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Overview

Gaetana Ganci is affiliated with the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology in Italy. Their research focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a strong emphasis on subfields such as Geophysics, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Atmospheric Science, Artificial Intelligence, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's work covers various topics including landslides and related hazards, earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake detection and analysis, seismology and earthquake studies, cryospheric studies and observations, and seismic waves and analysis.

Their publication record includes contributions to multiple venues, most frequently to Remote Sensing, which features 15 of their research papers. Other common venues include AIP conference proceedings, Annals of Geophysics, Frontiers in Earth Science, and Applied Sciences.

Gaetana Ganci has collaborated extensively with several researchers. Frequent co-authors include Annalisa Cappello, Giuseppe Bilotta, Francesco Zuccarello, Sonia Calvari, and Ciro Del Negro.

Recent publications by the scientist include:

  • Precursor-free eruption triggered by edifice rupture at Nyiragongo volcano, 2022, Nature
  • The VEI 2 Christmas 2018 Etna Eruption: A Small But Intense Eruptive Event or the Starting Phase of a Larger One?, 2020, Remote Sensing
  • Overflows and Pyroclastic Density Currents in March-April 2020 at Stromboli Volcano Detected by Remote Sensing and Seismic Monitoring Data, 2020, Remote Sensing
  • Anatomy of a Paroxysmal Lava Fountain at Etna Volcano: The Case of the 12 March 2021, Episode, 2021, Remote Sensing
  • A Multi-Sensor Satellite Approach to Characterize the Volcanic Deposits Emitted during Etna's Lava Fountaining: The 2020-2022 Study Case, 2023, Remote Sensing

Best Publications

  • An emergent strategy for volcano hazard assessment: From thermal satellite monitoring to lava flow modeling

    Gaetana Ganci;Annamaria Vicari;Annalisa Cappello;Annalisa Cappello;Ciro Del Negro

  • The initial phases of the 2008–2009 Mount Etna eruption: A multidisciplinary approach for hazard assessment

    A. Bonaccorso;A. Bonforte;S. Calvari;C. Del Negro

  • Lava flow hazards at Mount Etna: constraints imposed by eruptive history and numerical simulations.

    Ciro Del Negro;Annalisa Cappello;Marco Neri;Giuseppe Bilotta;Giuseppe Bilotta

  • A year of lava fountaining at Etna: Volumes from SEVIRI

    G. Ganci;Andrew J.L. Harris;C. del Negro;Yannick Guéhenneux

  • Near-real-time forecasting of lava flow hazards during the 12–13 January 2011 Etna eruption

    A. Vicari;G. Ganci;B. Behncke;A. Cappello;A. Cappello

  • The HOTSAT volcano monitoring system based on combined use of SEVIRI and MODIS multispectral data

    Gaetana Ganci;Annamaria Vicari;Luigi Fortuna;Ciro Del Negro

  • Precursor-free eruption triggered by edifice rupture at Nyiragongo volcano

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  • Modelling of ground deformation and gravity fields using finite element method: An application to Etna volcano

    Gilda Currenti;Ciro Del Negro;Gaetana Ganci;Gaetana Ganci

  • Numerical simulation of basaltic lava flows in the Auckland Volcanic Field, New Zealand—implication for volcanic hazard assessment

    Gábor Kereszturi;Annalisa Cappello;Gaetana Ganci;Jonathan Procter

  • Lava flow hazard modeling during the 2014–2015 Fogo eruption, Cape Verde

    Annalisa Cappello;Gaetana Ganci;Sonia Calvari;Nemesio M. Pérez

  • Dynamics of a lava fountain revealed by geophysical, geochemical and thermal satellite measurements: The case of the 10 April 2011 Mt Etna eruption

    A. Bonaccorso;T. Caltabiano;G. Currenti;C. Del Negro

  • The VEI 2 Christmas 2018 Etna Eruption: A Small But Intense Eruptive Event or the Starting Phase of a Larger One?

    Sonia Calvari;Giuseppe Bilotta;Alessandro Bonaccorso;Tommaso Caltabiano

  • How the variety of satellite remote sensing data over volcanoes can assist hazard monitoring efforts: The 2011 eruption of Nabro volcano

    Gaetana Ganci;Annalisa Cappello;Giuseppe Bilotta;Ciro Del Negro

  • Mapping Volcanic Deposits of the 2011–2015 Etna Eruptive Events Using Satellite Remote Sensing

    Gaetana Ganci;Annalisa Cappello;Giuseppe Bilotta;Alexis Herault;Alexis Herault

  • Mapping Recent Lava Flows at Mount Etna Using Multispectral Sentinel-2 Images and Machine Learning Techniques

    Claudia Corradino;Gaetana Ganci;Annalisa Cappello;Giuseppe Bilotta

  • Why Does a Mature Volcano Need New Vents? The Case of the New Southeast Crater at Etna

    Valerio Acocella;Marco Neri;Boris Behncke;Alessandro Bonforte

  • HOTSAT: a multiplatform system for the thermal monitoring of volcanic activity using satellite data

    G. Ganci;G. Bilotta;A. Cappello;A. Herault;A. Herault

  • MAGFLOW: a physics-based model for the dynamics of lava-flow emplacement

    Annalisa Cappello;Alexis Hérault;Giuseppe Bilotta;Gaetana Ganci

  • Lidar surveys reveal eruptive volumes and rates at Etna, 2007–2010

    Boris Behncke;Alessandro Fornaciai;Alessandro Fornaciai;Marco Neri;Massimiliano Favalli

  • Thermal insights into the dynamics of Nyiragongo lava lake from ground and satellite measurements

    L. Spampinato;G. Ganci;P. A. Hernández;D. Calvo

  • LAV@HAZARD: a web-GIS interface for volcanic hazard assessment

    Annamaria Vicari;Giuseppe Bilotta;Sergio Bonfiglio;Annalisa Cappello

  • From source to surface: dynamics of Etna’s lava fountains investigated by continuous strain, magnetic, ground and satellite thermal data

    A. Bonaccorso;S. Calvari;G. Currenti;C. Del Negro

Frequent Co-Authors

Ciro Del Negro
Ciro Del Negro National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Sonia Calvari
Sonia Calvari National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Luigi Fortuna
Luigi Fortuna University of Catania
Marco Neri
Marco Neri National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Alessandro Bonaccorso
Alessandro Bonaccorso National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Nemesio M. Pérez
Nemesio M. Pérez Instituto Volcanológico de Canarias (INVOLCAN)
Mike R. James
Mike R. James Lancaster University
Pedro A. Hernández
Pedro A. Hernández Instituto Volcanológico de Canarias (INVOLCAN)
Robert A. Dalrymple
Robert A. Dalrymple Johns Hopkins University
Massimiliano Favalli
Massimiliano Favalli National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology

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