Rosa Maria Cavalli is a research scientist of the Italian National Research Council (CNR), where she carries out her research activity at the Institute for Geo-Hydrological Hazards Assessment (IRPI), in Perugia.
She received the M.Sc. degree in Geological Science at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”; she started her scientific research activity at the CNR in 1993; she was employed as a CTER in 1998 and as a research in 2001.
From June 2002 to October 2007 she coordinated the LARA (Airborne Laboratory for Environmental Research) Division (Unità Organizzativa di Supporto) of CNR-IIA (Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research) in Pomezia, Rome; from October 2007 to June 2002 to September 2011 she coordinated the LARA Division (Unità Organizzativa di Supporto) of CNR-IIA in Tor Vergata, Rome.
From December 2010 to December 2011 she coordinated a “Commessa” of CNR-IIA: “Sviluppo di Metodologie per l’integrazione di dati di osservazione della terra multisensore (TA.P06.003.001)”.
Since 1999 her research activities have been carried out within the framework of national and international collaborations and research projects. She was coordinator of national and international projects (PI) or coordinator of the research unit (CoPI) of national and international projects:
1999-2001 “Vegetation study for evaluation of the urban pollution by means of high spectral remotely sensed data”, of Italian Space Activity (ASI) (CoPI);
2001-2002 “Campagna di misure sulla laguna Veneta finalizzata alla simulazione di dati HypSEO”, of Telespazio (PI);
2001-2002 “Application and Validation of EO-1 data for oceanography, pollution and urban mapping” NRA-99-0ES-01, of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA-JPL) (CoPI);
2001-2002 “Attività di raccolta di dati ed immagini con il sensore iperspettrale MIVIS”, of “Istituto Telecomunicazioni e Elettronica di Livorno Marina Militare”, Italian Ministry of Defence (CoPI);
2002-2003 “Costal water in situ data and bio-optical model for hyperspectral and multispectral satellite remote sensing”, of ASI (CoPI);
2002-2003 “Optical characterization of ocean, coastal waters and land-urban test sites for hyper/multispectral cal/val activities using aerial ETM, EO-1 and TERRA satellites data according to the COSMO/SkyMed-HYPSEO mission”, of ASI (CoPI);
2003-2004 “Attività di raccolta dati a terra e di immagini iperspettrali con il sensore MIVIS sul sito di Kvarn (Svezia)”, of CISAM, Italian Ministry of Defence (CoPI);
2004-2006 “Definizione di metodi per l’acquisizione e la calibrazione di dati iperspettrali”, of CISAM, Italian Ministry of Defence (CoPI);
2005-2007 “Studio di tecniche per la correzione di dati ed immagini ripresi con sensori iperspettrali”, of CISAM, Italian Ministry of Defence (CoPI);
2006-today “Water Quality Assessment In Connection To Floating Macrophites Growing Of The Winam Gulf (Lake Victoria – Kenya) By Means Of Physical Based Models For The Case 2 Waters Bio-Optical Properties And Spectral Classification Techniques For Mapping Purpose”, Category 1 ESA proposal ID 3828 (PI);
2007-2009 “Applicazione delle tecniche di correzione atmosferica e valutazione del possibile utilizzo ai fini operativi di immagini iperspettrali in banda VIS-NIR-SWIR ad alta risoluzione spettrale e spaziale”, of CISAM, Italian Ministry of Defence (CoPI);
2007-2008 “AEROCLOUDS – Studio degli effetti diretti ed indiretti di aerosol e nubi sul clima”, of MIUR (CoPI);
2008-2009 “HYPerspectral for ADriatic COastal Monitoring (HYPAD.COM), of Ministry of the Environment and Protection of Land and Sea of Italy (PI);
2008-2009 “Controllo Integrato del Rischio CostiEro (CIRCE) Progetto preliminare”, of ASI (CoPI);
2009-2014 “HYperspectral Ground Measurements, Atmospheric COrrection and at-sensor Signal Simulations for DUCAS (HYGMACOSS-DUCAS) project”, of CISAM, Italian Ministry of Defence (PI);
2010-today “EO hyperspectral data to support the assessment of bio-optical model in the coastal water of Ionian and Adriatic Sea”, Category 1 ESA proposal ID7977 (PI);
2011-2014 “Coasts and Lake Assessment and Monitoring by PRISMA HYperspectral Mission” (CLAM-PHYM), of ASI (CoPI).
She was the tutor of eleven Research Fellows.
She is the author and the co-author of:
– 49 papers in peer-reviewed international publications, including 28 papers in international journals;
– 10 chapters in multi-authored books;
– more than 90 papers in national and international conference proceedings.
