{"id":2607,"date":"2025-06-06T11:35:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T14:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ufrgs.br\/ppgsr\/?page_id=2607"},"modified":"2025-06-06T11:35:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T14:35:15","slug":"research-projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ufrgs.br\/ppgsr\/en\/institutional\/about\/research-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">As part of the program&#8217;s lines of research, PPGSR professors coordinate dozens of research projects, many of them funded by funding agencies such as FINEP, CNPq, CAPES and FAPERGS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-c3a3317f4a58354a37266abd483c2763 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>CARTOGRAPHY AND GEOINFORMATION SCIENCE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Three-dimensional representation and modeling of geospatial data to support the mapping of risk areas; Coordinator: Andrea Lopes Iescheck.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Establishment of Standards for Basic Scales and Symbology for Systematic Terrestrial Mapping according to the Characteristics of Urban and Rural Landscapes in Brazilian Biomes; Coordinator: Claudia Robbi Sluter.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Integrated Analysis and Training in the Acquisition and Structuring of Geographic Data; Coordinator: Tatiana Silva da Silva.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Participatory GIS to support management and decision-making in conservation units: Taim Ecological Station; Coordinator: Tatiana Silva da Silva.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Application of remote sensors in cartography; Coordinator: Claudia Robbi Sluter.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Studies on social vulnerability through the eyes of cartography and urbanism; Coordinator: Andrea Lopes Iescheck.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-719cf7ec7db1494d007f9c42312e80a2 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Subsidies for crop monitoring and forecasting programs in Rio Grande do Sul using remote sensing techniques and agrometeorological modeling; Coordinator: Denise Cybis Fontana.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Space-time pattern of the energy balance in cultivated areas in Rio Grande do Sul; Coordinator: Denise Cybis Fontana.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Study of the dispersion of pollutants in the atmosphere using remote sensing and geoprocessing techniques; Coordinator: Rita de C\u00e1ssia Marques Alves.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monitoring of agrometeorological elements by satellites; Coordinator: Denise Cybis Fontana.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Evaluation, monitoring and forecasting of air quality in the region of the industrial complex of Rio Grande &#8211; RS; Coordinator: Rita de C\u00e1ssia Marques Alves.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-91d0a6fca3f4169cb860386605bf0e57 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SATELLITE GEODESY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Geocentric monitoring of coastal sea level supported by GPS\/GNSS; Coordinator: Felipe Geremia Nievinski.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mass sea level monitoring with reflectometric GPS tide gauges; Coordinator: Felipe Geremia Nievinski.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hybrid GNSS\/tide gauge stations using the multipath reflectometry technique; Coordinator: Felipe Geremia Nievinski.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New generation of reflectometric GPS sensors for sea level monitoring; Coordinator: Felipe Geremia Nievinski.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Study of satellites used to map the gravity field (CHAMP, GRACE and GOCE missions); Coordinator: Sergio Florencio de Souza.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Study of geoid and quasi-geoid separation in Brazilian territory; Coordinator: Sergio Florencio de Souza.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IAG\/GGOS Joint Working Group 4.3.9 on GNSS Reflectometry; Coordinator: Felipe Geremia Nievinski;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coastal sea level monitoring using GPS\/GNSS reflectometry at high altitudes; Coordinator: Felipe Geremia Nievinski.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>TideSat &#8211; a geodetic remote sensing startup; Coordinator: Felipe Geremia Nievinski.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-8df398982d2dd331c1a08e5de709a864 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>IMAGE PROCESSING<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Development of new methodologies for classifying digital images (pattern recognition); Coordinator: Daniel Capella Zanotta.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mapping and classifying wetlands using remote sensing and data mining, Pampa Biome; Coordinator: Laurindo Antonio Guasselli.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-13299582bc2d6d0da70c81b144606b43 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>APPLIED REMOTE SENSING<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Elaboration of the municipal risk reduction plan for Porto Alegre\/RS. Coordinator: Guilherme Garcia de Oliveira.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Modeling spatial dynamics to generate scenarios for changes in land use and cover in the state of Rio Grande do Sul; Coordinator: Marcos Wellausen Dias de Freitas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) coupled with small format cameras for use in geomorphological modeling and geological problems; Coordinator: Cl\u00e1udio Wilson Mendes J\u00fanior.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Generation of indicators for monitoring and forecasting crops; Coordinator: Denise Cybis Fontana.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mapping for wetland conservation strategies aimed at mitigating and resilience to climate disasters, metropolitan region of Porto Alegre &#8211; RS; Coordinator: Laurindo Antonio Guasselli.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Relationship between flood areas and leptospirosis in Rio Grande do Sul, based on geoprocessing; Coordinator: Laurindo Antonio Guasselli.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thermal infrared radiative transfer processes; Coordinator: Silvia Beatriz Alves Rolim.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Geoprocessing applied to environmental management; Coordinator: Tatiana Silva da Silva.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Applications of Remote Sensing and Geoprocessing to Disaster Risk Management; Coordinator: Guilherme Garcia de Oliveira.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Modeling spatial dynamics to generate scenarios of changes in land use and cover (CEN\u00c1RIOS); Coordinator: Marcos Wellausen Dias de Freitas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Machine learning and geotechnologies for spatial prediction of floods and mass movements; Coordinator: Guilherme Garcia de Oliveira.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wetlands: mapping and object-based classification from remote sensing in Rio Grande do Sul; Coordinator: Laurindo Antonio Guasselli.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brazilian biomes by remote sensing; Coordinator: Laurindo Antonio Guasselli.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Development of integrated spatial models for mapping and simulating areas susceptible to extreme hydro-meteorological events; Coordinator: Guilherme Garcia de Oliveira.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Development and testing of methodologies for monitoring and forecasting crops in Brazil. Coordinator: Denise Cybis Fontana.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Integration of remote sensing and in situ data in the analysis of tectono-sedimentary evolution in the cretaceous-quaternary in the southern portion of the Paran\u00e1 basin, southern brazil; Coordinator: Cl\u00f3dis de Oliveira Andrades Filho.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Game of trump satellites and sensors: a card for the extension and teaching of remote sensing; Coordinator: Cl\u00f3dis de Oliveira Andrades Filho.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mapping of Rio Grande do Sul using satellite images; Coordinator: Claudio Wilson Mendes Junior.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spatial forecasting of extreme hydrological events: new approaches that integrate geotechnologies and remote sensing with hydrological and machine learning models; Coordinator: Guilherme Garcia de Oliveira.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Port Environmental Management Program &#8211; Port of Porto Alegre; Coordinator: Tatiana Silva da Silva.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Radiometry support, monitoring and surveying by remote sensing in the R.G.S.; Coordinator: Jos\u00e9 Eduardo da Silveira Costa.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remote sensing applied to geosciences; Coordinator: Laurindo Antonio Guasselli.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remote sensing of vegetation; Coordinator: Tatiana Mora Kuplich.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remote sensing generating indices for monitoring vegetation dynamics and variability; Coordinator: Denise Cybis Fontana.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Development of strategies for prevention, warning and response to extreme geo-hydrological events to reduce the risks associated with floods, torrents and mass movements in the Taquari-Antas River Basin; Coordinator: Guilherme Garcia de Oliveira.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elaboration of the municipal risk reduction plan for Porto Alegre\/RS. Coordinator: Guilherme Garcia de Oliveira.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remote sensing of vegetation; Coordinator: Tatiana Mora Kuplich.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remote sensing generating indices for monitoring vegetation dynamics and variability; Coordinator: Denise Cybis Fontana.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Development of strategies for prevention, warning and response to extreme geo-hydrological events to reduce risks associated with floods, torrents and mass movements in the Taquari-Antas River Basin; Coordinator: Guilherme Garcia de Oliveira.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the program&#8217;s lines of research, PPGSR professors coordinate dozens of research projects, many of them funded by funding agencies such as FINEP, CNPq, CAPES and FAPERGS. 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