Browsing by Contributor "Vall-Llossera Ferran, Mercedes Magdalena"
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Adaptation of a disaggregation algorithm to be applied to ESA CCI database. Validation at the Iberian Peninsula.
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-10-26)
Bachelor thesis
Open AccessWe are in a climatic emergency and the regular and global and/or local monitoring of essential climatic variables (ECV) is of great help to be able to know and mitigate the effects of climate change. Soil moisture is on ... -
Advanced methods for earth observation data synergy for geophysical parameter retrieval
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-07-15)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessThe first part of the thesis focuses on the analysis of relevant factors to estimate the response time between satellite-based and in-situ soil moisture (SM) using a Dynamic Time Warping (DTW). DTW was applied to the SMOS ... -
An instance segmentation approach to prescribed fire detection
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-10-27)
Bachelor thesis
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Análisis de la coordinación del movimiento de las extremidades delanteras y traseras en ratas deambulando en una cinta rodante
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-07)
Bachelor thesis
Open AccessFrom the paw?s footprints obtained from rats walking on a treadmill, I have designed algorithms to study the degree of coordination between the front and back legs. We have used the digi-gait system to capture the footprints ... -
Applications of L-band missions for environmental research
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-10-15)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessHuman activity leads to environmental changes which threaten the vegetation. Global warm ing trends, deforestation and land cover, or modified Earth's surface albedo, are sorne examples of these environmental changes. ... -
Comparación entre los productos de humedad del suelo SMOS y ECV
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015-09)
Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
Open AccessThe SMOS mission is providing the first ever global observations of surface soil moisture (SSM) at L-band. With almost five years of mapping this variable, it is now possible to start analyzing SSM spatial and temporal ... -
Contributions to earth observation using gnss-r opportunity signals
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2011-12-22)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessDuring years a number of satellites have been developed to remotely sense Earth geophysical parameters for weather forecasting and other climate studies. In recent years the use of reflected Global Navigation Satellite ... -
Contributions to radio frequency interference detection and mitigation in Earth observation
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2014-06-26)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessRadio Frequency Interference (RFI) is the most common problem for electronic measuring systems. The presence of those electromagnetic waves can harm the measurements taken from very sensitive instruments, like microwave ... -
Desarrollo de algoritmo de predicción de riesgo de incendios a nivel europeo
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-07-25)
Master thesis
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Detección y monitorización de incendios desde satélite
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2017)
Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
Open AccessEls incendis forestals s'han convertit en les últimes dècades en un dels problemes ambientals més importants de l'Estat espanyol, i en els propers anys poden veure's agreujats pels efectes del canvi climàtic. Aquesta ... -
Diseño e integración de un sistema de acceso condicional para TDT
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2008-07-24)
Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
Open AccessEl objeto principal del proyecto es el diseño de una aplicación que sea capaz de encriptar uno o varios servicios de un TS, con la finalidad de utilizar dicha aplicación como solución “low cost” a diversas necesidades ... -
Earth remote sensing with SMOS, Aquarius and SMAP missions
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2016-10-03)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessThe first three of a series of new generation satellites operating at L-band microwave frequencies have been launch in the last decade. L-band is particularly sensitive to the presence of water content in the scene under ... -
Efecto de la corrección de la eficiencia de correlación GKJ sobre datos SMOS en la recuperación de humedad
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2016-10)
Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
Open AccessAnalysis of the effects of the correction GKJ on SMOS data in the retrieval process of soil moisture -
Estudi de l'alçada de la vegetació basat en el satèl·lit GEDI
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-01)
Bachelor thesis
Open AccessAbstract The human action on the planet Earth ecosystems, has transformed, in a radical way, the structure and conditions of the vegetation. The massive deforestation, because of wildfires, urbanization or croplands, has ... -
Experimental estimation of soil emissivity and its application to soil moisture retrieval in the SMOS Mission
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2009-09-07)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessTot i que l'aigua retinguda pel sòl constitueix una petita fracció del volum total d'aigua que hi ha a la Terra, l'humitat del sòl juga un paper important als models climàtics i hídrics. La radiometria en banda L (1.400 a ... -
Fire monitoring with satellite and UAV imagery
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2016)
Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
Open AccessWildfires are of major concern now days because, even though they have also a natural role, they have negative impacts in environmental, economic and social terms. The main purposes of this project are the study, combination, ... -
Forest height maps obtained with ICESAT-2 data
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-05-24)
Bachelor thesis
Open AccessThe purpose of this project is to get data from the ICESAT 2 satellite to obtain maps for the regions of Europe and North-America, of the height of the vegetation. To do it, we will use tools as MATLAB to store all this ... -
Identification of sub-surface scattering effects in the ASCAT soil moisture product over the Iberian peninsula
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-09)
Bachelor thesis
Open Access
Covenantee: Technische Universität WienSub-surface scattering has previously been detected in ASCAT soil moisture (SM) data. However, it is not clear which conditions influence its appearance. It is believed that it takes place in very dry areas where, instead ... -
Implementing improvements in obtaining high resolution soil moisture maps using SMOS
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015-07-23)
Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
Open AccessEl temps és una complexa combinació de diferents processos com el vent, la neu, la pluja i la temperatura que són crucials per entendre les seves principals canvis. La humitat del sòl és una variable que uneix aigua, energia ... -
Improving root zone soil moisture estimation from surface remote sensing measurements
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-10-28)
Master thesis
Open AccessSatellite soil moisture provides a wider range of spatial data than in-situ observations. Satellites are sensitive to measuring soil moisture in a few centimetres of the soil layer. However, root zone soil moisture is more ...
