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New CEF paper reveals the legacy of the Christian missionaries to the knowledge of wild medicinal plants in Angola
Publications
Scientific Articles (ISI)
De Luca, Giandomenico, Giuseppe Modica, João M. N. Silva, Salvatore Praticò, and José M.C. Pereira (2023)
Assessing tree crown fire damage integrating linear spectral mixture analysis and supervised machine learning on Sentinel-2 imagery
International Journal of Digital Earth. 5.1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17538947.2023.2243900
Neves, A. K., Campagnolo, M. L., Silva, J. M., & Pereira, J. M. (2023)
A Landsat-based atlas of monthly burned area for Portugal, 1984–2021
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 119, 103321. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2023.103321
Calheiros T., Benali A., Silva J.N., Pereira M., Nunes J. (2022)
Drivers of extreme burnt area in Portugal: fire weather and vegetation
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 22(12): 4019–4037. . DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-4019-2022
De Luca G., Silva J.M.N., Di Fazio S., Modica G. (2022)
Integrated use of Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 data and open-source machine learning algorithms for land cover mapping in a Mediterranean region
European Journal of Remote Sensing, 55(1): 52-70. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/22797254.2021.2018667
De Luca G., Silva J.M.N., Modica G. (2022)
Regional-scale burned area mapping in Mediterranean regions based on the multitemporal composite integration of Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 data
GIScience & Remote Sensing, 59(1): 1678-1705. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15481603.2022.2128251
De Luca G., Silva J.M.N., Modica G. (2022)
Short-term temporal and spatial analysis for post-fire vegetation regrowth characterization and mapping in a Mediterranean ecosystem using optical and SAR image time-series
Geocarto International. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2022.2097482
Otón G., Pereira J.M., Silva J.M.N., Chuvieco E. (2022)
Reply to Giglio et al. Comment on “Otón et al. Analysis of Trends in the FireCCI Global Long Term Burned Area Product (1982–2018). Fire 2021, 4, 74”
Fire, 5(3): 56. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/fire5030056
Soares C., Silva J.M.N., Boavida-Portugal J., Cerasoli S. (2022)
Spectral-based monitoring of climate effects on the inter-annual variability of different plant functional types in mediterranean cork oak woodlands
Remote Sensing, 14(3): 711. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14030711
de Luca G., Silva J.M.N., Modica G. (2021)
A workflow based on Sentinel-1 SAR data and open-source algorithms for unsupervised burned area detection in Mediterranean ecosystems
GIScience and Remote Sensing, 58(4): 516-541. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15481603.2021.1907896
Jorge C., Silva J.M.N., Boavida-Portugal J., Soares C., Cerasoli S. (2021)
Using digital photography to track understory phenology in Mediterranean cork oak woodlands
Remote Sensing, 13(4): 776. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13040776
Libonati R., Pereira J.M.C., Da Camara C.C, Peres L.F., Oom D., Rodrigues J.A., Santos F.L.M., Trigo R.M., Gouveia C.M.P., Machado-Silva F., Enrich-Prast A., Silva J.M.N. (2021)
Twenty-first century droughts have not increasingly exacerbated fire season severity in the Brazilian Amazon
Scientific Reports, 11: 4400. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-82158-8
Otón G., Pereira J.M.C., Silva J.M.N., Chuvieco E. (2021)
Analysis of trends in the FireCCI global long term burned area product (1982-2018)
Fire, 4(4): 74. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/fire4040074
Otón, Gonzalo, José M.C. Pereira, João M. N. Silva, Emilio Chuvieco (2021)
Analysis of trends in the FireCCI global long-term burned area product (1982-2018)
Fire, 4(4), 74. 2.726. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/fire4040074
Shuangao W., Padmanaban R., Mbanze A.A., Silva J.M.N., Shamsudeen M., Cabral P., Campos F.S. (2021)
Using satellite image fusion to evaluate the impact of land use changes on ecosystem services and their economic values
Remote Sensing, 13(5): 851. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13050851
Aubard V., Pereira-Pires J.E., Campagnolo M.L., Pereira J.M.C., Mora A., Silva J.M.N. (2020)
Fully automated countrywide monitoring of fuel break maintenance operations
Remote Sensing, 12(18): 2879. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12182879
Catarino S., Romeiras M.M., Figueira R., Aubard V., Silva J.M.N., Pereira J.M.C. (2020)
Spatial and temporal trends of burnt area in Angola: implications for natural vegetation and protected area management
Diversity-Basel, 12(8): 307. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/d12080307
Heuschmidt F., Gomez-Candon D., Soares C., Cerasoli S., Silva J.M.N. (2020)
Cork oak woodland land-cover types classification: a comparison between UAV sensed imagery and field survey
International Journal of Remote Sensing, 41(19): 7649-7659. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/2150704X.2020.1767822
Karuppasamy S., Ashitha T.P., Padmanaban R., Shamsudeen M., Silva J.M.N. (2020)
A remote sensing approach to monitor potential fishing zone associated with sea surface temperature and chlorophyll concentration
Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences, 49(6): 1025-1030. URL: http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/54934
Pereira-Pires J.E., Aubard V., Ribeiro R.A., Fonseca J.M., Silva J.M.N., Mora A. (2020)
Semi-automatic methodology for fire break maintenance operations detection with Sentinel-2 Imagery and Artificial Neural Network
Remote Sensing, 12(6): 909. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12060909
Aubard V., Paulo J.A., Silva J.M.N. (2019)
Long-term monitoring of cork and holm oak stands productivity in Portugal with Landsat imagery
Remote Sensing, 11(5): 525. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11050525
De Luca G., Silva J.M.N., Cerasoli S., Araújo J., Campos J., Di Fazio S., Modica G. (2019)
Object-based land cover classification in cork oak woodlands using UAV imagery and Orfeo Toolbox
Remote Sensing, 11(10): 1238.
Häusler M., Nunes J.P., Silva J.M.N., Keizer J.J., Warneke T., Pereira J.M. (2019)
A promising new approach to estimate drought indices for fire danger assessment using remotely sensed data
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 274: 195-209.
Silva J.M.N., Moreno M.V., Le Page Y., Oom D., Bistinas I., Pereira J.M.C. (2019)
Spatiotemporal trends of area burnt in the Iberian Peninsula, 1975-2013
Regional Environmental Change, 19(2): 515-527.
Aguiar F.C., Bentz J., Silva J.M.N., Fonseca A.L., Swart R., Santos F.D., Penha-Lopes G. (2018)
Adaptation to climate change at local level in Europe: an overview.
Environmental Science & Policy, 86: 38-63. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2018.04.010
Häusler M., Conceição N., Tezza L., Sánchez J.M., Campagnolo M.L., Häusler A.J., Silva J.M.N., Warneke T., Heygster G., Ferreira M.I. (2018)
Estimation and partitioning of actual daily evapotranspiration at an intensive olive grove using the STSEB model based on remote sensing
Agricultural Water Management, 201: 188-198. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2018.01.027
Häusler M., Nunes J.P., Soares P., Sánchez J.M., Silva J.M.N., Warneke T., Keizer J.J., Pereira J.M.C. (2018)
Assessment of the indirect impact of wildfire (severity) on actual evapotranspiration in eucalyptus forest based on the surface energy balance estimated from remote-sensing techniques
International Journal of Remote Sensing, 39(20): 6499-6524.
Mora A., Santos T.M.A., Lukasik S., Silva J.M.N., Falcão, A.J., Fonseca J.M., Ribeiro R.A. (2017)
Land cover classification from multispectral data using computational intelligence tools: a comparative study
Information (Switzerland), 8(4): 147.
Stroppiana D., Azar R., Calo F., Pepe A., Imperatore P., Boschetti M., Silva J.M.N., Brivio P.A., Lanari R. (2015)
Integration of optical and SAR data for burned area mapping in Mediterranean regions
Remote Sensing, 7(2): 1320-1345.
Fernandes M.R., Aguiar F.C., Silva J.M.N., Ferreira M.T, Pereira J.M.C. (2014)
Optimal attributes for the object based detection of giant reed in riparian habitats: a comparative study between Airborne High Spatial Resolution and WorldView-2 imagery
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 32: 79-91.
Fernandes M.R., Aguiar F.C., Silva J.M.N., Ferreira M.T., Pereira J.M.C. (2013)
Spectral discrimination of giant reed (Arundo donax L.): a seasonal study in riparian areas
ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 80: 80-90.
Jongen M., Unger S., Fangueiro D., Cerasoli S., Silva J.M.N., Pereira J.S. (2013)
Resilience of montado understorey to experimental precipitation variability fails under severe natural drought
Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 178: 18-30.
Silva J.M.N., Carreiras J.M.B., Rosa I., Pereira J.M.C. (2011)
Greenhouse gas emissions from shifting cultivation in the tropics, including uncertainty and sensitivity analysis
Journal of Geophysical Research, 116: D20304.
Le Page Y., Oom D., Silva J.M.N., Jönsson P., Pereira J.M.C. (2010)
Seasonality of vegetation fires as modified by human action: observing the deviation from eco-climatic fire regimes
Global Ecology and Biogeography, 19(4): 575-588.
Books
O eucaliptal em Portugal. Impactes ambientais e investigação científica
Alves A.A., Pereira J.S., Silva J.M.N. (Eds.). (2007)
ISAPress, Lisboa, Portugal, 398 p. ISBN: 978-972-8669-25-6 URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236841428
Incêndios Florestais em Portugal: Caracterização, Impactes e Prevenção
Pereira J. S., Pereira J. M. C., Rego F. F., Silva J. M. N., Silva T. P. (2006)
ISAPress.. ISBN: ISBN 972-8669-17-8
Book Chapters
Alves A.M., Pereira J.S., Silva J.M.N. (2007)
A introdução e a expansão do eucalipto em Portugal
In: O eucaliptal em Portugal: impactes ambientais e investigação científica. A.M. Alves, J.S. Pereira, J.M.N. Silva (Eds.). ISAPress, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Lisboa, pp. 13 – 24. ISBN: 978-972-8669-25-6
Silva J.M.N., Feith H., Pereira J.M.C. (2007)
Exploração e silvicultura pós-fogo em eucaliptais
In: O eucaliptal em Portugal: impactes ambientais e investigação científica. A.M. Alves, J.S. Pereira J.M.N. Silva (Eds.). ISAPress, Lisboa, pp. 285 – 312. ISBN: 978-972-8669-25-6
Projects
BLS-BIOMASS
Below, Litter & Shrub BIOMASS density mapping combining optical, LiDAR and SAR Earth Observation data
Duration: 2024-2026
CEF Budget: 71.488 € €
Disentangling the effects of drought on the resilience of cork oak canopy leaf area index and tree secondary growth
Desvendando os efeitos da seca na resiliência do índice de área foliar da copa do sobreiro e no crescimento secundário da árvore
Duration: 2023-2024
PARCOSSIM
Desenvolvimento de algoritmos paralelizáveis para a actualização da COSsim
Duration: 2021-2022
CEF Budget: 35.000 €
FIRECAST
Previsão de probabilidade de ocorrência de fogo e das suas características com vista a um piroambiente habitável
Duration: 2018-2021
CEF Budget: 85.516 €
FUELMON
Monitorização Remota de Corta-Fogos para Proteção de Fogos Florestais
Duration: 2018-2020
CEF Budget: 42.188 €