Researcher

Manuela Balzarolo

Research Expertise:Manuela Balzarolo is a remote sensing specialist on ecological applications. Over the years, she has specialized in the application of remote sensing to assess vegetation productivity, ecosystem functions and phenology. She has a broad expertise in remote sensing data processing and time-series analysis. She is currently coordinating the ECOPROPHET project (ecoprophet.meteo.be/) that aims at improving simulations of ecosystem productivity by using new Earth Observation products from different platforms (e.g. ESA Sentinel 2, Proba-V, MODIS, GOME). She lead also the HYPI project focusing on the assessment of isoprene emission by remote sensing techniques.

Keywords:REMOTE SENSING, ECOLOGICAL MODELLING, CARBON CYCLE, PHENOLOGY, IN SITU SPECTROSCOPY, TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM, Biology

Disciplines:Bioinformatics and computational biology, Ecology, Plant biology, Other natural sciences, Climate change, Remote sensing, Biogeochemical cycli

Research techniques:time-series data analysis, programming, satellite data analysis