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Research Lines

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The research lines in which the Faculty operate in the Remote Sensing Postgraduate Course are:

Time series analysis of Earth observation[+]

Research and develop methods of extracting information about the dynamics of land use and land cover through integrated time series of Earth observation data analysis.


Researchers working in this line:

  • Dra. Ieda Del'Arco Sanches
  • Dra. Leila Maria Garcia Fonseca
  • Dra. Liana Oighenstein Anderson
  • Dr. Luciano Vieira Dutra
  • Dr. Milton Kampel
  • Dra. Silvana Amaral Kampel
  • Dr. Thales Sehn Korting
  • Dr. Yosio Edemir Shimabukuro

Spatial Analysis[+]

Develop spatial analysis techniques seeking to reveal and describe the existing patterns in geographic data and establish quantitatively, their relationships.


Researchers working in this line:

  • Dr. Antônio Miguel Vieira Monteiro
  • Dr. Milton Kampel
  • Dra. Silvana Amaral Kampel

Spectral Behavior of targets[+]

Stimulate the formation of human resources in the areas of spectral behavior of targets in the visible, near infrared and infrared spectral bands and evaluate the performance of high spectral resolution sensors in tropical environments.


Researchers working in this line:

  • Dr. Cláudio Clemente Faria Barbosa
  • Dra. Evlyn Márcia Leão de Moraes Novo
  • Dra. Ieda Del'Arco Sanches
  • Dr. Lênio Soares Galvão
  • Dr. Milton Kampel
  • Dr. Yosio Edemir Shimabukuro

Terrestrial ecosystem[+]

Develop data processing methodologies collected remotely, generate thematic products, environmental modeling and training of personnel to assess the hydrological processes and primary production of the main Brazilian ecosystems.


Researchers working in this line:

  • Dra. Liana Oighenstein Anderson
  • Dr. Luiz Eduardo Oliveira e Cruz de Aragão
  • Dra. Maria Isabel Sobral Escada
  • Dra. Silvana Amaral Kampel
  • Dr. Yosio Edemir Shimabukuro

Geomorphology[+]

Develop analytical techniques of Digital Elevation Models for application in various industries and areas of research that require data and knowledge about the relief: agronomy, geology, biology and land management.


Researchers working in this line:

  • Dr. Márcio de Morisson Valeriano

GIS[+]

Develop research in Geoinformation Science to build innovative methodologies and applications that use different computer representations of geographic space. Areas of interest include Land use change, urban studies, public health, environmental modeling and spatial statistics.


Researchers working in this line:

  • Dr. Antônio Miguel Vieira Monteiro
  • Dra. Cláudia Maria de Almeida
  • Dr. Márcio de Morisson Valeriano
  • Dr. Milton Kampel
  • Dra. Silvana Amaral Kampel
  • Dr. Thales Sehn Korting

Geographic Data Mining[+]

Research and develop methodologies for extracting information using data mining techniques of Earth observations and methods of integrated data from different sources, relating remote sensing information with patterns and processes of land use change and land cover.


Researchers working in this line:

  • Dr. Antônio Miguel Vieira Monteiro
  • Dra. Cláudia Maria de Almeida
  • Dra. Leila Maria Garcia Fonseca
  • Dra. Maria Isabel Sobral Escada
  • Dr. Thales Sehn Korting

Image Processing[+]

Research and develop information extraction methodologies and technologies from image processing techniques, images analysis and Earth observation satellites data, in order to improve knowledge of the territory and the brazilian continental sea.


Researchers working in this line:

  • Dra. Cláudia Maria de Almeida
  • Dr. Fábio Furlan Gama
  • Dra. Leila Maria Garcia Fonseca
  • Dr. Luciano Vieira Dutra
  • Dr. Milton Kampel
  • Dr. Thales Sehn Korting

Hydrosphere Processes[+]

Conduct research on the use of remote sensing data for diagnosis and predictability of marine environmental variables and their correlation with productivity, climate fluctuations, sea resources, and water resources.


Researchers working in this line:

  • Dr. Cláudio Clemente Faria Barbosa
  • Dr. Douglas Francisco Marcolino Gherardi
  • Dra. Evlyn Márcia Leão de Moraes Novo
  • Dr. Luciano Ponzi Pezzi
  • Dr. Milton Kampel

Remote Sensing applied to forest resources[+]

Develop the application of data acquired in the optical remote sensing spectrum, multispectral and hyperspectral (visible, near infrared and medium infrared), LiDAR and microwave for the discrimination, modeling of biophysical parameters and characterization of distinct forest targets, whether occurring naturally or planted.


Researchers working in this line:

  • Dr. Fábio Furlan Gama
  • Dr. Lênio Soares Galvão
  • Dra. Liana Oighenstein Anderson
  • Dr. Luiz Eduardo Oliveira e Cruz de Aragão
  • Dra. Maria Isabel Sobral Escada
  • Dr. Yosio Edemir Shimabukuro

Remote sensing for agriculture[+]

Monitoring, mapping and estimation of planted area and productivity of main agricultural crops of economic interest; assess the potential of new sensors in agriculture; develop imaging processing methodologies as a tool for obtaining agricultural information; incorporate GIS and GPS technology to assist in image analysis.


Researchers working in this line:

  • Dra. Ieda Del'Arco Sanches

Remote Sensing applied to Geoscience[+]

Develop the application of satellite data acquired in the optical remote sensing spectrum, medium, thermal infrared and microwave bands in the multispectral and hyperspectral geological target discrimination, in photogeology and geoprocessing.


Researchers working in this line:

  • Dr. Fábio Furlan Gama
  • Dr. Hermann Johann Heinrich Kux
  • Dr. Luiz Eduardo Oliveira e Cruz de Aragão
  • Dr. Milton Kampel

Systems and methods of planning and land management[+]

Develop remote sensing techniques applied to the study of the urban environment using high spatial resolution sensors and develop methodologies for monitoring and management of urban and rural environments.


Researchers working in this line:

  • Dr. Antônio Miguel Vieira Monteiro
  • Dra. Cláudia Maria de Almeida
  • Dr. Márcio de Morisson Valeriano
  • Dra. Silvana Amaral Kampel