Dr. ANTONINO MALTESE, Dipartimento di Ingegneria, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze Ed. 8 - 90128, Palermo, Italy; phone: +39 091 238 96547; fax: +39 (0)91 6657749; e-mail: antonino.maltese@unipa.it. Antonino Maltese received his Ph.D. in hydraulic and environmental engineering from the University of Palermo (Italy) in 2008, where he currently works as Assistant Professor (Geomatics). His research interests involve geomatics disciplines with a specialization in GIS, thermography, interferometry, radiometry, and surface energy balance.