Ricerc@Sapienza

Nanotechnology has paved the way to innovative food packaging materials and analytical methods to provide the consumers with healthier food and to reduce the ecological footprint of the whole food chain. Combining antimicrobial and antifouling properties, thermal and mechanical protection, oxygen and moisture barrier, as well as to verify the actual quality of food, e.g., sensors to detect spoilage, bacterial growth, and to monitor incorrect storage conditions, or anticounterfeiting devices in food packages may extend the products shelf life and ensure higher quality of foods.

Alton Water, Suffolk, U.K. is a reservoir that has a history of Cyanobacterial blooms, which are single-celled organisms that live in fresh, brackish, and marine water. The blooms of Cyanobacteria are not always helpful and traditional approaches to monitoring are often limited by the need of data collection, which is time consuming, expensive and non-continuous. The main goal of this study is to analyze some environmental parameters in the reservoir in a period of five years, from 2014 to 2018.

The paper presents a first evaluation of the potentialities of the imagery acquired by the GÖKTÜRK-1 satellite for the generation of orthoimages. Starting from a stereo pair captured over Rome (Italy), two orthoimages were generated with the Free and Open Source Software DATE developed at the Geodesy and Geomatics Division, Sapienza University of Rome.