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Coastal Sediment Grain Size Estimates on Gravel Beaches Using Satellite Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) (2024)
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Coastal sediment grain size is an important factor in determining coastal morphodynamics. In this study, we explore a novel approach for retrieving the median sediment grain size (D50) of gravel-dominated beaches using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)... Read More about Coastal Sediment Grain Size Estimates on Gravel Beaches Using Satellite Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR).

Lessons for Sustainable Urban Development: Interplay of Construction, Groundwater Withdrawal, and Land Subsidence at Battersea, London (2023)
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The capacity of aquifers to store water and the stability of infrastructure can each be adversely influenced by variations in groundwater levels and subsequent land subsidence. Along the south bank of the River Thames, the Battersea neighbourhood of... Read More about Lessons for Sustainable Urban Development: Interplay of Construction, Groundwater Withdrawal, and Land Subsidence at Battersea, London.

InfraRed Thermography and 3D-Data Fusion for Architectural Heritage: A Scoping Review (2023)
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Comprehensive documentation is the foundation of effective conservation, repair and maintenance (CRM) practices for architectural heritage. In order to diagnose historic buildings and inform decision making, a combination of multi-disciplinary survey... Read More about InfraRed Thermography and 3D-Data Fusion for Architectural Heritage: A Scoping Review.

The performance of speckle filters on Copernicus Sentinel-1 SAR images containing natural oil slicks (2023)
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Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) is traditionally used in the identification, mapping, and analysis of petroleum slicks, regardless of their origin. On SAR images, oil slicks appear as dark patches that contrast with the brightness of the surrounding s... Read More about The performance of speckle filters on Copernicus Sentinel-1 SAR images containing natural oil slicks.

Recent (2018–2021) glaciological, hydrological and geomorphological landscape changes of Hailuogou Glacier tongue, southeastern Tibetan Plateau (2022)
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Glaciers in the Tibetan Plateau are melting at an unprecedented recently rate in the context of global warming. Time-sequenced landform mapping for the Hailuogou Glacier, a partly debris-covered glacier in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau, shows the... Read More about Recent (2018–2021) glaciological, hydrological and geomorphological landscape changes of Hailuogou Glacier tongue, southeastern Tibetan Plateau.

A Rural Transport Implementation Index for Connected, Autonomous and Electric Vehicles (2022)
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With connected, autonomous and electric vehicles (CAEV) developing rapidly, there is a need to better support their implementation into rural scenarios, where there are numerous transport challenges. The potential safety, efficiency and sustainabilit... Read More about A Rural Transport Implementation Index for Connected, Autonomous and Electric Vehicles.

Impact of meteorological conditions on water resources in the Upper East Region of Ghana using remotely-sensed and modelled hydrological data (2022)
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Study region: The Upper East Region, Ghana, West Africa, lies within the Volta Basin, floods annually, and contributes substantially to Ghana's food production. Study focus: We assessed precipitation (P), evapotranspiration (ET), and total water stor... Read More about Impact of meteorological conditions on water resources in the Upper East Region of Ghana using remotely-sensed and modelled hydrological data.

Water Saturation and Distribution Variation in Coal Reservoirs: Intrusion and Drainage Experiments Using One- and Two-Dimensional NMR Techniques (2022)
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Determining water occurrence in pore-fracture systems under specific water saturation is of great significance to reveal the correlation between the water content and porosity/permeability of coal reservoirs. In this work, simulation experiments of w... Read More about Water Saturation and Distribution Variation in Coal Reservoirs: Intrusion and Drainage Experiments Using One- and Two-Dimensional NMR Techniques.

UAV-based geomorphological evolution of the Terminus Area of the Hailuogou Glacier, Southeastern Tibetan Plateau between 2017 and 2020 (2022)
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Hailuogou (HLG) Glacier, a rapidly receding temperate glacier in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau, has been observed to lose mass partly through ice frontal mechanical ablation (i.e., ice collapse). These events are difficult to monitor and quantify... Read More about UAV-based geomorphological evolution of the Terminus Area of the Hailuogou Glacier, Southeastern Tibetan Plateau between 2017 and 2020.

Planning Perspectives on Rural Connected, Autonomous and Electric Vehicle Implementation (2022)
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Connected, autonomous and electric vehicles (CAEV) are a powerful combined transport technology looking to disrupt the automotive sector and drive the transition to safe, accessible, clean and sustainable transport systems. The trialling of private,... Read More about Planning Perspectives on Rural Connected, Autonomous and Electric Vehicle Implementation.

Multiscale Variability and the Comparison of Ground and Satellite Radar Based Measures of Peatland Surface Motion for Peatland Monitoring (2022)
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Peatland surface motion is highly diagnostic of peatland condition. Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) can measure this at the landscape scale but requires ground validation. This necessitates upscaling from point to areal measures (80... Read More about Multiscale Variability and the Comparison of Ground and Satellite Radar Based Measures of Peatland Surface Motion for Peatland Monitoring.

Study of Ground Movement in a Mining Area with Geological Faults Using FDM Analysis and a Stacking InSAR Method (2021)
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Underground coal mining activities and ground movement are directly correlated, and coal mining-induced ground movement can cause damage to property and resources, thus its monitoring is essential for the safety and economics of a city. Fangezhuang c... Read More about Study of Ground Movement in a Mining Area with Geological Faults Using FDM Analysis and a Stacking InSAR Method.

Comparative study of groundwater-induced subsidence for london and delhi using psinsar (2021)
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Groundwater variation can cause land-surface movement, which in turn can cause significant and recurrent harm to infrastructure and the water storage capacity of aquifers. The capital cities in the England (London) and India (Delhi) are witnessing an... Read More about Comparative study of groundwater-induced subsidence for london and delhi using psinsar.

Monitoring the Dynamics of Formby Sand Dunes Using Airborne LiDAR DTMs (2021)
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Coastal dunes play an important role in coastal erosion risk management, where they act as a dynamic natural sea defence line. Formby coast is part of the Sefton coast in the Northwest of England and is one of the largest and most rapidly evolving sa... Read More about Monitoring the Dynamics of Formby Sand Dunes Using Airborne LiDAR DTMs.

Remote Monitoring of Ground Motion Hazards in High Mountain Terrain Using InSAR: A Case Study of the Lake Sarez Area, Tajikistan (2021)
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High mountain terrains, with steep slopes and deep valleys, are generally challenging areas to monitor using satellite earth observation techniques since the terrain creates perspective distortions and differences in illumination that can occlude or... Read More about Remote Monitoring of Ground Motion Hazards in High Mountain Terrain Using InSAR: A Case Study of the Lake Sarez Area, Tajikistan.

Integration and Analysis of Multi-Modal Geospatial Secondary Data to Inform Management of At-Risk Archaeological Sites (2021)
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Climate change poses an imminent physical risk to cultural heritage sites and their surrounding landscape through intensifying environmental processes such as damaging wetting and drying cycles that disrupt archaeological preservation conditions, and... Read More about Integration and Analysis of Multi-Modal Geospatial Secondary Data to Inform Management of At-Risk Archaeological Sites.

Nanopore Size Distribution Heterogeneity of Organic-Rich Shale Reservoirs Using Multifractal Analysis and Its Influence on Porosity–Permeability Variation (2021)
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The shale nanopore size (diameter

Informing action for United Nations SDG target 8.7 and interdependent SDGs: Examining modern slavery from space (2021)
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This article provides an example of the ways in which remote sensing, Earth observation, and machine learning can be deployed to provide the most up to date quantitative portrait of the South Asian ‘Brick Belt’, with a view to understanding the exten... Read More about Informing action for United Nations SDG target 8.7 and interdependent SDGs: Examining modern slavery from space.

Monitoring of Ground Movement and Groundwater Changes in London Using InSAR and GRACE (2020)
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Groundwater-induced land movement can cause damage to property and resources, thus its monitoring is very important for the safety and economics of a city. London is a heavily built-up urban area and relies largely on its groundwater resource and thu... Read More about Monitoring of Ground Movement and Groundwater Changes in London Using InSAR and GRACE.

Multispectral and hyperspectral remote sensing as a source of knowledge in the Portuguese sector of the Iberian Pyrite Belt (2020)
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ABSTRACT: Remote sensing is an invaluable tool to increase geological and mining knowledge, due to its screening view and variable discrimination and identification capabilities of the target materials. In this study an overview of remote sensing res... Read More about Multispectral and hyperspectral remote sensing as a source of knowledge in the Portuguese sector of the Iberian Pyrite Belt.