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Wednesday, 24 January 2018 13:59
SPECIAL ISSUE “Geoinformatics in Citizen Science” of the ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information (IJGI)
The International Journal of Geo-Information (IJGI) - ISSN 2220-9964, 2016, Impact Factor 1.502 - is the open access journal of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) and is published monthly online by MDPI. IJGI provides an advanced forum for geographical information science. The scope of the journal covers all aspects of geographical…
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Friday, 12 January 2018 12:03
Kick Off Meeting of the EO4GEO European Project
The EU Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) has approved the project EO4GEO- Towards and innovative strategy for skills development and capacity building in the space geo-information sector supporting Copernicus user uptake. EO4GEO is an Erasmus+ Sector Skills Alliance gathering 26 partners (and initially 22 associated partners, looking forward…
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Friday, 22 December 2017 10:13
Maria Rosaria Scarfì co-director of the International School of Bioelectromagnetics "Alessandro Chiabrera"
Maria Rosaria Scarfì, a senior researcher of IREA-CNR, was appointed co-director of the International School of Bioelectromagnetics "Alessandro Chiabrera", one of the Schools of the Ettore Majorana Foundation and Center for Scientific Culture (EMFCSC) in Erice (Sicily). From 2003, the year of its establishment, the director was Ferdinando Bersani, professor…
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Wednesday, 13 December 2017 17:04
Special Issue of the Journal of Sensors
Pasquale Imperatore and Romeo Bernini, researchers at the Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment (IREA), are among the editors of the Special Issue "In Situ and Remote Sensors toward Integrated Earth Sensing” of Journal of Sensors. The special issue is dedicated to recent advances, developments and applications in the…
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Monday, 30 October 2017 16:49
2017: A “hot” summer on Mount Vesuvius !
During the 2017 summer season, the Vesuvius National Park was struck by a devastating fire event which caused massive damage to the forest heritage on all flanks of the volcano. Large quantities of ashes resulting from the burning of tens of hectares of Mediterranean scrubs have been dispersed in the…
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Friday, 29 September 2017 12:03
Gloria Bordogna Fellow of the International Fuzzy Systems Association
During the World Congress of the International Fuzzy Systems Association (IFSA) held from June 27 to 30 in Otsu, Gloria Bordogna, Senior Researcher at IREA, was awarded the IFSA Fellow grade. The title, reserved reserved for distinguished contributors whose works have had a significant impact on fuzzy logic theory and…
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Friday, 01 September 2017 14:05
European and Italian satellites measure the surface displacements induced by the Ischia earthquake
Immediately after the Ischia earthquake of 21 August 2017, researchers at CNR-IREA measured the Earth surface displacements thanks to the data acquired by the European Sentinel-1 and Italian COSMO-SkyMed constellations of satellites. A subsidence up to 4 centimetres was measured close to Casamicciola Terme. During the post-event phase, the Department…
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Monday, 24 July 2017 15:18
Conference Europt(r)ode XIV
IREA, together with the Institute of Applied Physics at Carrara (IFAC-CNR) and the Italian Society of Optics and Photonics (SIOF), is organizing in Naples the XIV edition of Europt(r)ode, one of the most important Conferences worldwide in the field of optical sensors for chemical and biological applications. Submission of contributions…
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Monday, 15 May 2017 15:17
Satellite radars and GPS detect slow fault movements
Revealed, for the first time in Italy, in the Pollino area, the presence of slow fault movements during a sequence of low magnitude earthquakes, which help to explain why in this area, compared to the rest of the Apennines, the earthquakes of higher magnitude are less frequent. The study was…
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Tuesday, 14 February 2017 17:53
INSPIRE, from theory to practice: GET-IT software contributes to spatial data interoperability in Europe
The GET-IT software was recently recognized a useful tool to make the INSPIRE Directive operational. GET-IT is now reviewed and registered in the “INSPIRE in Practice” catalogue. “INSPIRE in Practice” is the official INSPIRE platform dedicated to every user engaged in geographic information domain who would adopt tools contributing to…
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