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Italy
2025

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Computer Science

D-Index
50
Citations
14437
World Ranking
5501
National Ranking
122

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Italy Leader Award
  • 2017 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to SAR processing in differential interferometry and tomography

Overview

Gianfranco Fornaro is affiliated with the National Research Council (CNR) in Italy and has published extensively in the fields of Engineering, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Environmental Science. Their research primarily covers aerospace engineering, oceanography, management and monitoring policies, atmospheric science, and ocean engineering.

The scientific work focuses significantly on Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) applications and techniques. Other prominent research topics include landslides and related hazards, advanced SAR imaging techniques, cryospheric studies and observations, geophysical methods and applications, ocean waves and remote sensing, and oceanographic and atmospheric processes.

Recent publications by Fornaro reflect a strong interest in remote sensing and SAR technologies. Notable papers include:

  • "Monitoring Buildings at Landslide Risk With SAR: A Methodology Based on the Use of Multipass Interferometric Data," 2020, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine
  • "Multiresolution Detection of Persistent Scatterers: A Performance Comparison Between Multilook GLRT and CAESAR," 2020, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • "Comment on 'Pre-Collapse Space Geodetic Observations of Critical Infrastructure: The Morandi Bridge, Genoa, Italy' by Milillo et al. (2019)," 2020, Remote Sensing
  • "Surface Currents Derived from SAR Doppler Processing: An Analysis over the Naples Coastal Region in South Italy," 2020, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
  • "State of activity classification of deep-seated gravitational slope deformation at regional scale based on Sentinel-1 data," 2023, Landslides

Fornaro frequently publishes in specific academic venues, emphasizing remote sensing and geoscience, including:

  • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • Remote Sensing
  • IGARSS 2022 - 2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
  • 2022 IEEE 21st Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON)
  • IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine

Collaborations form a consistent part of Fornaro's work. Frequent coauthors include Diego Reale, Antonio Pauciullo, Simona Verde, Virginia Zamparelli, and Gilda Schirinzi, indicating a network of researchers working in related fields over multiple projects and publications.

Recognition of Fornaro's contributions includes the award of IEEE Fellow in 2017 for work on SAR processing in differential interferometry and tomography.

Best Publications

  • A new algorithm for surface deformation monitoring based on small baseline differential SAR interferograms

    P. Berardino;G. Fornaro;R. Lanari;E. Sansosti

  • Trajectory deviations in airborne SAR: analysis and compensation

    G. Fornaro

  • Three-dimensional focusing with multipass SAR data

    G. Fornaro;F. Serafino;F. Soldovieri

  • Geometrical SAR image registration

    E. Sansosti;P. Berardino;M. Manunta;F. Serafino

  • Three-dimensional multipass SAR focusing: experiments with long-term spaceborne data

    G. Fornaro;F. Lombardini;F. Serafino

  • Advanced low- and full-resolution DInSAR map generation for slow-moving landslide analysis at different scales

    Leonardo Cascini;Gianfranco Fornaro;Dario Peduto

  • Four-Dimensional SAR Imaging for Height Estimation and Monitoring of Single and Double Scatterers

    G. Fornaro;D. Reale;F. Serafino

  • CAESAR: An Approach Based on Covariance Matrix Decomposition to Improve Multibaseline–Multitemporal Interferometric SAR Processing

    Gianfranco Fornaro;Simona Verde;Diego Reale;Antonio Pauciullo

  • Spotlight SAR data focusing based on a two-step processing approach

    R. Lanari;M. Tesauro;E. Sansosti;G. Fornaro

  • Generation of digital elevation models by using SIR-C/X-SAR multifrequency two-pass interferometry: the Etna case study

    R. Lanari;G. Fornaro;D. Riccio;M. Migliaccio

  • Motion compensation errors: effects on the accuracy of airborne SAR images

    G. Fornaro;G. Franceschetti;S. Perna

  • Modeling surface deformation observed with synthetic aperture radar interferometry at Campi Flegrei caldera

    P. Lundgren;S. Usai;E. Sansosti;R. Lanari

  • Interferometric SAR phase unwrapping using Green's formulation

    G. Fornaro;G. Franceschetti;R. Lanari

  • New approach for hybrid strip-map/spotlight SAR data focusing

    R. Lanari;S. Zoffoli;E. Sansosti;G. Fornaro

  • Tomographic Imaging and Monitoring of Buildings With Very High Resolution SAR Data

    D. Reale;G. Fornaro;A. Pauciullo;X. Zhu

  • Imaging of Single and Double Scatterers in Urban Areas via SAR Tomography

    G. Fornaro;F. Serafino

  • Detection of Single Scatterers in Multidimensional SAR Imaging

    A. De Maio;G. Fornaro;A. Pauciullo

  • Bridge Thermal Dilation Monitoring With Millimeter Sensitivity via Multidimensional SAR Imaging

    G. Fornaro;D. Reale;S. Verde

  • Tomographic Processing of Interferometric SAR Data: Developments, applications, and future research perspectives

    Gianfranco Fornaro;Fabrizio Lombardini;Antonio Pauciullo;Diego Reale

  • Analysis at medium scale of low-resolution DInSAR data in slow-moving landslide-affected areas

    Leonardo Cascini;Gianfranco Fornaro;Dario Peduto

  • CAESAR: An Approach Based on Covariance Matrix Decomposition to Improve Multibaseline-Multitemporal

    Gianfranco Fornaro;Simona Verde;Diego Reale;Antonio Pauciullo

Frequent Co-Authors

Riccardo Lanari
Riccardo Lanari National Research Council (CNR)
Eugenio Sansosti
Eugenio Sansosti National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Giorgio Franceschetti
Giorgio Franceschetti University of Naples Federico II
Francesco Soldovieri
Francesco Soldovieri National Research Council (CNR)
Michele Manunta
Michele Manunta National Research Council (CNR)
Mauro Coltelli
Mauro Coltelli National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Giuseppe Puglisi
Giuseppe Puglisi National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Richard Bamler
Richard Bamler German Aerospace Center
Mihai Datcu
Mihai Datcu German Aerospace Center
Francesco Casu
Francesco Casu National Research Council (CNR)

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