Publications

My research contributions in scientific journals

Unveiling the large coverage of red snow algae blooms in antarctic coastal snowfields

2026 - Communications Earth & Environment

Unveiling the large coverage of red snow algae blooms in antarctic coastal snowfields

Alejandro Román, Gabriel Navarro, Luis Barbero, Beatriz Fernández-Marín, José I. García-Plazaola, Enrique González-Ortegón, Isabel Caballero & Antonio Tovar-Sánchez

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UAV imagery in natural disasters: Real-time damage assessment of flash flooding events

2025 - Ecological Informatics

UAV imagery in natural disasters: Real-time damage assessment of flash flooding events

Alejandro Román, Antonio Tovar-Sánchez, Manuel Larrad, Jorge Rubiano-Sánchez, José M. Zafra, Rafael Piñeiro, Antonio Castillo, Francisco A. López, Ana L. Vela, Ana Allende, Gema Sánchez, Antonio Martínez-Alonso, David Samper, Juan Carlos García, Iván Galindo & Gabriel Navarro

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LiDAR-based topographic data for the coastline of Port Foster (Deception Island, Antarctica)

2025 - Scientific Data

LiDAR-based topographic data for the coastline of Port Foster (Deception Island, Antarctica)

Alejandro Román, Antonio Tovar-Sánchez, Manuel Larrad, Fernando Alva & Gabriel Navarro

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Air-water CO2 exchange in transformed saltmarshes for different uses and under various management models

2025 - Journal of Environmental Management

Air-water CO2 exchange in transformed saltmarshes for different uses and under various management models

Samuel Amaya-Vías, Susana Flecha, Alejandro Román, Soledad Haro, Jose Luis Oviedo, Gabriel Navarro, Gabriel M. Arroyo & I. Emma Huertas

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Mapping intertidal microphytobenthic biomass with very high-resolution remote sensing imagery in an estuarine system

2024 - Science of The Total Environment

Mapping intertidal microphytobenthic biomass with very high-resolution remote sensing imagery in an estuarine system

Alejandro Román, Simon Oiry, Bede F.R. Davies, Philippe Rosa, Pierre Gernez, Antonio Tovar-Sánchez, Gabriel Navarro, Vona Méléder & Laurent Barillé

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Assessing topographic features and population abundance in an Antarctic penguin colony through UAV-based deep-learning models

2024 - Int. Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Assessing topographic features and population abundance in an Antarctic penguin colony through UAV-based deep-learning models

Oleg Belyaev, Alejandro Román, Josabel Belliure, Gabriel Navarro, Luis Barbero & Antonio Tovar-Sánchez

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Intertidal seagrass extent from Sentinel-2 time-series show distinct trajectories in Western Europe

2024 - Remote Sensing of Environment

Intertidal seagrass extent from Sentinel-2 time-series show distinct trajectories in Western Europe

Bede Ffinian Rowe Davies, Simon Oiry, Philippe Rosa, Maria Laura Zoffoli, Ana I.Sousa, Oliver R.Thomas, Dan A.Smale, Melanie C.Austen, Lauren Biermann, Martin J.Attrill, Alejandro Román, Gabriel Navarro, Anne-Laure Barillé, Nicolas Harin, Daniel Clewley, Victor Martinez-Vicente, Pierre Gernez & Laurent Barillé

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A sentinel watching over inter-tidal seagrass phenology across Western Europe and North Africa

2024 - Communications Earth & Environment

A sentinel watching over inter-tidal seagrass phenology across Western Europe and North Africa

Bede Ffinian Rowe Davies, Simon Oiry, Philippe Rosa, Maria Laura Zoffoli, Ana I.Sousa, Oliver R.Thomas, Dan A.Smale, Melanie C.Austen, Lauren Biermann, Martin J.Attrill, Alejandro Román, Gabriel Navarro, Anne-Laure Barillé, Nicolas Harin, Daniel Clewley, Victor Martinez-Vicente, Pierre Gernez & Laurent Barillé

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ShetlandsUAVmetry: unmanned aerial vehicle-based photogrammetric dataset for Antarctic environmental research

2024 - Scientific Data

ShetlandsUAVmetry: unmanned aerial vehicle-based photogrammetric dataset for Antarctic environmental research

Alejandro Román, Gabriel Navarro, Antonio Tovar-Sánchez, Pedro Zarandona, David Roque-Atienza & Luis Barbero

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Enhancing Georeferencing and Mosaicking Techniques over Water Surfaces with High-Resolution Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Imagery

2024 - Remote Sensing

Enhancing Georeferencing and Mosaicking Techniques over Water Surfaces with High-Resolution Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Imagery

Alejandro Román, Sergio Heredia, Anna E. Windle, Antonio Tovar-Sánchez & Gabriel Navarro

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Characterization of an antarctic penguin colony ecosystem using high-resolution UAV hyperspectral imagery

2023 - Int. Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Characterization of an antarctic penguin colony ecosystem using high-resolution UAV hyperspectral imagery

Alejandro Román, Antonio Tovar-Sánchez, Beatriz Fernández-Marín, Gabriel Navarro & Luis Barbero

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Mapping intertidal oyster farms using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) high-resolution multispectral data

2023 - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Mapping intertidal oyster farms using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) high-resolution multispectral data

Alejandro Román, Hermansyah Prasyad, Simon Oiry, Bede F.R. Davies, Guillaume Brunier & Laurent Barillé

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Water-Quality Monitoring with a UAV-Mounted Multispectral Camera in Coastal Waters

2023 - Remote Sensing

Water-Quality Monitoring with a UAV-Mounted Multispectral Camera in Coastal Waters

Alejandro Román, Antonio Tovar-Sánchez, Adam Gauci, Alan Deidun, Isabel Caballero, Emanuele Colica, Sebastiano D'Amico & Gabriel Navarro

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Remote Sensing: Satellite and RPAS (Remotely Piloted Aircraft System)

2022 - Springer

Remote Sensing: Satellite and RPAS (Remotely Piloted Aircraft System)

Martha Bonnet Dunbar, Isabel Caballero, Alejandro Román & Gabriel Navarro

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Monitoring the marine invasive alien species Rugulopteryx okamurae using unmanned aerial vehicles and satellites

2022 - Frontiers in Marine Science

Monitoring the marine invasive alien species Rugulopteryx okamurae using unmanned aerial vehicles and satellites

Mar Roca, Martha Bonnet Dunbar, Alejandro Román, Isabel Caballero, Maria Laura Zoffoli, Pierre Gernez & Gabriel Navarro

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High-spatial resolution UAV multispectral data complementing satellite imagery to characterize a chinstrap penguin colony ecosystem on deception island (Antarctica)

2022 - GIScience & Remote Sensing

High-spatial resolution UAV multispectral data complementing satellite imagery to characterize a chinstrap penguin colony ecosystem on deception island (Antarctica)

Alejandro Román, Gabriel Navarro, Isabel Caballero & Antonio Tovar-Sánchez

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Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as a tool for hazard assessment: The 2021 eruption of Cumbre Vieja volcano, La Palma Island (Spain)

2022 - Science of The Total Environment

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as a tool for hazard assessment: The 2021 eruption of Cumbre Vieja volcano, La Palma Island (Spain)

Alejandro Román, Antonio Tovar-Sánchez, David Roque-Atienza, I.Emma Huertas, Isabel Caballero, Eugenio Fraile-Nuez & Gabriel Navarro

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Water quality monitoring with Sentinel-2 and Landsat-8 satellites during the 2021 volcanic eruption in La Palma (Canary Islands)

2022 - Science of The Total Environment

Water quality monitoring with Sentinel-2 and Landsat-8 satellites during the 2021 volcanic eruption in La Palma (Canary Islands)

Isabel Caballero, Alejandro Román, Antonio Tovar-Sánchez & Gabriel Navarro

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Applications of unmanned aerial vehicles in Antarctic environmental research

2021 - Scientific Reports

Applications of unmanned aerial vehicles in Antarctic environmental research

Antonio Tovar‑Sánchez, Alejandro Román, David Roque‑Atienza & Gabriel Navarro

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Using a UAV-Mounted Multispectral Camera for the Monitoring of Marine Macrophytes

2021 - Frontiers in Marine Science

Using a UAV-Mounted Multispectral Camera for the Monitoring of Marine Macrophytes

Alejandro Román, Antonio Tovar-Sánchez, Irene Olivé & Gabriel Navarro

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