2025
Automation of numerical data classification for thematic map generation in the context of Big Geo data
Author: José Antonio Dias Cacciatore
Committee:
Dra. Andrea Lopes Iescheck
Dr. Luiz Felipe Velho
Dra. Silvana Philippi Camboim
Advisors:
Profa. Dra. Claudia Robbi Sluter
Spatio-temporal dynamics of land use and land cover in the Marajó archipelago, eastern Amazon (1985-2023)
Author: Ítala Duam Souza Narusawa
Committee:
Dr. Claudio Wilson Mendes Junior
Dra. Denise Cybis Fontana
Dra. Thais Gleice Martins Braga
Advisors:
Prof. Dr. Eliseu José Weber
Asymmetric mapping for spatial analysis of social vulnerability of informal urban cores of Porto Alegre – RS
Author: Dafne Cavalheiro dos Santos
Committee:
Dra. Claudia Robbi Sluter
Dra. Heleniza Ávila Campos
Dra. Julia Celia Mendes Strauch
Advisors:
Profa. Dra. Andrea Lopes Iescheck
Use of remote sensing in the analysis of impermeabilized surfaces and vegetation cover in Porto Alegre-RS
Author: Guilherme Rodrigues Camargo
Committee:
Dr. Clodis de Oliveira Andrades Filho
Dr. Marcos Wellausen Dias de Freitas
Dra. Tânia Marques Strohaecker
Advisors:
Prof. Dr. Luiz Felipe Velho
Hazard to hydrological processes in the municipality of Porto Alegre-RS
Author: Treicy Renata Belló Bengua
Committee:
Dr. Alfonso Risso
Dr. Laurindo Antonio Guasselli
Dr. Luis Eduardo de Souza Robaina
Advisors:
Prof. Dr. Guilherme Garcia de Oliveira
Analysis of the dynamics between desertification and forestry based on NDVI and surface emissivity
Author: Mauricio Oliveira Righ da Silva
Committee:
Dr. Alexandre Felipe Bruch
Dr. Clódis de Oliveira Andrades Filho
Dra. Flávia Cristiane Farina
Advisors:
Prof. Dr. Marciano Carneiro
Remote sensing applied to geological characterization and gold geological potential: sheet 34 of square degree 1135 (Lupilichi), Txitonga Group, Niassa province
Author: Ângela Carlos Benjamim Macuácua
Committee:
Dr. Alexandre Felipe Bruch
Dr. Marciano Carneiro
Dr. Norberto Dani
Advisors:
Prof. Dr. Clódis de Oliveira Andrades Filho
Assessment of gross primary productivity of grassland vegetation in the Brazilian Pampa biome: integration of field data, flux towers, and remote sensing
Author: Juan Carlos Guerra Blas
Committee:
Dr. Anderson Luis Ruhoff
Dra. Denise Cybis Fontana
Dr. Ricardo Acosta Gotuzo
Advisors:
Profa. Dra. Tatiana Mora Kuplich
Geological-geomorphological characterization of gullies in Fm. Tupanciretã in Rio Grande do Sul, using remote sensing tools and in situ data
Author: Henrique Roberto Schmitt
Committee:
Dr. Claudio Wilson Mendes Júnior
Dr. Guilherme Garcia de Oliveira
Dr. Norberto Dani
Advisors:
Prof. Dr. Clódis de Oliveira Andrades Filho
2024
Analysis of land cover and land use transitions in the Pampa Biome in areas of forest, herbaceous, and shrub vegetation suppression in 2022 compared to 1985
Author: Angelo Del Mestre da Rocha
Committee:
Dra. Andrea Lopes Iescheck
Dr. Guilherme Garcia de Oliveira
Dr. Heinrich Hasenack
Advisors:
Profa. Dra. Tatiana Mora Kuplich
Prof. Dr. Eliseu José Weber
Evaluation of land use change prediction models in three Brazilian biomes
Author: Macleidi Júnior Varnier
Committee:
Dr. Guilherme Garcia de Oliveira
Dr. Heinrich Hasenack
Dr. Laurindo Antonio Guasselli
Orientador:
Prof. Dr. Eliseu Jose Weber
Geomorphometry applied to the analysis of stability and mobility of interfluves in the Ibicuí and Jacuí water basins, southern Brazil
Author: Beatriz da Rosa Cargnin
Committee:
Dr. Claudio Wilson Mendes Junior
Dr. Michael Vinicius de Sordi
Dr. Sidnei Luís Bohn Gass
Advisors:
Prof. Dr. Clódis de Oliveira Andrades Filho
Prof. Dr. Fábio Corrêa Alves
Detection of plastic pollution using radiative transfer models and machine learning
Author: Douglas Galimberti Barbosa
Committee:
Dr. Guilherme Garcia de Oliveira
Dr. Fabricio Sanguinetti Criz de Oliveira
Dr. Roberto Pinto Souto
Advisor:
Prof. Dr. Cristiano Lima Hackmann
Coastal vulnerability index and temporal analysis of changes in the dune ecosystem in the district of Quintão-RS
Author: Filipe Aguiar Rocha
Committee:
Dr. Fernando Comerlato Scottá
Dra. Laura Dias Prestes
Dr. Marcos Wellausen Dias de Freitas
Advisor:
Profa. Dra. Tatiana Silva da Silva
Spatio-temporal analysis of the surface thermal field in Porto Alegre using Google Earth Engine
Author: Gabriel Amoretti Franco
Committee:
Da. Denise Cybis Fontana
Dra. Débora Regina Roberti
Dr. Heinrich Hasenack
Advisor:
Prof. Dr. Guilherme Garcia de Oliveira
Prof. Dr. Eliseu José Weber
2023
Studies of explosive cyclones between 2010 and 2020 in the South Atlantic from the perspective of two detection schemes
Author: Hugo Nunes Andrade
Committee:
Dr. Fabrício Sanguinetti Cruz de Oliveira
Dr. Mario Francisco Leal de Quadro
Dr. Vilson Dias de Avila
Advisors:
Profa. Dra. Rita de Cássia Marques Alves
Prof. Dr. André Becker Nunes
Geoprocessing applied to the analysis of suitability for urbanization in the municipality of Joinville-SC in relation to the occurrence of mass movements and floods
Author: Renato Ribeiro Mendonça
Committee:
Dr. Clódis de Oliveira Andrades Filho
Dr. Eliseu José Weber
Dra. Sandra Fernandes da Silva
Advisor:
Prof. Dr. Guilherme Garcia de Oliveira
Prof. Dr. Carlos Gustavo Tornquist
Dynamic spatial modeling: prospective mapping and land value
Author: Gustavo Diego Bledow
Committee:
Dr. Guilherme Garcia de Oliveira
Dra. Andrea Flávia Tenório Carneiro
Dra. Geisa Zanini Rorato
Advisor:
Profa. Dra. Andrea Lopes Iescheck
Systematic topographic mapping for urban areas in the Amazon Biome: a case study of Belém do Pará
Author: Nicolas França dos Santos Rodrigues
Committee:
Dra. Andrea Lopes Iescheck
Dr. Clódis de Oliveira Andrades Filho
Dr. João Meza Bravo
Advisor:
Profa. Dra. Claudia Robbi Sluter
Climate zones and surface urban heat islands in Porto Alegre (RS – Brazil) between 2002 and 2023
Author: Rodrigo Passos Fernandes
Committee:
Dr. Antônio Geraldo Ferreira
Dr. Claudio Wilson Mendes Júnior
Dr. Eduardo Rodrigues Viana de Lima
Advisor:
Prof. Dr. Marcos Wellausen Dias de Freitas
Prof. Dr. Victor Fernandez Nascimento
Detection and quantification of completeness and thematic accuracy errors in the topographic mapping of Porto Alegre
Author: Márcia Anelise Atzler Hoffart
Committee:
Dra. Claudia Robbi Sluter
Dr. Sergio Florencio de Souza
Dra. Silvana Philippi Camboim
Advisor:
Profa. Dra. Andrea Lopes Iescheck
Using geoinformation in the management of the impacts from trail visits in the Aparados da Serra National Park
Author: Luana Daniela da Silva Peres
Committee:
Dr. Clódis de Oliveira Andrade Filho
Dr. Celson Roberto Canto Silva
Dra. Tatiana Mora Kuplich
Advisor:
Profa. Dra. Claudia Robbi Sluter
Prof. Dr. Luiz Felipe Velho
Ecosystemic modeling of risk and quality of coastal dunes in southern Brazil, Uruguay and northern Argentina
Author: José Augusto Müller Neto
Committee:
Dra. Taís de Fátima Ramos Guimarães
Dr. Fernando Comerlato Scottá
Dr. Marcos Wellausen Dias de Freitas
Advisor:
Prof. Dr. Cláudio Wilson Mendes Junior
Profa. Dra. Tatiana Silva da Silva
Ecosystem-based environmental management of ports: a proposal for the port of Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Author: Juliane Coelho Lenhard
Committee:
Profa. Dra. Dione Iara Silveira Kitzmann
Prof. Dr. Fernando Comerlato Scottá
Prof. Dr. Marcos Wellausen Dias de Freitas
Advisor:
Profa. Dra. Tatiana Silva da Silva
Prof. Dr. Milton Lafourcade Asmus
Machine learning applied to the mapping of marine plastic pollution in images from the MSI/Sentinel-2 sensor
Author: Bianca Matos de Barros
Committee:
Prof. Dr. Fabricio Sanguinetti Cruz de Oliveira
Prof. Dr. Guilherme Garcia de Oliveira
Profa. Dra. Mariana Recamonde Mendoza
Advisor:
Profa. Dra. Silvia Beatriz Alves Rolim
Prof. Dr. Cristiano Lima Hackmann
Relationship between coastal protection services and the market value of real estate on the north coast of Rio Grande do Sul (RS)
Author: Daniela Forgiarini da Silva
Committee:
Prof. Dr. Fernando Comerlato Scottá
Prof. Dr. Marcos Wellausen Dias de Freitas
Prof. Dr. Vinícius Halmenschlager
Advisor:
Profa. Dra. Tatiana Silva da Silva
Profa. Dra. Luciana Slomp Esteves
Interaction of spatial modeling and remote sensing as an evaluation method for the red list of ecosystems: Campo com Barba-de-Bode, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Author: Bruna Batista Kappes
Committee:
Prof. Dr. Marcos Wellausen Dias de Freitas
Profa. Dra. Marinez Eymael Garcia Scherer
Prof. Dr. Eliseu José Weber
Advisor:
Profa. Dra. Tatiana Mora Kuplich
Profa. Dra. Tatiana Silva da Silva
Analysis of the spatio-temporal behavior of fire in grassland formations of the Atlantic Forest Biome in the state of Rio Grande do Sul
Author: Pâmela Boelter Herrmann
Committee:
Prof. Dr. Clódis de Oliveira Andrades Filho
Prof. Dr. Pedro Ribeiro de Andrade Neto
Profa. Dra. Tatiana Mora Kuplich
Advisor:
Prof. Dr. Victor Fernandez Nascimento
Prof. Dr. Marcos Wellausen Dias de Freitas
2022
Temporal mapping and prediction of urban patches in the metropolitan region of Porto Alegre – RS, using geotechnologies and remote sensors
Author: Andressa Garcia Fontana
Committee:
Prof. Dr. Guilherme Garcia de Oliveira
Prof. Dr. Marcos Wellausen Dias de Freitas
Prof. Dr. Alessandro Carvalho Miola
Advisor:
Prof. Dr. Victor Fernandez Nascimento
Spatio-temporal distribution of evapotranspirative flow in the state of Rio Grande do Sul
Author: Felipe Cavallini Crespo
Committee:
Profa. Dra. Tatiana Mora Kuplich
Dr. Anderson Luis Ruhoff
Profa. Dra. Debora Regina Robert
Advisor:
Profa. Dra. Denise Cybis Fontana
Evaluation of single channel methods for estimating the Earth’s surface temperature in the southern hemisphere from thermal infrared orbital data
Author: Savannah Tâmara Lemos da Costa
Committee:
Prof. Dr. Jorge Ricardo Ducati
Dra. Nájila Souza da Rocha
Dr. Bijeesh Kozhikkodan Veettil
Advisor:
Profa. Dra. Silvia Beatriz Alves Rolim
Study of geoid and quasi-geoid separation in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Author: Susana Amaral Torres
Committee:
Prof. Dr. Felipe Geremia Nievinski
Prof. Dr. Reginaldo Macedônio da Silva
Prof. Dr. Gilberto Gagg
Advisor:
Prof. Dr. Sérgio Florêncio de Souza
2021
Detection of successional stages by remote sensing in forest fragments of Altos de Canguçu – RS
Author: Vinicius Lorini da Costa
Committee:
Prof. Dr. Cláudio Wilson Mendes Júnior
Profa. Dra. Tatiana Mora Kuplich
Prof. Dr. Veraldo Liesenberg
Advisor:
Prof. Dr. Marcos Wellausen Dias de Freitas
Object-oriented analysis for land use and land cover classification using imagery from UAVs and nano-satellites
Author: Bruno Jose Bonho Link Barbosa
Committee:
Profa. Dra. Kátia Kellem da Rosa
Prof. Dr. Guilherme Garcia de Oliveira
Prof. Dr. Victor Fernandez Nascimento
Advisor:
Prof. Dr. Cláudio Wilson Mendes Júnior
Prof. Dr. Marcos Wellausen Dias de Freitas
Atmospheric correction of thermal images using high-resolution vertical profiles simulated by a mesoscale model
Author: Lucas Ribeiro Diaz
Committee:
Prof. Dr. Anderson Luis Ruhoff
Dr. Dražen Skoković
Profa. Dra. Rita de Cássia Marques Alves
Advisor:
Profa. Dra. Silvia Beatriz Alves Rolim
Contribution to the determination of geoid and quasi-geoid separation in the Brazilian territory
Author: Franck Rosa da Silva
Committee:
Prof. Dr. Felipe Geremia Nievinski
Prof. Dr. Reginaldo Macedônio da Silva
Prof. Dr. Roosevelt de Lara Santos Junior
Advisor:
Prof. Dr. Sergio Florencio de Souza
Quantification and classification of obstacles risk at the Porto Alegre international airport – Salgado Filho
Author: Gabriela Pasetto Falavigna
Committee:
Profa. Dra. Claudia Robbi Sluter
Profa. Dra. Heleniza Ávila Campos
Profa. Dra. Silvana Philippi Camboim
Advisor:
Profa. Dra. Andrea Lopes Iescheck
Prof. Dr. Sergio Florencio de Souza
Evaluation of methods for the automatic extraction of morphostructural and magnetic lineaments in the southwestern region of the Sul-Riograndense Shield
Author: Catherine Vargas Goulart
Committee:
Profa. Dra. Kátia Kellem da Rosa
Prof. Dr. Marcos Wellausen Dias de Freitas
Prof. Dr. Norberto Dani
Advisor:
Profa. Dra. Claudia Robbi Sluter
GNSS reflectometry for water level measurement: improving temporal resolution with a vertical sensor array
Author: Maurício Kenji Yamawaki
Committee:
Prof. Dr. Sergio Florencio de Souza
Prof. Dr. Reginaldo Macedônio da Silva
Prof. Dr. Ivandro Klein
Advisor:
Prof. Dr. Felipe Geremia Nievinski
The effect of terrestrial curvature on GNSS reflectometry
Author: Vitor Hugo de Almeida Junior
Committee
Prof. Dr. Sergio Florêncio de Souza
Prof. Dr. Gilberto Gagg
Prof. Dr. Vinicius Francisco Rofatto
Advisor:
Prof. Dr. Felipe Geremia Nievinski
Regionalization of Q95 using geoprocessing, in the Guaíba hydrographic region, RS
Author: Jordano Francisco Zagonel
Committee:
Prof. Dr. Laurindo Antonio Guasselli
Prof. Dr. Victor Fernandez Nascimento
Prof. Dr. Leonardo Gruber
Advisor:
Profa. Dra. Rita de Cássia Marques Alves
Prof. Dr. Guilherme Garcia de Oliveira