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My research exploits advanced satellite and ground-based interferometric techniques for ground displacement detection and mapping at regional and local scale, and for quantitatively and qualitatively analysis of landslide and subsidence movements. The research is mainly based on the combined use of PSI (Persistent Scatterer Interferometry) data and geo-thematic and in situ data. I develop some PSI-based procedures to evaluate the state of activity of landslide phenomena and for implementation of interferometric satellite data. My main study areas are Roma city, Calabria and Sicilia Regions (Italy), Tramuntana Range (Mallorca, Spain).

Selected publications

Cigna F., Bianchini S., & Casagli N. (2013) How to assess landslide activity and intensity with Persistent Scatterer Interferometry (PSI): the PSI-based matrix approach. Landslides, vol 10 (3), pp. 267-283, doi: 10.1007/s10346-012-0335-7.

Bianchini S., Cigna F., Righini G., Proietti C., & Casagli N. (2012). Landslide HotSpot Mapping by means of Persistent Scatterer Interferometry. Environmental Earth Sciences, vol. 67(4), pp. 1155-1172.

Bianchini S., Cigna F., Del Ventisette C., Moretti S., Casagli N. (2012) Detecting and monitoring landslide phenomena with TerraSAR-X persistent scatterers data: The Gimigliano case study in Calabria Region (Italy). In: IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. Remote Sensing for a Dynamic Earth - IGARSS2012, Munich, Germany, 22-27 July 2012, pp. 982 - 985, ISBN: 978-1-4673-1160-1.