Overview
Courses this Summer:
ASTRO 1199: ARE WE ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE?
Research Focus
Poggiali's studies concern the implementation of super-resolution algorithms (i.e., bandwidth extrapolation techniques and SAR-altimetry processing) for improving the radar altimeter/sounder performances and the analysis of the obtained data in order to characterize the geomorphology and dielectric properties of planetary surfaces (i.e.,Titan’ssurfaces and seafloors) by using backscattering models and Bayesian estimation approaches based on Monte-Carlo simulations.
Publications
Poggiali, V., Brighi, G., Hayes, A.G. et al. Surface properties of the seas of Titan as revealed by Cassini mission bistatic radar experiments. Nat Commun 15, 5454 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-49837-2
Poggiali, V., Hayes, A. G., Mastrogiuseppe, M., Le Gall, A., Lalich, D.,
Gómez‐Leal, I., & Lunine, J. I. (2020). The bathymetry of moray sinus at
Titan’s Kraken Mare. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 125,
e2020JE006558. doi.org/10.1029/2020JE006558
Poggiali V. et al. (2019), High-Resolution Topography of Titan Adapting
the Delay/Doppler Algorithm to the Cassini RADAR Altimeter Data,” in
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 57, no. 9, pp.
7262-7268, doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2019.2912575.
Poggiali, V., M. Mastrogiuseppe, A. G. Hayes, R. Seu, S. P. D. Birch, R.
Lorenz, C. Grima, and J. D. Hofgartner (2016), Liquid-filled canyons on
Titan, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 7887–7894, doi:10.1002/2016GL069679.