Top-down approach from satellite to terrestrial rover application for environmental monitoring of landfills

C Manzo; A Mei; E Zampetti; C Bassani; L Paciucci; P Manetti

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.01.033

Top-down approach from satellite to terrestrial rover application for environmental monitoring of landfills

Sci Total Environ. 2017 Apr 15:584-585:1333-1348. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.01.033. Epub 2017 Jan 17.

Authors

C Manzo¹, A Mei², E Zampetti², C Bassani², L Paciucci², P Manetti³

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research (IIA), CNR (National Research Council of Italy), Research Area of Rome 1 Via Salaria Km 29.300, Monterotondo 00016, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: ciro.manzo@iia.cnr.it.
² Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research (IIA), CNR (National Research Council of Italy), Research Area of Rome 1 Via Salaria Km 29.300, Monterotondo 00016, Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Earth Sciences, Via La Pira 4, 50121 Florence, Italy.

PMID: 28104331
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.01.033

Abstract

This paper describes a methodology to perform chemical analyses in landfill areas by integrating multisource geomatic data. We used a top-down approach to identify Environmental Point of Interest (EPI) based on very high-resolution satellite data (Pleiades and WorldView 2) and on in situ thermal and photogrammetric surveys. Change detection techniques and geostatistical analysis supported the chemical survey, undertaken using an accumulation chamber and an RIIA, an unmanned ground vehicle developed by CNR IIA, equipped with a multiparameter sensor platform for environmental monitoring. Such an approach improves site characterization, identifying the key environmental points of interest where it is necessary to perform detailed chemical analyses.

Keywords: 3d model; Change detection; GIS; Landfill; Remote sensing; Rover; Thermal.