Monitoring Cultural Heritage Sites Affected by Geohazards in Cyprus Using Earth Observation

Themistocleous, Kyriacos

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-13810-2_19

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“…The use of Earth Observation (EO) data and remote sensing techniques has been successfully utilize for several archaeological applications, mostly for the systematic detection of CH sites (Cerra et al, 2016) as well for the Cultural Heritage Disaster Risk Management (Agapiou et al, 2020). A recent study by (Themistocleous, 2023) was focus on the monitoring cultural heritage sites affected by geohazards in Cyprus using earth observation based on the development of long-term low-impact monitoring systems as well as indirect analysis of environmental contexts to investigate changes and decay of structure, material and landscape. Also, (Cerra and Plank, 2020) in their study shows a comprehensive case of study for damage detection and monitoring in time through a series of satellite images acquired over the city of Palmyra, Syria, which suffered huge losses related to its cultural heritage in a time span longer than a year.…”

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The Importance of Earth Observation for Monitoring Cultural Heritage Sites Affected by Fire Events: The Case Study of Arakapas, Cyprus Using Sentinel 2 Data

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Cerra

Themistocleous

et al. 2023

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.

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Abstract. This paper presents the importance of using Earth observation to assess the impact of fire events on monitoring cultural heritage sites. The use of sensors such as Sentinel 2 can detect burnt areas in order to determine the extent of fire events on cultural heritage sites, using the fire event in Arakapas, Cyprus as a case study. Sentinel-2 is a multispectral optical sensor acquiring information in a range extending from the visible up to the short-wave infrared, which is the most sensitive spectral range for the detection of damages caused by fire. Sentinel-2 can support cultural heritage monitoring and assessment allowing rapid revisit of any site of interest using pre- and post-event images, where burned areas can be detected with change detection techniques coupled with suitable, spectral indices. Such derived products assist in quickly raising awareness on the endangerment of cultural and natural heritage sites and landscapes, emphasising the importance of Earth observation data for monitoring natural hazards for the protection of valuable cultural heritage sites.

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