Tom has been working with satellite and airborne remotely sensed data since his time serving as a ship’s navigator in the late 1980s. Initially, he mainly utilized the meteorological data including the three years he worked as a typhoon forecaster for the western Pacific and Indian Ocean region while stationed on Guam.
Tom began working with land remote sensing data in the mid 1990s specializing in coastal and riverine projects. He has also served in the position of GIS coordinator and was part of a GIS response team while helping Guam recover from the extensive damage caused by Super-typhoon Pongsongwa in 2002.
Tom has been involved in international collaborative efforts including the Committee on Satellite Earth Observation Satellites to help make remotely sensed data more readily usable by all. He is currently serving as a member of the Outreach and Collaboration Team within the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Land Imaging Program, proudly working with the USGS and NASA teams to help ensure continued success of the Landsat satellite missions.
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Digital Surface Model of Mt. Etna, Italy, derived from 2015 Pleiades Satellite Imagery
Developing satellite-estimated precipitation monthly reports for selected locations in the Republic of the Marshall Islands
Ten years of volcanic activity at Mt Etna: High-resolution mapping and accurate quantification of the morphological changes by Pleiades and Lidar data
High-resolution and accurate topography reconstruction of Mount Etna from Pleiades satellite data
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5th Federal UxS Workshop
Welcome Back! The Federal UxS community returns to in-person meetings to explore new opportunities, and plenty of challenges, together. The overarching goal of the workshop is to approach UxS challenges with a whole-of-Government team, leveraging successes within our Agencies to accelerate our national UxS enterprise and focus group resources on shared expertise and new opportunities. Mark your... - Data
Digital Surface Model of Mt. Etna, Italy, derived from 2015 Pleiades Satellite Imagery
A high-resolution, high vertical accuracy Digital Surface Model (DSM) of Mt. Etna was derived from Pleiades satellite data using the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Stereo Pipeline (ASP) tool set (https://ti.arc.nasa.gov/tech/asr/groups/intelligent-robotics/ngt/stereo/). The NASA Ames Stereo Pipeline (ASP) is a suite of free and open source automated geodesy and stereogra - Publications
Developing satellite-estimated precipitation monthly reports for selected locations in the Republic of the Marshall Islands
The Republic of the Marshall Islands (also known as the Marshall Islands) is a nation of more than 30 low-lying atolls and islands, most of which are inhabited, dispersed across an Exclusive Economic Zone over 770,000 square miles in the tropical central north Pacific Ocean. Monitoring environmental conditions for potential drought risk is challenging in such a dispersed island nation, and currentAuthorsGabriel B. Senay, David A. Helweg, Stefanie Kagone, John B. Taylor, Thomas Cecere, Tiare Eastmond, Amy Koch, Kurtis Nelson, Lajikit RufusTen years of volcanic activity at Mt Etna: High-resolution mapping and accurate quantification of the morphological changes by Pleiades and Lidar data
The topography of Mt. Etna, Italy, is subjected to continuous modifications depending on intensity and magnitude of eruptions that frequently occur at the volcano summit and flanks. In order to make high-resolution maps of morphological changes and accurately calculate the overall volume of the erupted products (e.g., lava flows, tephra fall out, scoriae cones) in ten years, we have compared the aAuthorsMarina Bisson, Claudia Spinetti, Daniele Andronico, Monica Palaseanu-Lovejoy, Maria Fabrizia Buongiorno, Oleg Alexandrov, Thomas CecereHigh-resolution and accurate topography reconstruction of Mount Etna from Pleiades satellite data
The areas characterized by dynamic and rapid morphological changes need accurate topography information with frequent updates, especially if these are populated and involve infrastructures. This is particularly true in active volcanic areas such as Mount (Mt.) Etna, located in the northeastern portion of Sicily, Italy. The Mt. Etna volcano is periodically characterized by explosive and effusive erAuthorsMonica Palaseanu-Lovejoy, Marina Bisson, Claudia Spinetti, Maria Fabrizia Buongiorno, Oleg Alexandrov, Thomas Cecere - News