In the framework of the application of remote sensing to civil protection from floods, the problem of the detection of flooded areas and ground changes in high-resolution images is addressed in this paper. Specifically, the high-resolution multitemporal observation capability offered by the current COSMO-SkyMed synthetic aperture radar (SAR) constellation is exploited. This work is framed in th...

We summarise the existing CoSMoS approach to modelling and simulating complex systems, then introduce how the various CoSMoS models are related via their metamodel, and demonstrate the generality of the process by discussing its application to engineering bio-

In this study the Building Energy Parameterization Scheme (BEP) (Martilli et al. ) was implemented in the regional Climate Local Model (CLM) which is the climate version of the German Weather Service numerical weather forecast model COSMO (COnsortium for Small-scaleMOdeling) formerly known as “Local Model” (Steppeler et al. ). Currently in the standard CLM cities are parameterized bymea...

In this paper we present the rationale and the preliminary results of a research project devoted to the appropriate and innovative use of remotely sensed data for water management in semi-arid regions. The study area is the district of Yatenga, northern Burkina Faso in the subSaharan belt of West Africa, where extreme climate conditions cause several problems: drought, floods, soil erosion. The...

Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry (InSAR) is an alternative technique to obtain measurements of surface displacement providing better spatial resolution and comparable accuracy at an extremely lower cost per area than conventional surveying methods. InSAR is becoming more and more popular in monitoring urban deformations, however, the technique requires advanced tools and high level compe...

INTRODUCTION: In cardiac imaging, respiratory motion causes image artifacts and ghosting. Over the past two decades, several approaches have been proposed to minimize motion artifacts such as breath-holding, respiratory navigators or self-gating [1]. In high resolution imaging, respiratory navigators using a 2D selective RF excitation typically positioned on the right hemi-diaphragm, have been ...

State-of-the-art space-borne high resolution SAR sensors such as TerraSAR-X, SAR-Lupe or Cosmo-SkyMed provide SAR images of 1-3m spatial resolution or even below in special spotlight modes. Due to this high resolution, one major issue of these missions is the development of methods to automatically derive detailed cartographic information from their recorded data by focusing on rural as well as...

How should the metaphysical hypothesis of materialism be formulated? What strategies look promising for defending this hypothesis? How good are the prospects for its successful defense, especially in light of the infamous ‘‘hard problem’’ of phenomenal consciousness? I will say something about each of these questions. 1. FORMULATING MATERIALISM In seeking a satisfactory formulation of materiali...

The SUCcESS package implements the CTCM model (particularly logistic regression model) proposed by Shim and Keleş (2008) for integrating quantitative information into motif finding as well as its extension to use multiple data sources at a time (e.g., ChIP-seq, nucleosome occupancy, or conservation score). We implemented them as an extended module for cosmo, developed by Bembom et al. (2007), i...

A volatility basis set (VBS) approach for the simulation of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formation is incorporated in the online coupled atmospheric model system COSMO-ART and applied over Europe during the EUCAARI May 2008 campaign. Organic aerosol performance is improved when compared to the default SOA module of COSMO-ART (SORGAM) against high temporal resolution aerosol mass spectrometer...