Eliana Bellucci Sessa

Dr. Eliana Bellucci Sessa

Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Osservatorio Vesuviano, Naples, Campania, Italy
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Academic Career Length

17Years (2010-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 December 2011 in Remote Sensing of Environment
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GVGuido Ventura
Guido Ventura
GVGiuseppe Vilardo
Giuseppe Vilardo
CTCarlo Terranova
Carlo Terranova
ESEliana Bellucci Sessa
Eliana Bellucci Sessa

1 November 2019 in International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
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GAGala Avvisati
Gala Avvisati
ESEliana Bellucci Sessa
Eliana Bellucci Sessa
OCOrazio Colucci
Orazio Colucci
BMBarbara Marfè
Barbara Marfè
EMEnrica Marotta
Enrica Marotta
MTMario Tomasone
Mario Tomasone

11 February 2025 in Nature Communications
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FGFlora Giudicepietro
Flora Giudicepietro
RARosario Avino
Rosario Avino
ESEliana Bellucci Sessa
Eliana Bellucci Sessa
ABAndrea Bevilacqua
Andrea Bevilacqua
MBManuela Bonano
Manuela Bonano
GCGiovanni Chiodini
Giovanni Chiodini
Since early 2021, peculiar Volcano-Tectonic (VT) seismic sequences with very short inter-event times have become increasingly frequent and evident in the Campi Flegrei caldera (Italy), which has been experiencing a long-term unrest since 2005. During the same period the ground deformation (uplift), seismicity and gas emission that characterize the current unrest showed an acceleration. Within this type of seismic sequence, we identify burst-like swarms, characterized by inter-event times so short that they are often not easily recognizable. Here we show that these sequences are located in an area encompassing the main hydrothermal field and a zone affected by a geodetic anomaly (a region that uplifts less rapidly than the surroundings), which became evident in 2021. This type of seismicity has been associated with phreatic explosions and critical phases of unrest in other volcanoes and currently characterizes the state of activity of Campi Flegrei caldera.

24 June 2020 in Remote Sensing
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MSMalvina Silvestri
Malvina Silvestri
EMEnrica Marotta
Enrica Marotta
FBFabrizia Buongiorno
Fabrizia Buongiorno
GAGala Avvisati
Gala Avvisati
PBPasquale Belviso
Pasquale Belviso
STSergio Teggi
Sergio Teggi
The purpose of this study is to analyze the surface temperature and the distribution of thermal signatures on Tuscany’s geothermal districts using data obtained through three separate surveys via satellite and an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The analysis considers the highest available spatial resolution ranging from hundreds of meters per pixel of the satellite thermal images and the tenths/hundreds of centimeters per pixel of the thermal images acquired by the UAV. The surface temperature maps obtained by satellite data acquired at suitable spatial resolution and the thermal measurements obtained by the thermal camera installed on the UAV were orthorectified and geocoded. This allowed, for example, following the evolution of thermal anomalies, which may represent a modification of the current state of the geothermal field and a possible hazard for both the population and industrial assets. Here, we show the results obtained in three field campaigns during which the simultaneous acquisition of Landsat 8 satellite and UAV (FlyBit octocopter, IDS, Rome, Italy) thermal data were analyzed. By removing the atmosphere contribution from Landsat 8 data, we have produced three surface temperature maps that are compared with the ground field measurements and the surface temperature maps elaborated by FLIR VUE PRO-R on the UAV.

28 April 2019 in Remote Sensing
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TCTeresa Caputo
Teresa Caputo
ESEliana Bellucci Sessa
Eliana Bellucci Sessa
MSMalvina Silvestri
Malvina Silvestri
FBFabrizia Buongiorno
Fabrizia Buongiorno
MMassimo Musacchio
Massimo Musacchio
GVGiuseppe Vilardo
Giuseppe Vilardo
Land Surface Temperature (LST) from satellite data is a key component in many aspects of environmental research. In volcanic areas, LST is used to detect ground thermal anomalies providing a supplementary tool to monitor the activity status of a particular volcano. In this work, we describe a procedure aimed at identifying spatial thermal anomalies in thermal infrared (TIR) satellite frames which are corrected for the seasonal influence by using TIR images from ground stations. The procedure was applied to the volcanic area of Campi Flegrei (Italy) using TIR ASTER and Landsat 8 satellite imagery and TIR ground images acquired from the Thermal Infrared volcanic surveillance Network (TIRNet) (INGV, Osservatorio Vesuviano). The continuous TIRNet time-series images were processed to evaluate the seasonal component which was used to correct the surface temperatures estimated by the satellite’s discrete data. The results showed a good correspondence between de-seasoned time series of surface ground temperatures and satellite temperatures. The seasonal correction of satellite surface temperatures allows monitoring of the surface thermal field to be extended to all the satellite frames, covering a wide portion of Campi Flegrei volcanic area.