Integration of satellite observations and ground-based measurements for landfill monitoring

In this paper data from different sources have been used to monitor and characterize in a more extensive way a site of interest. The objective has been to implement a broad monitoring system through the combination of different data sources in order to control the whole area. Terrestrial surveying systems and aerial images have been combined with satellite remote sensing techniques in order to get a complete overview of the area stability and thermal characteristics in conjunction with geomorphological conditions and superficial water paths. Surveys conducted with a Leica TPS (Total Product Station) have been integrated with relieves from a traditional GPS (Global Positioning System) and a terrestrial LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) system to register land movements. Moreover satellite data have been use to get further information on the area in terms of morphological changes. Interesting observations have been deducted from the comparison among all the different data since land surface temperature retrievals and variations may be correlated to soil moisture and water exchange by showing that the proposed monitoring system performs correctly in taking under control deformation, terrain displacements, temperature and water surface modifications.