover changes. The chain exploits free software and spaceborne SAR data, allowing the systematic monitoring of wide mountainous regions exposed to mass movements. In the test site, we verified a general accordance between the spatial distribution of seismically induced landslides and the detected land cover changes, demonstrating its potential use in emergency management.
In this article, we present an automatic processing chain aimed to support the detection of...
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