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Images were characterized by different acquisition modes, geometric and spectral resolutions, allowing the evaluation of alternative and\/or complementary techniques. For each kind of image, two techniques have been tested: The first based on an unsupervised classification and suitable to automate the process, the second based on visual matching with contour lines with the aim of fully exploiting the dataset. Their performances were evaluated by comparison with water levels measured in situ (r2 = 0.97 using the unsupervised classification, r2 = 0.95 using visual matching) demonstrating that both techniques are suitable to quantify reservoir surface extension. However ~90% of available images were analyzed using the visual matching method, and just 37 images out of 58 using the other method. The evaluation of the water level from the water surface, using both techniques, could be easily extended to un-gauged reservoirs to manage the variations of the levels during normal operation. In addition, during the period of investigation, the use of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) allowed the estimation of dam displacements. The advantage of using as reference a GNSS permanent station positioned relatively far from the dam, allowed the exclusion of any interaction with the site deformations. By comparing results from both techniques, relationships between the orthogonal displacement component via GNSS, estimated water levels via remote sensing and in situ measurements were investigated. During periods of changing water level (April 2011\u2013September 2011 and October 2011\u2013March 2012), the moving average of displacement time series (middle section on the dam crest) shows a range of variability of \u00b12 mm. The dam deformation versus reservoir water level behavior differs during the reservoir emptying and filling periods indicating a hysteresis-kind loop.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs10010071","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,1,8]],"date-time":"2018-01-08T12:26:02Z","timestamp":1515414362000},"page":"71","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":94,"title":["Monitoring Water Surface and Level of a Reservoir Using Different Remote Sensing Approaches and Comparison with Dam Displacements Evaluated via GNSS"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6612-1652","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Claudia","family":"Pipitone","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Civil, Environmental, Aerospace, Materials Engineering (DICAM), Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2778-4680","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Antonino","family":"Maltese","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Civil, Environmental, Aerospace, Materials Engineering (DICAM), Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8458-0676","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gino","family":"Dardanelli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Civil, Environmental, Aerospace, Materials Engineering (DICAM), Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3765-9741","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mauro","family":"Lo Brutto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Civil, Environmental, Aerospace, Materials Engineering (DICAM), Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9862-2363","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Goffredo","family":"La Loggia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Civil, Environmental, Aerospace, Materials Engineering (DICAM), Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,1,6]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"109","article-title":"Modelling of deformations during construction of a large earth dam in The La Grande Complex, Canada","volume":"7","year":"2004","journal-title":"Tech. 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