Carl Salvaggio

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Research Details

Research Interests
  • Remote sensing
  • thermal infrared phenomenology
  • visible through longwave infrared optical properties measurements
  • scene modeling
  • small target restoration
  • bidirectional and polarized reflectance measurement and modeling
  • digital image processing
  • image compression

Personal Information

Contact Information
Office Location: Building 76 - Room 3136
Phone: 585.475.6380
FAX: 585.475.5988
Email: salvaggio@cis.rit.edu

Rochester Institute of Technology
College of Science
Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science
54 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, NY 14623-5604
Title and Degrees
Associate Professor

Ph.D., Syracuse University / State University of New York, Environmental Resource Engineering
MS, Rochester Institute of Technology, Imaging Science
BS, Rochester Institute of Technology, Imaging Science
Personal Web Page
http://www.cis.rit.edu/~cnspci/
Other details
My research involves physical modeling and exploitation of thermal infrared phenomenology. As a complement to this interest, I am always looking at new laboratory and field techniques for measuring optical properties of target and background materials.

History

Member for
1 year 1 week

Publications

THESES

    Salvaggio, C., Multispectral synthetic scene generation using atmospheric propagation and thermodynamic models, Ph.D. Dissertation, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Environment Resource Engineering, Syracuse, New York, United States of America (1994) [BibTeX]

    Salvaggio, C., Automated segmentation of urban features from Landsat Thematic Mapper imagery for use in pseudoinvariant feature temporal image normalization, M.S. Thesis, Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Science, Center for Imaging Science, Rochester, New York, United States of America (1987) [BibTeX]


REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES


CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS


TECHNICAL REPORTS

    Brown, S.D.; Salvaggio, C., DIRSIG LIDAR Capabilities, prepared for LaSen, Incorporated, RIT/DIRS Report 03/04-71-164, Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Science, Center for Imaging Science, Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Rochester, New York, United States of America, November (2004) [BibTeX]

    Schott, J.R.; Mason, J.E.; Salvaggio, C.; Sirianni, J.D.; Rose, R.A.; Kulp, E.O.; Rankin, D.K., DIRSIG - Digital imaging and remote sensing image generation model: Description, enhancements and validation, prepared for Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Development and Engineering, RIT/DIRS Report 90/91-51-146, Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Science, Center for Imaging Science, Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Rochester, New York, United States of America, July (1993) [BibTeX]

    Schott, J.R.; Salvaggio, C., MODTRAN version of the DIRSIG software, prepared for Eastman Kodak Company (Federal Systems Division), SIDE Report 92-51-101, SIDE, Rochester, New York, United States of America, December (1992) [BibTeX]

    Salvaggio, C.; Braun, G.J.; Heath, M.D.; Schott, J.R., Multi/hyperspectral resolution enhancement, prepared for Eastman Kodak Company (Federal Systems Division), RIT/DIRS Report 91/92-63-144, Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Science, Center for Imaging Science, Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Rochester, New York, United States of America, December (1991) [BibTeX]

    Raqueno, R.V.; Salvaggio, C.; Warnick, J.S.; Kraus, E.J.; Schott, J.R., A thermal infrared synthetic image generation model, prepared for Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Development and Engineering, RIT/DIRS Report 90/91-63-142, Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Science, Center for Imaging Science, Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Rochester, New York, United States of America, April (1991) [BibTeX]

    Salvaggio, C.; Braun, G.J.; Schott, J.R., SVGM - A spectral vector generating model using the LOWTRAN 7 and SCATRAN atmospheric propagation codes, prepared for Eastman Kodak Company (Federal Systems Division), RIT/DIRS Report 90/91-63-141, Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Science, Center for Imaging Science, Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Rochester, New York, United States of America, January (1991) [BibTeX]

    Schott, J.R.; Brower, B.V.; Bhaskar, R.; Raqueno, R.V.; Salvaggio, C., Measurement of the optical properties of materials related to ship signatures, prepared for Naval Research Laboratory, RIT/DIRS Report 90/91-51-140, Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Science, Center for Imaging Science, Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Rochester, New York, United States of America, November (1990) [BibTeX]

    Salvaggio, C.; Robert, D.J.; Schott, J.R., Generation of textural features from monochromatic imagery for land cover classification, prepared for Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Development and Engineering, RIT/DIRS Report 89/90-63-130, Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Science, Center for Imaging Science, Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Rochester, New York, United States of America, February (1990) [BibTeX]

    Schott, J.R.; Salvaggio, C.; Frey, E.G., Change detection using pseudoinvariant feature (PIF) normalization, prepared for Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Development and Engineering, RIT/DIRS Report 89/90-51-137, Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Science, Center for Imaging Science, Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Rochester, New York, United States of America, February (1990) [BibTeX]

    Salvaggio, C.; Schott, J.R., Development of a pseudoinvariant features normalization transform for high resolution imagery, prepared for Eastman Kodak Company (Federal Systems Division), RIT/DIRS Report 89/90-63-138, Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Science, Center for Imaging Science, Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Rochester, New York, United States of America, February (1990) [BibTeX]

    Rosenblum, W.I.; Salvaggio, C.; Schott, J.R., Selection of optimal textural features for maximum likelihood classification, prepared for United States Department of Energy, RIT/DIRS Report 89/90-66-131, Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Science, Center for Imaging Science, Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Rochester, New York, United States of America, January (1990) [BibTeX]

    Schott, J.R.; Salvaggio, C.; Francis, J.W., Correction of atmospheric inhomogeneities in visible wavelength imagery, prepared for Eastman Kodak Company (Federal Systems Division), RIT/DIRS Report 88/89-51-125, Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Science, Center for Imaging Science, Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Rochester, New York, United States of America, February (1989) [BibTeX]

    Warnick, J.S.; Davis, T.; Salvaggio, C.; Schott, J.R., The merging of multi-date multi-sensor multi-resolution images for enhanced image analysis, prepared for Eastman Kodak Company (Federal Systems Division), RIT/DIRS Report 88/89-51-127, Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Science, Center for Imaging Science, Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Rochester, New York, United States of America, February (1989) [BibTeX]

    Schott, J.R.; Salvaggio, C., L.W.I.R. radiometric modeling for use with synthetic scene generation, 1987/88 Results - Final report for contract RD-86-6843 (Task 3), prepared for Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Development and Engineering, RIT/DIRS Report 87/88-51-122, Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Science, Center for Imaging Science, Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Rochester, New York, United States of America, January (1989) [BibTeX]

    Salvaggio, C.; Schott, J.R., Automated pseudoinvariant feature normalization and land cover classification - Final report for contract RD-86-6843 (Task 2), prepared for Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Development and Engineering, RIT/DIRS Report 87/88-63-123, Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Science, Center for Imaging Science, Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Rochester, New York, United States of America (1989) [BibTeX]

    Salvaggio, C.; Rosen, M.R.; Kraus, E.J.; Warnick, J.S.; Schott, J.R., Techniques for digital image processing and display with emphasis on color concepts, prepared for Digital Equipment Corporation, RIT/DIRS Report 88/89-63-118, Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Science, Center for Imaging Science, Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Rochester, New York, United States of America, August (1988) [BibTeX]

    Schott, J.R.; Kraus, E.J.; Salvaggio, C., Optimum spectral band selection, prepared for Eastman Kodak Company (Federal Systems Division), RIT/DIRS Report 88/89-51-117, Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Science, Center for Imaging Science, Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Rochester, New York, United States of America, July (1988) [BibTeX]

    Salvaggio, C.; Frey, E.G.; Schott, J.R., Measurement of reflectance spectra from 0.4 to 2.6 microns using the Beckman DK-2A spectrophotometer, prepared for Autometric Corporation, RIT/DIRS Report 87-63-116, Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Science, Center for Imaging Science, Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Rochester, New York, United States of America, September (1987) [BibTeX]

    Salvaggio, C.; Schott, J.R., Automated registration of SPOT Level 1B imagery to U.S.G.S. topographic map data, prepared for Eastman Kodak Company (Federal Systems Division), RIT/DIRS Report 86/87-63-115, Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Science, Center for Imaging Science, Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Rochester, New York, United States of America, May (1987) [BibTeX]

    Schott, J.R.; Salvaggio, C., L.W.I.R. radiometric modeling for use with synthetic scene generation - Final report for contract RD-86-6843 (Task 3), prepared for Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Development and Engineering, RIT/DIRS Report 86/87-51-114, Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Science, Center for Imaging Science, Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Rochester, New York, United States of America, February (1987) [BibTeX]

    Schott, J.R.; Salvaggio, C., Radiometric scene normalization using pseudoinvariant features - Final report for contract RD-86-6843 (Task 2), prepared for Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Development and Engineering, RIT/DIRS Report 86/87-51-113, Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Science, Center for Imaging Science, Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Rochester, New York, United States of America, January (1987) [BibTeX]

    Salvaggio, C.; Brower, B.V.; Schott, J.R., A comparative analysis of the Syracuse University steam line distribution system (1984 to 1986), prepared for Syracuse University Facilities Planning Department, RIT/DIRS Report 86/87-63-111, Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Science, Center for Imaging Science, Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Rochester, New York, United States of America, June (1986) [BibTeX]


BOOK CHAPTERS

    Messinger, D.W.; Salvaggio, C.; Sinisgalli, N.M., Detection of gaseous effluents from airborne LWIR hyperspectral imagery using physics-based signatures, Spectral Sensing Research for Water Monitoring Applications and Frontier Science and Frontier Science, and Technology for Chemical, Biological and Radiological Defense, 1st Edition, Dwight Woolard and Janet Jensen, World Scientific Publishing Company, 48, Selected Topics in Electronics and Systems, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (2008) [BibTeX]

    Salvaggio, C., Photometry, Radiometry, and Measurement, Focal Encyclopedia of Photography, 4th Edition, Elsevier, Burlington, Massachusetts, United States of America (2007) [BibTeX]


CONFERENCE PRESENTATION (NO PROCEEDINGS)

    Nilosek, D.R.; Walli, K.C.; Salvaggio, C.; Schott, J.R., AeroSynth: Aerial scene synthesis from images, SIGGRAPH 2009, 36th International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, July (2009) [BibTeX]

    Paul, S.E.; Nilosek, D.R.; Messinger, D.W.; Salvaggio, C., Derivation of radiometric temperature for sub-pixel targets from thermal infrared imagery using three-dimensional physical modeling techniques, University and Industry Technical Interchange Review Meeting, UITI 2008, Park City, Utah, United States, December (2008) [BibTeX]

    Raqueno, R.V.; Salvaggio, C., The practicals of grid computing with ENVI/IDL: Case studies in high throughput computing (HTC) using Condor and ENVI/IDL for physics-based remote sensing algorithms and applications, ENVI User Symposium (ENVIUS 2008), Chantilly, Virginia, United States of America, May (2008) [BibTeX]

    Salvaggio, C.; Smith, L.E., Laboratory and field spectral signature measurement capabilities and protocols at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Intelligence Technology Innovation Center, Reference Spectral Signatures Conference, Vienna, Virginia, United States of America, May (2006) [BibTeX]

    Arsenovic, M.V.; Salvaggio, C.; Ruhren, T., Selective degradation of aerial photography for homeland security, 2005 ASPRS Annual Conference, Geospatial Goes Global: From Your Neighborhood to the Whole Planet, Data Processing and Techniques, Techniques for Improvement of Image Accuracy, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, March (2005) [BibTeX]

    Salvaggio, C., The effect of Air Force global weather quality on exploitation models, IntelMet '98, Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States of America, February (1998) [BibTeX]

    Schott, J.R.; Salvaggio, C.; Mason, J.E., Radiation propagation modeling and target-to-background interaction effects in synthetic imagery, Michigan Technological University, Annual Ground Target Modeling and Validation Conference, Houghton, Michigan, United States of America, August (1993) [BibTeX]

    Salvaggio, C., Multispectral synthetic scene generation, E-Systems College Relations Technology Exchange Seminar, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, July (1993) [BibTeX]

    Salvaggio, C., Generation of synthetic images with radiometric fidelity in the midwave infrared (MWIR) and longwave infrared (LWIR), IEEE Mohawk Valley Section Annual Meeting, Dual-Use Technologies and Applications Conference, Rome, New York, United States of America, May (1993) [BibTeX]

    Salvaggio, C., A proposed method for automated update of GIS information using aerial or satellite imagery, Rochester Regional Geographical Information Systems Special Interest Group, Rochester, New York, United States of America, February (1990) [BibTeX]

    Salvaggio, C., Sensor fusion techniques to produce high resolution thermal imagery from commercially available satellite data, Rochester Region Geographical Information Systems Special Interest Group, Rochester, New York, United States of America, February (1990) [BibTeX]

    Schott, J.R.; Salvaggio, C.; Hawes, T.A., Multidate land cover classification using radiometric normalization techniques, SPSE Annual Conference and Symposium, Image Processing, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, May (1989) [BibTeX]

    Salvaggio, C.; Schott, J.R.; Volchok, W.J., Radiometric scene normalization using pseudoinvariant features, SPSE Annual Conference and Symposium, Hybrid Imaging Systems, Rochester, New York, United States of America, May (1987) [BibTeX]