The CNR (National Research Council of Italy) supports Italy's space sector in several areas: - Earth observation for studying natural phenomena and risks using satellites and new platforms like stratospheric balloons and nanosatellites. - Developing new observational payloads and data management systems. - Launching small satellites from an airborne "AirLaunch" platform. - Materials, communications, and technologies for energy storage and efficiency with applications for aerospace. The CNR collaborates closely with the government and industry to provide scientific and technological support and strengthen Italy's role in space.

1. Science and Technology
for Space
CNR
Science and Technology for Space

2. CNR IN FIGURES
CNR in Figures
• Earth system science and environmental
technologies
• Engineering, ICT and technologies for energy
and transportation
• Social sciences and humanities, cultural
heritage
• Chemical sciences and materials technology
• Physical sciences and technologies of matter
• Biology, agriculture and food sciences
• Biomedical sciences

3. CNR FOR SPACE
CNR for Space
The Space sector is one of the strategic areas of high technology that sees Italy in a world leadership position,
having a complete supply chain of products, skills and services with a high technological content, a wide range
of dual value applications (civil and military) and profitable interaction between Research and Business.
The CNR, in this context, is positioned in the following sectors:
• Earth observation (EO) for the study of natural phenomena with direct impact on solid earth, oceans and
atmosphere for a better understanding of the climate and natural and environmental risks, for a
sustainable use of resources and energy and for the protection of ecosystems, cultural heritage and the
built environment.
• Development of new observational platforms (stratospheric platforms, nanosatellites, aerial platforms,
drones, etc.)
• Development of new observational payloads and full exploitation of the new generation ones, developed
in the international context, in particular in Copernicus
• Innovative systems for multi-platform data management
• launch of small satellites from «AirLaunch» aerial platform
• Suborbital flight activity
• Satellite telecommunications
• Development of application services
Other relevant areas of interest are:
• Control, processing and transmission of quantum information, such as ground-space quantum links
• Innovative energy and electrical systems with reference to production, storage and efficiency, new fuels
• Development of new materials for products and services with high added value in the aerospace sector
• Realization of micro and nanostructures of different dimensions based on condensed matter

4. CNR to support the «Country System»
CNR to support the «Country System»
A consolidated presence in the Space Economy with particular regard to the
Mirror Copernicus program and the Application Services that it identifies
(Coast and Marine Monitoring, Air Quality, Ground Motion, Monitoring of
Land Cover and Use, Hydro-Meteorology Climate Service, Water Resources)
A consolidated system of institutional collaborations (including MiSE, Difesa,
MIUR, MIT, DPC)
A strong presence in national and European programs
A consolidated presence in infrastructure programs, such as Actris and Epos
The CNR develops these activities in close collaboration with the central
government administrations and, in particular, with the Ministry of Defense
(AM) and the industrial system to which it provides scientific and
technological support for the competitiveness of national companies

5. CNR IN FIGURES
CNR in stratosfera
Strumenti CNR vengono impiegati su piattaforme stratosferiche durante campagne
di misura internazionali per lo studio del clima, la validazione di modelli atmosferici
e il confronto con misure da satellite
PIATTAFORME STRATOSFERICHE su cui sono installati strumenti CNR
per la misura di gas in traccia, ozono e aerosol
AEREO RUSSO M55 GEOPHYSICA
(altezza massima 22 km )
PALLOONE
STRATOSFERICO
S. Viciani, F. D’Amato, A. Montori, M. Barucci (CNR-INO) e F. Cairo, L. Di Liberto, F. Ravegnani, F. Fierli (CNR-ISAC)
M55 Geophysica
OT4AGRI: prototypes of downstream services
for regional monitoring and farm management support
Global challenges and local impacts
«Produce more from less»
CropMonitoring
Crop detection, agro-practices and phenologyMultitemporal VIs from S2
App1 App2
www.ermes-fp7space.eu
http://space4agri.irea.cnr.it/it
CNR
Science and Technology for Space
Surface deformation analysis at national scale with Sentinel-1 SAR data (March 2015-December 2018)
Pozzuoli
Maratea
Pistoia
Visso&
Norcia
earthquakes
Amatrice
earthquake
Visso&
Norcia
earthquakes
Amatrice
earthquake
Fango
Casamicciola
Casamicciola
earthquake
Prato
Surface deformation analysis of the Italian Peninsula via satellite SAR data
Full resolution deformation analysis in urban areas with
COSMO-SkyMed SAR data (March 2009-March 2019)
The Earth Observation (EO) scenario is moving fast towards a Big Data
context, thanks to the huge volume of radar remote sensing data
nowadays available, opening promising application opportunities. In
particular, the advanced Differential Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
Interferometry (DInSAR) technique referred to as Parallel Small
BAseline Subset (P-SBAS), developed by the IREA-CNR researchers, has
largely demonstrated its effectiveness to retrieve the temporal
evolution of surface displacements via the generation of deformation
time-series. Moreover, the P-SBAS algorithm is able to analyse the
spatial and temporal characteristics of the deformation patterns by
benefitting from the availability of very large sequences of SAR images,
relevant to wide portions of the Erath’s surface, collected, for instance,
by the C-band Sentinel-1 (European Copernicus Programme) and the X-
band COSMO-SkyMed (Italian Space Agency) constellations.
The P-SBAS technique provides ground deformation measurements at
two distinct spatial scales. The regional one (low resolution analysis
with about 30-100m of spatial resolution) allows analysing deformation
phenomena relevant to very large areas, for natural hazard mitigation
and prevention (volcanic activity, seismic events, landslides,
subsidence, oil/gas extractions, etc.); the local scale (full resolution
analysis, down to a few meters of spatial resolution) allows detecting
and monitoring localized deformation signals that may interest man-
made structures, such as urban areas, single buildings, mining
activities, tunnelling, dams, and transport infrastructures.
Sentinel-1(2015-2018)
LOS[cm/year]
>2
<-2
The low resolution P-SBAS
Sentinel-1 results have been
achieved within the IREA-CNR and
DGS-UNMIG/MiSE 2018-2019
Agreement
Central Italy:
2016 seismic sequence
The full resolution P-SBAS
COSMO-SkyMed results
have been achieved under
the CNR, INFN and ASI
agreement and in the
framework of the
cooperation with the
Italian Civil Protection
Department
Minerbio:
natural gas
storage site
Campi Flegrei Caldera:
volcanic activity
Pistoia-Prato
Plain:
subsidence
phenomenon
Maratea town: landslide
Ischia Island:
landslide and seismic event
Minerbio
Casamicciola
earthquake
Manuela Bonano, Sabatino Buonanno, Francesco Casu, Claudio De Luca, Adele Fusco, Riccardo Lanari, Michele Manunta, Mariarosaria Manzo, Giovanni Onorato, Giovanni Zeni, Ivana Zinno
New Space Economy European Expoforum
Fiera di Roma 10 - 12 dicembre 2019
COSMO-SkyMed(2011-2019)
LOS[cm/year]
>1
<-1
COSMO-SkyMed(2009-2019)
LOS[cm/year]
>1
<-1
Roma case study
129 ascending images (2011-2019)
Napoli bay area
187 ascending SAR images (2009-2019)
Rome-Fiumicino airport highway Fiera Roma
Viale Giustiniano Imperatore area
Napoli
Capodichino
Airport
High-speed
railway
Email: bonano.m, buonanno.s, casu.f, deluca.c, fusco.a, lanari.r, manunta.m, manzo.mr, onorato.g, zeni.g, zinno.i@irea.cnr.it
S-1 SM stddev
Sentinel-1 Soil Moisture Content over the Mediterranean Basin
CNR
Science and Technology for SpaceNew Space Economy European Expoforum
Fiera di Roma 10 - 12 dicembre 2019
G. Satalino, A. Balenzano, D. Palmisano, F. Lovergine and F. Mattia
Istituto per il Rilevamento Elettromagnetico dell'Ambiente-CNR, Bari
Abstract
Soil moisture (SM) is an essential climate variable that has important implications on numerous applications, such as applied hydrology, Numerical Weather Prediction and climate monitoring. SM is operationally delivered at low resolution (e.g., 36−9 km) by
Earth Observation missions, such as ESA/SMOS, NASA/SMAP and EUMETSAT/ASCAT. However, other land applications, including, e.g., irrigation scheduling, crop disease management and yield forecast, would benefit from the availability of SM maps at
higher spatial resolution. Currently, this possibility is offered by the Sentinel-1 (S-1) constellation, which can be exploited to develop pre-operational high resolution SSM products.
In this study, a SM product [m3/m3] at high resolution (i.e. 1 km) and at Mediterranean scale derived from time series of S-1 data is presented. The product is obtained by applying a Short Term Change Detection (STCD) algorithm applied to time series of S-1
IW VV & VH images [1]. The code implementing the aforementioned STCD algorithm is referred to as “Soil MOisture retrieval from multi-temporal SAR data” (SMOSAR) [2]. It has been developed in the context of the ESA SEOM Exploit-S-1 study [3], and
validated by using a set of in situ SSM observations recorded by hydrologic networks in Europe, North America and Australia.
Moreover, in the context of the SENSAGRI H2020 project [4], the resolution of the SM product has been further improved to “field scale” (i.e. 0.1 km) by integrating S-1 and S-2 data.
References
[1] Balenzano A., F. Mattia, G. Satalino, M. W. J. Davidson, “Dense temporal series of C- and L-band SAR data for soil moisture retrieval over
agricultural crops”, IEEE Jou. of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Obs. and Remote Sensing (J-STARS), Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 439-450, June 2011.
[2] Balenzano A., G. Satalino, F. Lovergine, M. Rinaldi, V. Iacobellis, N. Mastronardi, F. Mattia, “On the use of temporal series of L- and X- band SAR
data for soil moisture retrieval. Capitanata plain case study”, European Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 46, pp. 721-737, 2013.
[3] http://seom.esa.int/page_project034.php
[4] http://www.sensagri.eu/
Acknowledgement
The research leading to these results has received funding from the Scientific Exploitation of Operational Missions
(SEOM) program of the European Space Agency, through the project “Exploitation of S-1 for Surface Soil Moisture
Retrieval at High Resolution (Exploit-S-1)” (contract ESA/AO/1-8306/15/I-NB), and from the European Union's
Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme, through the project “Sentinels Synergy for Agriculture
(SENSAGRI)” (Grant Agreement nº 730074).
Retrievedvs observedSSM [m3/m3] at site scale
0
0,1
0,2
0,3
0,4
0,5
0,6
0 0,1 0,2 0,3 0,4 0,5 0,6
S-1SSM[m3/m3]
observed SSM [m3/m3]
yanco remedhus
ApulianTavoliere_asc littleWashita
Txson elmcreek
Hobe ApulianTavoliere_desc
y= 0.048 + 0.744x, R=0.7
S-1 SM [m3/m3] map @1km resolution
on September 01-07, 2018.
S-1 SM product validation
Sentinels Synergy for AgricultureHORIZON 2020
S-1 SM [m3/m3] (mean & standard deviation) map composite @1km
on June 19-26, 2018. Maps available every 6 days.
Improvement of SM product to “field scale”
Synergy of S-1 and S-2 data to mask abrupt changes of
surface roughness & vegetation biomass that can be
important @0.1km.
S-1&S2 SM [m3/m3] map @0.1km resolution
on May 20, 2017, over the Apulian Tavoliere (Italy).
S-1 SM @1km resolution over the Mediterranean basin
S-1 SM mean
Emails: giuseppe.satalino@cnr.it, anna.balenzano@cnr.it, palmisano.d@irea.cnr.it,
francesco.lovergine@cnr.it, francesco.mattia@cnr.it
rmse at site scale=0.06 m3/m3
CNR e Aeronautica Militare per il lancio di minisatelliti
da piattaforma aerea Progetto «AIR-LAUNCH»
Il CNR ha avviato una collaborazione con l’Ufficio Generale per lo Spazio della
Aeronautica Militare per studiare nuove modalità di accesso allo Spazio
AIR LAUNCH: L’AM ha avviato con il CNR e con parte del comparto accademico e
industriale del settore, uno studio di fattibilità per un lanciatore di mini/micro e
nanosatelliti satelliti da piattaforma aerea. Lo studio eventualmente avvierà lo
sviluppo di un dimostratore tecnologico
Segmentazione di mercato per Nano-Microsatelliti
(credit Spacework Enterprises Inc.)
Market segmentation for Nano-Microsatellites
(credit Spacework Enterprises Inc-)
Previsioni di mercato per l’utilizzo dei NanoSat (Da:
Spacework Enterprises Inc.). La previsione indicata
nella figura è da prendersi come riferimento a dovrà
essere ulteriormente approfondita e mirata ad
identificare la domanda specifica per il lancio
aviotrasportato.
Market forecasts for the use of NanoSats (From:
Spacework Enterprises Inc.). The forecast indicated
in the figure is to be taken as a reference and will
have to be further investigated and aimed at
identifying the specific demand for airborne launch.
L’Air Launch consiste nel trasporto in quota tramite un velivolo
appositamente adattato o progettato detto “velivolo carrier” di un
piccolo lanciatore, il quale una volta rilasciato, attiverà il suo sistema
di propulsione fino all’inserimento in orbita del satellite. Il lancio può
essere organizzato sulla base delle esigenze di un singolo cliente
(“launch on demand”). Si potrà effettuare il lancio verso qualsiasi
inclinazione orbitale in qualsiasi momento. Quasi tutti gli stati hanno
un sito adatto a questo tipo di missioni, perché non è richiesto uno
spazioporto con piattaforme di lancio, ma sono sufficienti una pista e
una struttura per l’integrazione di tutti i componenti. Le condizioni
meteorologiche avverse non influenzano il lancio; fenomeni come
temporali e forti venti possono essere facilmente aggirati. Con questa
metodologia di lancio è possibile evitare gran parte dei ritardi di
natura meteorologica cui sono soggetti i vettori lanciati da terra. I
parametri orbitali possono essere ridefiniti durante la fase di volo
atmosferica, modificando in tempo reale il profilo di missione del
velivolo carrier.
F. Cairo*, P. Carlucci*, R.Leomporra***, L.Paciucci**, F. Soldani***
*CNR-Istituto di Scienze dell’Atmosfera e del Clima - **CNR-Dipartimento di Ingegneria, ICT e Tecnologie per l’Energia e i
Trasporti - ***AM - Ufficio Generale per lo Spazio
COLLABORATION BETWEEN CNR AND ITALIAN AIR FORCE ON INNOVATIVE
INDEPENDENT AND COST-EFFECTIVE ACCESS TO SPACE
Air Launch: Technical Collaboration Agreement between Italian Air Force, CNR, Universities and
Il crescente mercato dei nano e dei micro satelliti
(1-50 kg) ha nuovamente ravvivato l’interesse
verso l’Air Launch con soluzioni che mirano alla
messa in orbita di tali sistemi con masse limitate. A
tale scopo l’utilizzo di velivoli militari che sono già
concepiti per lo sgancio in quota di oggetti
dell’ordine delle tonnellate sembrano la scelta più
promettente e fattibile nel breve periodo.
L’accesso autonomo allo spazio per un Paese è una
capacità strategica nazionale da garantire.
Rilascio di un razzo vettore da aereo.
Release of a rocket from an aircraft.
CNR e AM per l’accesso alla stratosfera
Il CNR ha avviato una collaborazione con l’Ufficio Generale per lo Spazio della
Aeronautica Militare per studiare nuove modalità di a ccesso allo Spazio
PIATTAFORME STRATOSFERICHE : L’AM e il CNR dopo una ricognizione delle
tecnologie e degli attori (università, centri ricerca, aziende), hanno definito i
requisiti di piattaforma stratosferica d’interesse nazionale. La attività si inquadra
nei Progetti di Cooperazione Strutturata Europea nel settore della Difesa (PESCO).
Nel settore stratosferico, l’AM e il CNR hanno analizzato le
potenziali applicazioni delle Piattaforme e gli specifici scenari
e ne è scaturito un progetto unitario nazionale per una
piattaforma in configurazione “ibrida” (a metà tra un pallone
aerostatico ed un profilo alare) progettata dal CIRA -Centro
Italiano Ricerche Aerospaziali che ben s’inquadra per un
impiego flessibile e logisticamente proiettabile e che è stato
proposto nell’ambito dei Progetti di Cooperazione Strutturata
Europea nel settore della Difesa (PESCO) e il cui
finanziamento verrà garantito con i Fondi dell’European
Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP).
THE CNR has started a collaboration with the General Office for Space of the
F. Cairo*, P. Carlucci*, M. Florissi***, L. Paciucci**, G. Persechino****, V. Baraniello****, R. Borsa****
*CNR-Istituto di Scienze dell’Atmosfera e del Clima - **CNR-Dipartimento di Ingegneria, ICT e Tecnologie per l’Energia e i
Trasporti - ***AM – Ufficio Generale per lo Spazio – ****Centro Italiano Ricerche Aerospaziali
CNR e Aeronautica Militare nel primo volo
suborbitale di ricerca 'human-tended'
L’Aeronautica Militare (AM) intende acquisire una capacità di accesso allo spazio, di
cui una espressione è rappresentata dal volo in Mesosfera. A seguito di un accordo
con la Virgin Galactic, durante un volo suborbitale Mesosferico con la Space Ship 2
saranno effettuati esperimenti in condizioni di microgravità ideati dall’AM, dal CNR
e dall’Università di Padova.
L’ AM ha preso contatti con la Virgin Galactic per l’acquisto di un servizio di
volo suborbitale dedicato da effettuarsi presso lo Spaceport America di Las
Cruces, NM – Stati Uniti, nel secondo semestre del 2020. Tale attività è stata
definita nell’ambito di un accordo commerciale siglato il 2 ottobre u.s. presso
l’Ambasciata d’Italia a Washington. Ciò permetterà l’effettuazione di
esperimenti di medicina aerospaziale a cura di personale medico AM e di
esperimenti di combustione e capillarità in condizioni di microgravità, di
controllo della qualità ambientale a bordo e di test di tecnologia aerospaziale
F. Cairo*, P. Carlucci*, A. Landolfi***, L.Paciucci**, F. Soldani***, W.Villadei***
*CNR-Istituto di Scienze dell’Atmosfera e del Clima - **CNR-Dipartimento di Ingegneria, ICT e Tecnologie per l’Energia e i
Trasporti - ***AM – Ufficio Generale per lo Spazio
FORUM U N D E R S T A N D I N G H O W
EARTH IS LOSING ITS COOL
The Far-infrared Outgoing Radiation Understanding and Monitoring (FORUM) is the selected ESA’s
ninth explorer mission. The scientific objectives are:
Claudio Belotti1 – Luca Palchetti1 – Marco Ridolfi1,2 – Gianluca Di Natale1
1INO–CNR, 2Università di Bologna
contact: claudio.belotti@ino.cnr.it www.forum-ee9.eu
to reduce Far-infrared (FIR) uncertainty in models
(Understanding)

6. CNR at NSE 2019
AURORA project:
Main Achievements from Science,
through Technology, to Applications
n
HYDROCONTROLLER PROJECT (POR-FESR Toscana)
i-EM S.r.l., Alitec S.r.l., Telnet Systems S.r.l., Crealink S.r.l., IFAC- CNR, UNIFI-DINFO
S. Paloscia, S.Pettinato, E. Santi, G. Fontanelli (IFAC-CNR, Firenze), C. Lanzetta (CTO, i-EM S.r.l., Livorno)
HYDROCONTROLLER: An Innovative Platform for the
Monitoring and the Forecast in Real-time of Water Resources
based on Big Data Analytics approaches
The platform will be able to display data both through an open layer (freely
accessible) and with a private layer (for specific customers).
• The main features of the platform are:
• acquisition and real-time display of hydro-meteorological information from
the monitoring network;
L2 ANALYSIS OF MIPAS-ENVISAT:
A 24 YEAR LONG SUCCESSFUL STORY
Piera Raspollini, Bruno Carli, Simone Ceccherini, Marco Gai, Flavio Barbara, Nicola Zoppetti – IFAC-CNR
Bianca M. Dinelli, Elisa Castelli, Enzo Papandrea – ISAC-CNR
Luca Sgheri – IAC-CNR
In collaboration with: Università di Bologna, Oxford University, University of Leicester, LISA-CNRS, IMK-FZK, IAA-CSIC
2410 cm-1
4.15 µm
685 cm-1
14.6 µm
Spectrum at 28 km tangent altitude
Spectral resolution:
• 0.025 cm-1 from 2002 to 2004
• 0.0625 cm-1 from 2005 to 2012
MIPAS INSTRUMENT
The Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric
Sounding (MIPAS) operated from 2002 to 2012 onboard
the ENVISAT satellite performing:
• broad band and high resolution measurements in the
middle infrared
• of atmospheric emission (during both day and nigh)
• at limb
LEVEL 2 ALGORITHM FOR MIPAS
SOME EXAMPLES
The analysis of the ten years of MIPAS measurements [2]
allows to study the temporal evolution of the bi-
dimensional distribution of numerous species of interest
for the study of the ozone in the stratosphere, pollutants
and many green-house gases, during both day and night.
The products consist in profiles of temperature, as well as
profiles of the volume mixing ratio of the following
molecules: H2O, O3, HNO3, CH4, N2O, NO2, CFC-11, CFC-12,
N2O5, ClONO2, HCFC-22, COF2, CF4, HCN and CCl4, OCS,
CH3Cl, HDO, C2H2, C2H6, COCl2. Some examples:
MONITORING OF SPECIES REGULATED BY MONTREAL PROTOCOL
MONITORING OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE
CFC-11CFC-12
CCl4
HCFC-22
Negative trend in
CFC-11, CFC-12
and CCl4 [3],
positive trend in
HCFC-22 which
Extreme
arctic ozone
depletion in
2011
2410 cm-1
4.15 µm
MINISTAR
Miniaturized Test System for Star Trackers
V. Nardino1, D. Guzzi1, M. Burresi2, M. Cecchi3, T. Cecchi3, F. Corti4, M. Corti4, E. Franci4,
G. Guidotti3, L. Salvadori4, C. Spagnesi2, V. Raimondi1
1. IFAC – CNR, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy, 2. Gestione SILO srl, Firenze, Italy, 3. Promel srl, Impruneta, Italy, 4. SAITEC srl, Figline Val d’Arno, Italy
Workstation
Display
Collimator
Star
tracker
Viewing
direction with
respect to the
Celestial
HIPPARCOS
Star
catalogue
Stray light,
disturbing effects
Simulation of dynamic star field scenario
Logic flow
MINISTAR prototype
New Space Economy European Expoforum
Fiera di Roma 10 - 12 dicembre 2019
correspondi
The OT4CLIMA project, funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research, within the PON 2014-
2020 Research&Innovation program, “Aerospace” thematic domain, aims at developing advanced Earth Observation (EO)
technologies and methodologies for improving our capability to better understand the effects of Climate Change (CC) and our
capability to mitigate them at the regional and sub-regional scale. Both medium-to-long term impacts (e.g. vegetation stress,
drought) and extreme events with rapid dynamics (e.g. intense meteorological phenomena, fires) will be investigated, trying a
twofold (i.e. interesting both “products” and “processes”) technological innovation: a) through the design and the
implementation of advanced sensors to be mounted on multiplatform EO systems; b) through the development of advanced
methodologies for EO data analysis, interpretation, integration and fusion.
Activities will focus on two of the major natural processes strictly related to Climate Change, namely the Carbon and Water
Cycles.
CNR is leading OT4CLIMA, which benefits from the strong scientific expertise of 13 CNR research institutes, ASI, INGV, CIRA, 3
Universities, together with a wide industrial partnership (including both big national players, i.e. E-geos and IDS companies and
well-established Italian SMEs consortia, i.e. CREATEC, CORISTA and SIIT, and a spin-off company, Survey Lab) specifically focused
on the technological innovation frontier.
This contribution summarizes the project rationale and show some research activities so far carried out.
IMPLEMENTATION PARTNERSHIP: PUBLIC BODIES
PARTNERSHIP: PRIVATE SECTOR
WP1: Design of new EO technologies for studying
climate-related phenomena
WP2: Innovative EO techniques for Long-Term
analysis of Climate Change-related effects
WP4: Testing of prototypes
WP5: Assessment and validation of
products and applications on specific
test cases
WP3: Advanced EO methods for
investigating Climate-related
short-term impacts
ABSTRACT
ONGOING RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AND PRELIMINARY RESULTS
OCS from Satellite retrieval (the case of IASI)
monthly mean maps of OCS column
FEBRUARY 2015
AUGUST 2015
Annual cycle OCS column mean for two different regions of the Po Valley
Impacts of the 2017 drought on forests according to the
biogeographic region
Right: Components of the summer 2017
drought in Europe: (a) temperature
anomaly (°C) with respect to the period
from 1981-2010, (b) precipitation
anomaly (mm), and (c) SPEI
(Standardized precipitation
evapotranspiration index)
a b c
From: Rita et al., 2019 GCB
Bottom: Map showing the extreme positive and negative
values of NDVIdiff. The inset bar chart represents the mean ±
SD of the NDVIdiff for the masked areas, with different
colors corresponding to different biogeographic regions
Top: Cluster map of significant (p<0.05)
spatial correlation between the NDVIdiff
and SPEI drought index in the summer of
2017 based on bivariate local indicators
of spatial association.
From: Camy-Peyret et al., 2017 JQSRT
From: Marra, A. C., et al., 2019 RS
The precipitation structure of the Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone Numa
(15-19 November 2017): analysis of GPM observations and NWP simulations
Lead Partner (13 research
Institutes involved)
WP6: Design of advanced ICT solutions
for EO-based Product/Service provision
= Research
= Development
Innovative Earth Observation technologies and methodologies for
investigating climate change impacts: the OT4CLIMA project
OT4CLIMA - Advanced EO technologies for studying Climate Change impacts on the environment
Nicola Pergola, CNR-IMAA, Tito Scalo, Italy; Carmine Serio, University of Basilicata, School of Engineering, Potenza, Italy; Francesco Ripullone, University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy; Francesco Marchese, CNR-
IMAA, Tito Scalo (Pz), Italy; Giuseppe Naviglio, IDS - Ingegneria dei Sistemi, Napoli, Italy; Pietro Tizzani, CNR-IREA, Napoli, Italy; Angelo Donvito, Digimat, Matera, Italy; Carmela Cornacchia, CNR-IMAA, Tito Scalo,
Italy and the OT4CLIMA team
CNR
Science and Technology for Space
CNR-IMAA Research Infrastructures on
Earth Observation
CNR
Science and Technology for SpaceNew Space Economy European Expoforum
Fiera di Roma 10 - 12 dicembre 2019
The Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis (IMAA)
proved capabilities in designing and creating important Research
Infrastructures. The economic value of the IMAA’s scientific
equipment is estimated more than 20 MEuro.
Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis
CNR - IMAA
Lidar PEARL system (Potenza EARLINET Aerosol
Lidar system) for the characterization of the
atmospheric aerosol.
ACTRIS is a pan-European initiative consolidating actions amongst
European partners producing high-quality observations of aerosols, clouds
and trace gases. ACTRIS is composed of more than 100 observing and
exploratory platforms, six topical centres distributed over Europe, a data
centre and the head office. On December 2016, ACTRIS has been adopted
on the ESFRI (European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures)
roadmap for RI.
The CNR-IMAA participates in two topical centres and contributes
to data centre and the head office. Morever the CNR-IMAA
Atmospheric Observatory (CIAO) is a National observing platform
that is one of the 12 worldwide sites within the GRUAN (Global
Climate Observing System (GCOS) Reference Upper-Air Network)
network for the study of the high atmosphere.
(Credits: ESA/DLR)
Besides, a suite of ground-based instruments
(e.g. FieldSpec, F-TIR spectrometer, MIR/TIR
Thermocameras) for remote sensing data
calibration/validation campaigns, and a
payload of hyperspectral optical sensors
(operating in the VNIR-LWIR spectral range) for
aerial platforms are also available at CNR-IMAA.
The system is equipped for the direct acquisition and the on line storage
(with a storage capacity over 200TeraBytes) of polar and geostationary
satellite data (e.g. NOAA, EOS, METOP, NPP, MSG), resulting able to provide
near real time geospatial information for the timely detection and
continuous monitoring of different natural/anthropic phenomena.
System for receiving, processing and storing satellite images
Several research groups of CNR-IMAA work and cooperate in order to develop original
techniques and innovative methodologies for the analysis of a wide range of Earth
Observation applications, such as:
- Environmental monitoring
- Anthropic and natural hazard prediction, prevention and mitigation
- Protection of the cultural heritage
- Meteo-climatic trend investigations
Wide range of Earth Observation applications
ACTRIS
Aerosols, Clouds, and Trace Gases Research
Infrastructure Network
Corresponding author: Monica Proto (CNR-IMAA); e-mail: monica.proto@imaa.cnr.it
Authors: Carmela Cornacchia, Teodosio Lacava, Monica Proto – CNR-IMAA
CNR-IMAA participation in
European projects on Earth Observation
CNR-IMAA is actually involved in several programmes and initiatives at
European and International level, where IMAA researchers have experienced
scientific responsibility as well as played coordination roles.
Pillar Project Acronym Project Title Role of CNR-IMAA Status
IndustrialLeadership
ACTRIS-2 Aerosols, Clouds, and Trace Gases Research InfraStructure Coordinator
Closed
ENVRIPLUS
Environmental Research Infrastructures providing shared
solutions for science and society
Partner
Ongoing
ACTRIS PPP
Aerosols, Clouds and Trace gases Preparatory Phase
Project
Partner
Ongoing
ENVRI-FAIR
ENVironmental Research Infrastructures building Fair
services Accessible for society, Innovation and Research
Partner
Ongoing
Industrial
Leadership
GAIA-CLIM
Gap Analysis for Integrated Atmospheric ECV CLImate
Monitoring
Partner Closed
CORDINET Copernicus Relays for digitalisation spanning a Network
Third Party of TeRN
(Partner)
Ongoing
Societal
Challenge
EUNADICS-AV
European Natural Airborne Disaster Information and
Coordination System for Aviation
Partner Ongoing
e-shape EuroGEOSS Showcases: Applications Powered by Europe Partner Ongoing
Spreading
excellenc
eand
widening
participati
on
ATHENA Remote Sensing Science Center for Cultural Heritage Partner Closed
ECARS East European Centre for Atmospheric Remote Sensing Partner Closed
CNR-IMAA has recorded 10 projects approved and funded
within H2020 with an European contribution which is above
3 Mil. Euro.
ACTRIS 2 is coordinated by IMAA and involves 31 partners belonging to Universities
and Research Centres from all 21 European countries, and integrates the most
important European Research Infrastructures for the study of aerosol and clouds.
Acronym ACTRIS-2
Title
Aerosols, Clouds, and Trace Gases
Research InfraStructure
Duration 48 months
Starting date 1st May 2015
Budget 10.126.484,54 Euro
Budget IMAA 911.846,00 Euro
Sito web https://www.actris.eu/
The objective of ACTRIS-2 is to consolidate the construction of a unique user-oriented
Research Infrastructure initiated more than 15 years ago for providing 4-D integrated
high-quality data from near-surface to high altitude (vertical profiles and total-column),
relevant to climate and air-quality research.
ENVRI-FAIR is the connection of the ESFRI Cluster of Environmental Research
Infrastructures (ENVRI) to the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC).
GAIA CLIM was focused on the identification
of the appropriate methods to map
reference quality comparators onto EO
measurements.
EUNADICS-AV addresses airborne hazards (environmental emergency
scenarios), including volcano eruptions, nuclear accidents and emergencies
and other scenarios where aerosols and certain trace gases are injected into
the atmosphere.
CORDINET is an open network of five very diverse
Copernicus Relays with a coordinating function on
local, regional, cluster and national level,
supporting, promoting and stimulating digitalisation
and new business solutions based on Earth
Observation (EO).
ATHENA was aimed to establish a Center of
Excellence in the field of Remote Sensing for
Cultural Heritage in the areas of Archaeology
and Cultural Heritage through the development
of an enhanced knowledge base and innovative
methods.
TWINNING PROGRAMME
ENVRIPLUS is driven by the need to develop
operational EO services with and for the users
and to create a conducive environment. ECARS was addressed to strength the excellence
of INOE Center for atmospheric remote sensing
and has stimulated high-level environmental and
climate research, conform to Romanian Smart
Specialization Strategy.
Examples of applications of services and products provided by CNR-IMAA in
Earth Observation field and funded by ESA
ARTEK Satellite enabled Services for
Preservation and Valorisation of
Cultural Heritage.
Aerial survey TASI-600.
Infrared thermic sensor 8-12
micron with 32 spectral
bands.
Example of analysis of the
pigments of the leafs:
CHLOROPHYILLA A+B.
CNR-IMAA is coordinator of two ERA4CS projects
SERV_FORFIRE has the aim of creating an international
collaborative community, expert in remote sensing soil and
vegetation, risk management and mitigation, and the challenge
of providing climate information along with decision makers and
planning authorities for the fire and post fire risk prevention.
DustClim has the aim to produce and deliver an advanced and thoroughly
evaluated dust regional model reanalysis for Northern Africa, Middle East and
Europe covering the satellite era of quantitative aerosol information, and to
develop dust-related services tailored to specific applications.
Workshop organized to promote
and inform the users on the
Copernicus products and services
Corresponding author: Monica Proto (CNR-IMAA); e-mail: monica.proto@imaa.cnr.it
Author: Monica Proto (CNR-IMAA)
CNR-IMAA as LEAD CONTRACTOR of a Lot in
COPERNICUS Climate Change Service (C3S)
BARON project has the
objective to rationalise,
harmonise and improve
access to open and free
observational records and
data streams from selected
in-situ GCOS-relevant
Baseline and Reference
observing networks
CNR-IMAA in COPERNICUS
User Uptake contracts
CNR IMAA is participating in COST actions related
to the Earth Observation: inDust, PROBE
E-shape is driven by the need to develop
operational EO services with and for the users and
to create a conducive environment.
Atmospheric precipitation from space
Ø H SAF: EUMETSAT SATELLITE APPLICATION FACILITY ON SUPPORT TO OPERATIONAL HYDROLOGY AND WATER MANAGEMENT
Program description
H-SAF is a European program promoted by EUMETSAT aimed at providing new satellite-derived products from existing and future satellites with sufficient time and space resolution to satisfy the
needs of operational hydrology.
Product’s description
H-SAF products and applications fit with the objectives of services, agencies, authorities and other initiatives which need information on water at the ground in order to monitor hazards and
natural disasters such as flash floods, landslides and drought conditions, as well as to improve water management. Delivered products include:
- precipitation (liquid, solid, rate, accumulated);
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