Fernando J. Aguilar
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View article: AU-super: superpixel scale optimization and training data augmentation strategy for hyperspectral image classification
AU-super: superpixel scale optimization and training data augmentation strategy for hyperspectral image classification Open
The spectral information of each pixel in hyperspectral images contains valuable information about object properties, although accurate labeling is required in supervised classification to guide the model in distinguishing different land c…
View article: Benchmarking of Individual Tree Segmentation Methods in Mediterranean Forest Based on Point Clouds from Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Imagery and Low-Density Airborne Laser Scanning
Benchmarking of Individual Tree Segmentation Methods in Mediterranean Forest Based on Point Clouds from Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Imagery and Low-Density Airborne Laser Scanning Open
Three raster-based (RB) and one point cloud-based (PCB) algorithms were tested to segment individual Aleppo pine trees and extract their tree height (H) and crown diameter (CD) using two types of point clouds generated from two different t…
View article: YOLOShipTracker: Tracking ships in SAR images using lightweight YOLOv8
YOLOShipTracker: Tracking ships in SAR images using lightweight YOLOv8 Open
This paper presents a novel approach to tracking ships in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images based on an improved lightweight YOLOv8 Nano (YOLOv8n), specially devised to improve efficiency without compromising accuracy. In our method, w…
View article: Dataset on sub-daily vertical profiles of physicochemical parameters and chlorophyll concentration in El Val reservoir, together with its daily meteorological data, storage state and downstream flow (2018–2022)
Dataset on sub-daily vertical profiles of physicochemical parameters and chlorophyll concentration in El Val reservoir, together with its daily meteorological data, storage state and downstream flow (2018–2022) Open
The dataset addressed in this article contains parameters about El Val reservoir (province of Zaragoza, Spain). It includes physicochemical variables, the water level, the stored water volume, its meteorological conditions and the flow rat…
View article: Forestry Applications of Space-Borne LiDAR Sensors: A Worldwide Bibliometric Analysis
Forestry Applications of Space-Borne LiDAR Sensors: A Worldwide Bibliometric Analysis Open
The 21st century has seen the launch of new space-borne sensors based on LiDAR (light detection and ranging) technology developed in the second half of the 20th century. Nowadays, these sensors offer novel opportunities for mapping terrain…
View article: Forestry Applications of Space-borne LiDAR Sensors: A Worldwide Bibliometric Analysis
Forestry Applications of Space-borne LiDAR Sensors: A Worldwide Bibliometric Analysis Open
The 21st century has seen the launch of new space-borne sensors based on LiDAR (light detection and ranging) technology developed in the second half of the 20th century. LiDAR was initially developed to integrate laser-focused imaging with…
View article: Statistical Assessment of Some Interpolation Methods for Building Grid Format Digital Bathymetric Models
Statistical Assessment of Some Interpolation Methods for Building Grid Format Digital Bathymetric Models Open
As far as the knowledge of the seabed is concerned, both for safe navigation and for scientific research, 3D models, particularly digital bathymetric models (DBMs), are nowadays of fundamental importance. This work aimed to evaluate the qu…
View article: Unraveling Segmentation Quality of Remotely Sensed Images on Plastic-Covered Greenhouses: A Rigorous Experimental Analysis from Supervised Evaluation Metrics
Unraveling Segmentation Quality of Remotely Sensed Images on Plastic-Covered Greenhouses: A Rigorous Experimental Analysis from Supervised Evaluation Metrics Open
Plastic-covered greenhouse (PCG) segmentation represents a significant challenge for object-based PCG mapping studies due to the spectral characteristics of these singular structures. Therefore, the assessment of PCG segmentation quality b…
View article: A Comprehensive Benchmarking of the Available Spectral Indices Based on Sentinel-2 for Large-Scale Mapping of Plastic-Covered Greenhouses
A Comprehensive Benchmarking of the Available Spectral Indices Based on Sentinel-2 for Large-Scale Mapping of Plastic-Covered Greenhouses Open
Plastic-covered greenhouses (PCG) have been extensively used in agricultural practices around the world. Remote
\nsensing based on spectral indices is a key asset tomonitor the spatial distribution of these structures on a large scale. The…
View article: METHODOLOGICAL PROPOSAL FOR THE SELECTION AND ANALYSIS OF THE PERFORMANCE OF RIGID SAILS CONSIDERING PRE-STALL AND POST-STALL AERODYNAMIC CONDITIONS
METHODOLOGICAL PROPOSAL FOR THE SELECTION AND ANALYSIS OF THE PERFORMANCE OF RIGID SAILS CONSIDERING PRE-STALL AND POST-STALL AERODYNAMIC CONDITIONS Open
The shipping industry is increasingly considering the issues of "green shipping" and "zero-emission shipping", which are closely related to reducing the consumption of fossil fuels to mitigate its environmental impact. In this way, the use…
View article: PLASTIC COVER GREENHOUSES REFLECTANCE SPECTRA FROM DIFFERENT OPTICAL SATELLITE IMAGERY
PLASTIC COVER GREENHOUSES REFLECTANCE SPECTRA FROM DIFFERENT OPTICAL SATELLITE IMAGERY Open
Mapping the distribution of plastic covered greenhouses (PCG) is essential for any attempts to manage these complex areas of intensive agriculture. It is therefore important to understand how the spectrum of different PCG varies in order t…
View article: MULTIRESOLUTION SEGMENTATION FOR EXTRACTING PLASTIC GREENHOUSES FROM DEIMOS-2 IMAGERY
MULTIRESOLUTION SEGMENTATION FOR EXTRACTING PLASTIC GREENHOUSES FROM DEIMOS-2 IMAGERY Open
Accurate greenhouse mapping can support environment monitoring and resource management. In an object-based image analysis (OBIA) approach focused on plastic covered greenhouses (PCG) classification, the segmentation is a crucial step for t…
View article: ALEPPO PINE ALLOMETRIC MODELING THROUGH INTEGRATING UAV IMAGE-BASED POINT CLOUDS AND GROUND-BASED DATA
ALEPPO PINE ALLOMETRIC MODELING THROUGH INTEGRATING UAV IMAGE-BASED POINT CLOUDS AND GROUND-BASED DATA Open
Effective monitoring of Mediterranean forest is essential to determine the role of forest management in mitigating climate change and ensuring the maintenance of its environmental services. Most of the allometric models to estimate dry abo…
View article: Comparison of spectral indices extracted from Sentinel-2 images to map plastic covered greenhouses through an object-based approach
Comparison of spectral indices extracted from Sentinel-2 images to map plastic covered greenhouses through an object-based approach Open
One of the most important challenges of agriculture today is increasing its productivity gains, while controlling its environmental footprint. Because of that plastic covered greenhouses (PCG) mapping via remote sensing is receiving a grea…
View article: Building Tree Allometry Relationships Based on TLS Point Clouds and Machine Learning Regression
Building Tree Allometry Relationships Based on TLS Point Clouds and Machine Learning Regression Open
Most of the allometric models used to estimate tree aboveground biomass rely on tree diameter at breast height (DBH). However, it is difficult to measure DBH from airborne remote sensors, and is common to draw upon traditional least square…
View article: Evaluation of Object-Based Greenhouse Mapping Using WorldView-3 VNIR and SWIR Data: A Case Study from Almería (Spain)
Evaluation of Object-Based Greenhouse Mapping Using WorldView-3 VNIR and SWIR Data: A Case Study from Almería (Spain) Open
Plastic covered greenhouse (PCG) mapping via remote sensing has received a great deal of attention over the past decades. The WorldView-3 (WV3) satellite is a very high resolution (VHR) sensor with eight multispectral bands in the visible …
View article: Geometric Accuracy Assessment of Deimos-2 Panchromatic Stereo Pairs: Sensor Orientation and Digital Surface Model Production
Geometric Accuracy Assessment of Deimos-2 Panchromatic Stereo Pairs: Sensor Orientation and Digital Surface Model Production Open
Accurate elevation data, which can be extracted from very high-resolution (VHR) satellite images, are vital for many engineering and land planning applications. In this way, the main goal of this work is to evaluate the capabilities of VHR…
View article: EOSC-SYNERGY. EU DELIVERABLE: D3.3 Intermediate report on technical framework for FAIR principles implementation
EOSC-SYNERGY. EU DELIVERABLE: D3.3 Intermediate report on technical framework for FAIR principles implementation Open
This deliverable introduces the provisional recommendations for assessing data FAIRness, and ‘FAIR enabling’ data repository features, coming from FAIRsFAIR. It also provides a roadmap for implementation of FAIR requirements, and details a…
View article: Remote Sensing of Agricultural Greenhouses and Plastic-Mulched Farmland: An Analysis of Worldwide Research
Remote Sensing of Agricultural Greenhouses and Plastic-Mulched Farmland: An Analysis of Worldwide Research Open
The total area of plastic-covered crops of 3019 million hectares has been increasing steadily around the world, particularly in the form of crops maintained under plastic-covered greenhouses to control their environmental conditions and th…
View article: Evaluation of the Consistency of Simultaneously Acquired Sentinel-2 and Landsat 8 Imagery on Plastic Covered Greenhouses
Evaluation of the Consistency of Simultaneously Acquired Sentinel-2 and Landsat 8 Imagery on Plastic Covered Greenhouses Open
Remote sensing techniques based on medium resolution satellite imagery are being widely applied for mapping plastic covered greenhouses (PCG). This article aims at testing the spectral consistency of surface reflectance values of Sentinel-…
View article: Technical Integration of Data Repositories: status and challenges
Technical Integration of Data Repositories: status and challenges Open
Presentation delivered in EOSC SYNERGY Second All Hands Meeting, Valencia, January 28-30, 2020.
View article: White Paper on Digital and Complex Information
White Paper on Digital and Complex Information Open
Information is one of the main traits of the contemporary era. Indeed there aremany perspectives to define the present times, such as the Digital Age, the Big Dataera, the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the fourth Paradigm of science, and i…
View article: Developing Allometric Equations for Teak Plantations Located in the Coastal Region of Ecuador from Terrestrial Laser Scanning Data
Developing Allometric Equations for Teak Plantations Located in the Coastal Region of Ecuador from Terrestrial Laser Scanning Data Open
Traditional studies aimed at developing allometric models to estimate dry above-ground biomass (AGB) and other tree-level variables, such as tree stem commercial volume (TSCV) or tree stem volume (TSV), usually involves cutting down the tr…
View article: A first approach to the Design Component in the agri-food industry of southern Spain
A first approach to the Design Component in the agri-food industry of southern Spain Open
This work raises the need to open new research lines to bring closer "Design" and "Agri-food Industry", understanding design as a structured and multidisciplinary working process headed up to create products, images, spaces, etc. Within th…
View article: UAV-Based Digital Terrain Model Generation under Leaf-Off Conditions to Support Teak Plantations Inventories in Tropical Dry Forests. A Case of the Coastal Region of Ecuador
UAV-Based Digital Terrain Model Generation under Leaf-Off Conditions to Support Teak Plantations Inventories in Tropical Dry Forests. A Case of the Coastal Region of Ecuador Open
Remote sensing is revolutionizing the way in which forests studies are conducted, and recent technological advances, such as Structure from Motion (SfM) photogrammetry from Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), are providing more efficient method…
View article: Co-Design of a 3D Virtual Campus for Synchronous Distance Teaching Based on Student Satisfaction: Experience at the University of Almería (Spain)
Co-Design of a 3D Virtual Campus for Synchronous Distance Teaching Based on Student Satisfaction: Experience at the University of Almería (Spain) Open
This study presents the main advances made in recent years by an innovative teaching group at the University of Almeria, who are attempting to incorporate alternative spaces for teaching–learning interaction. This group is developing a new…
View article: Jupyter Notebooks as scientific gateways to access cloud computing and distributed storage
Jupyter Notebooks as scientific gateways to access cloud computing and distributed storage Open
Trabajo presentado a la International Conference on Advanced Scientific Computing (ICASC), celebrada en Sinaia (Rumania) del 12 al 14 de septiembre de 2019.