Pedro Pina

 
 

Profile

Research Group: RG2 – Ocean, coastal and land surface processes
Position at IDL: Researcher
Job: Associate Professor with Habilitation at the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Email: ppina@dct.uc.pt

Academic Degree and field of specialization: 

  • 2018 - Habilitation in Georesources, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon

  • 1999 - PhD in Mining Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon

Scientific Informations

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3199-7961

SCOPUS ID: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7003294807

Researcher ID: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/B-4879-2008

Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pedro-Pina-2

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=VM0VrDoAAAAJ

Website: https://apps.uc.pt/mypage/faculty/uc46363/en

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS

Main Interests: 

My main research interests are focused on looking for patterns on planetary surfaces through remote sensing. I am particularly interested in integrating multisource and multiscale imagery to improve the characterization detail and enlarge the multitemporal monitoring of surface patterns and processes. The interest on using terrestrial analogues from polar regions has driven me to lead and participate regularly in field campaigns in Antarctica and the Arctic.

Top 10 Publications: 

  • Freitas P., Vieira G., Canário J., Vincent W.F., Pina P., Mora C., 2024, A trained mask R-CNN model over Planetscope imagery for very-high resolution surface water mapping in boreal forest-tundra. Remote Sensing of Environment, 304, 114047: 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2024.114047

  • Tanguy R., Whalen D., Prates G., Pina P., Freitas P., Bergstedt H., Vieira G., 2023. Permafrost degradation in the ice-wedge tundra terrace of Paulatuk Peninsula (Darnley Bay, Canada), Geomorphology, 435, 108754: 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2023.108754

  • Pina P., Vieira G., 2022. UAVs for science in Antarctica. Remote Sensing, 14(7), 1610: 1--39. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14071610}{doi:10.3390/rs14071610

  • Vieira G., Mora C., Pina P., Ramalho R., Fernandes R., 2021. UAV-based very high resolution point cloud, digital surface model and orthomosaic of the Chã das Caldeiras lava fields (Fogo, Cabo Verde). Earth System Science Data, 13(7): 3179-3201. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-3179-2021

  • Basso D., Colnago M., Azevedo S., Silva E., Pina P., Casaca W., 2021. Combining morphological filtering, anisotropic diffusion and block-based data replication for automatically detecting and inpainting unscanned gaps in remote sensing images. Earth Science Informatics, 14(3): 1145-1158. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12145-021-00613-6

  • Canora C., Vilanova S.P., Pro-Diáz Y.D., Pina P., Heleno S., 2021. Evidence of surface rupture associated with historical earthquakes in the Lower Tagus Valley, Portugal. Implications for seismic hazard in the Greater Lisbon Area. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9, 620778: 1-17. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.620778

  • Pereira F., Marques J.S., Heleno S., Pina P., 2020. Detection and delineation of sorted stone circles in Antarctica. Remote Sensing, 12(1), 160: 1-15. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12010160

  • Miranda V., Pina P., Heleno S., Vieira G., Mora C., Schaefer C.E.G.R., 2020. Monitoring recent changes of vegetation in Fildes Peninsula (King George Island, Antarctica) through satellite imagery guided by UAV surveys. Science of the Total Environment, 704, 135295, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135295

  • Lousada M., Pina P., Vieira G., Bandeira L., Mora C., 2018. Evaluation of the use of very high-resolution aerial imagery for accurate ice-wedge polygon mapping (Adventdalen, Svalbard). Science of the Total Environment, 615: 1574-1583. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.09.153

  • Pina P., Vieira G., Bandeira L., Mora C., 2016. Accurate determination of surface reference data in digital photographs in ice-free surfaces of Maritime Antarctica. Science of the Total Environment, 573: 290-302. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.08.104

Projects (10 most relevant): 

  • THAWIMPACT – Antarctic Peninsula permafrost under a changing climate: sensitivity, fate and impacts, 2023-2026. Funded by FCT (2022.06628.PTDC), partner coordinator.

  • CAMOES – Characterization and monitoring framework for sorted stone circles in Antarctica, 2023-2024, Funded by PROPOLAR, PI.

  • VEGETANTAR – Multitemporal vegetation mapping in the Antarctic Peninsula through multiscale remote sensing, 2018-2022. Funded by PROPOLAR, PI.

  • NUNATARYUK – Permafrost thaw and the changing arctic coast: science for socio-economic adaptation, 2017-2022. Funded by EU (H2020-BG-2017), team member.

  • ALTITUD3 – Assessment of low-cost aerial systems for natural terrain 3D mapping, 2018-2021. Funded by FCT (PTDC/EAM-REM/30475/2017), co-PI.

  • FIRE – Fogo Island volcano: Multidisciplinary research on 2014 eruption, 2016-2019. Funded by FCT (PTDC/GEOGEO/1123/2014), partner coordinator.

  • AULIS – Automated landslides inventory based on very high spatial resolution images, 2012-2015. Funded by FCT (PTDC/ECM/116611/2010), PI.

  • ANIMAR – Automated annotation of images from the surface of Mars, 2011-2014. Funded by FCT (PTDC/CTE-SPA/109909/2009), PI.

  • ANAPOLIS – Analysis of polygonal terrains on Mars based on terrestrial analogues, 2010-2012. Funded by FCT (PTDC/CTE-SPA/099041/2008), PI.

  • MAGIC – Mars atmospheric, geologic and exobiologic classification, 2004-2009. Funded by FCT (PDCTE/CTA/49724/03), team coordinator (2004-2006) and PI (2006-2009).

  • PIMHAI – Multispectral and hyperspectral imagery analysis from acquisition to decision making and expertise in environmental management, 2004-2009. Funded by EU-(Interreg IIIb, Atlantic Area, 190), partner coordinator.