Search Results - "Modica, Giuseppe"

Applications of UAV Thermal Imagery in Precision Agriculture: State of the Art and Future Research Outlook by Messina, Gaetano, Modica, Giuseppe

“…Low-altitude remote sensing (RS) using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is a powerful tool in precision agriculture (PA). In that context, thermal RS has many…”
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Machine Learning Classification of Mediterranean Forest Habitats in Google Earth Engine Based on Seasonal Sentinel-2 Time-Series and Input Image Composition Optimisation by Praticò, Salvatore, Solano, Francesco, Di Fazio, Salvatore, Modica, Giuseppe

“…The sustainable management of natural heritage is presently considered a global strategic issue. Owing to the ever-growing availability of free data and…”
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Monitoring Onion Crop “Cipolla Rossa di Tropea Calabria IGP” Growth and Yield Response to Varying Nitrogen Fertilizer Application Rates Using UAV Imagery by Messina, Gaetano, Praticò, Salvatore, Badagliacca, Giuseppe, Di Fazio, Salvatore, Monti, Michele, Modica, Giuseppe

“…Remote sensing (RS) platforms such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) represent an essential source of information in precision agriculture (PA) as they are…”
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The Role of Remote Sensing in Olive Growing Farm Management: A Research Outlook from 2000 to the Present in the Framework of Precision Agriculture Applications by Messina, Gaetano, Modica, Giuseppe

“…Given the importance of olive growing, especially in Mediterranean countries, it is crucial that there is a constant process of modernization aimed at both…”
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Twenty Years of Remote Sensing Applications Targeting Landscape Analysis and Environmental Issues in Olive Growing: A Review by Messina, Gaetano, Modica, Giuseppe

“…The olive (Olea europaea L.) is an iconic tree linked to the birth of some of the most ancient civilizations and one of the most important cultivated tree…”
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Cloud resource orchestration in the multi-cloud landscape: a systematic review of existing frameworks by Tomarchio, Orazio, Calcaterra, Domenico, Modica, Giuseppe Di

“…The number of both service providers operating in the cloud market and customers consuming cloud-based services is constantly increasing, proving that the…”
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Monitoring the vegetation vigor in heterogeneous citrus and olive orchards. A multiscale object-based approach to extract trees’ crowns from UAV multispectral imagery by Modica, Giuseppe, Messina, Gaetano, De Luca, Giandomenico, Fiozzo, Vincenzo, Praticò, Salvatore

“…•A multiscale image-object workflow to extract trees’ crowns from UAV multispectral imagery was implemented.•We couple the use of spectral and topographic…”
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Pixel- vs. Object-Based Landsat 8 Data Classification in Google Earth Engine Using Random Forest: The Case Study of Maiella National Park by Tassi, Andrea, Gigante, Daniela, Modica, Giuseppe, Di Martino, Luciano, Vizzari, Marco

“…With the general objective of producing a 2018–2020 Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) map of the Maiella National Park (central Italy), useful for a future long-term…”
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Combined use of urban Atlas and Corine land cover datasets for the implementation of an ecological network using graph theory within a multi-species approach by Lumia, Giovanni, Praticò, Salvatore, Di Fazio, Salvatore, Cushman, Samuel, Modica, Giuseppe

“…•Joint use of Corine Land Cover and Urban Atlas allowed building ecological network.•10 species have been considered to build the components of the ecological…”
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A Comparison of UAV and Satellites Multispectral Imagery in Monitoring Onion Crop. An Application in the ‘Cipolla Rossa di Tropea’ (Italy) by Messina, Gaetano, Peña, Jose M., Vizzari, Marco, Modica, Giuseppe

“…Precision agriculture (PA) is a management strategy that analyzes the spatial and temporal variability of agricultural fields using information and…”
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A workflow based on Sentinel-1 SAR data and open-source algorithms for unsupervised burned area detection in Mediterranean ecosystems by De Luca, Giandomenico, Silva, João M.N., Modica, Giuseppe

“…This paper investigates the capability of the free synthetic aperture radar (SAR) Sentinel-1 (S-1) C-band data for burned area mapping through unsupervised…”
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Slow propagation of 2 GHz acoustical waves in a suspended GaAs phononic waveguide on insulator by Modica, Giuseppe, Zhu, Rui, Horvath, Robert, Beaudoin, Gregoire, Sagnes, Isabelle, Braive, Rémy

“…Optoelectronic oscillators have dominated the scene of microwave oscillators in the last few years thanks to their great performances regarding frequency…”
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Land Cover classification and change-detection analysis using multi-temporal remote sensed imagery and landscape metrics by Fichera, Carmelo Riccardo, Modica, Giuseppe, Pollino, Maurizio

“…Remote Sensing (RS) data and techniques, in combination with GIS and landscape metrics, are fundamental to analyse and characterise Land Cover (LC) and its…”
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Comparison and assessment of different object-based classifications using machine learning algorithms and UAVs multispectral imagery: a case study in a citrus orchard and an onion crop by Modica, Giuseppe, De Luca, Giandomenico, Messina, Gaetano, Praticò, Salvatore

“…This study aimed to compare and assess different Geographic Object-Based Image Analysis (GEOBIA) and machine learning algorithms using unmanned aerial vehicles…”
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Object-Based Land Cover Classification of Cork Oak Woodlands using UAV Imagery and Orfeo ToolBox by De Luca, Giandomenico, N. Silva, João M., Cerasoli, Sofia, Araújo, João, Campos, José, Di Fazio, Salvatore, Modica, Giuseppe

“…This paper investigates the reliability of free and open-source algorithms used in the geographical object-based image classification (GEOBIA) of very high…”
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TORCH: a TOSCA-Based Orchestrator of Multi-Cloud Containerised Applications by Tomarchio, Orazio, Calcaterra, Domenico, Di Modica, Giuseppe, Mazzaglia, Pietro

“…The growth in the number and types of cloud-based services offered to IT customers is supported by the constant entry of new actors in the market and the…”
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Integrated use of Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 data and open-source machine learning algorithms for land cover mapping in a Mediterranean region by De Luca, Giandomenico, M. N. Silva, João, Di Fazio, Salvatore, Modica, Giuseppe

“…This paper aims to develop a supervised classification integrating synthetic aperture radar (SAR) Sentinel-1 (S1) and optical Sentinel-2 (S2) data for land…”
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Unveiling the complex canopy spatial structure of a Mediterranean old-growth beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) forest from UAV observations by Solano, Francesco, Modica, Giuseppe, Praticò, Salvatore, Box, Olivia F., Piovesan, Gianluca

“…•A UAV-based framework to monitor forest canopy structure in a primary beech forest.•Canopy structure patterns were used as indicator of forest natural process…”
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Urban–rural ecological networks for landscape planning by De Montis, Andrea, Caschili, Simone, Mulas, Maurizio, Modica, Giuseppe, Ganciu, Amedeo, Bardi, Antonietta, Ledda, Antonio, Dessena, Leonarda, Laudari, Luigi, Fichera, Carmelo Riccardo

“…•We use spatial network modelling to study a peri-urban ecosystem.•Most central patches are key in an ecological network.•The ecological network is resilient…”
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Heat shock protein 60 levels in tissue and circulating exosomes in human large bowel cancer before and after ablative surgery by Campanella, Claudia, Rappa, Francesca, Sciumè, Carmelo, Marino Gammazza, Antonella, Barone, Rosario, Bucchieri, Fabio, David, Sabrina, Curcurù, Giuseppe, Caruso Bavisotto, Celeste, Pitruzzella, Alessandro, Geraci, Girolamo, Modica, Giuseppe, Farina, Felicia, Zummo, Giovanni, Fais, Stefano, Conway de Macario, Everly, Macario, Alberto J.L., Cappello, Francesco

“…BACKGROUND Heat shock protein 60 (Hsp60) is a chaperonin involved in tumorigenesis, but its participation in tumor development and progression is not well…”
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