Vânia Lima

Profile

Research Group: RG4 – Continental margins and the deep ocean frontier
Position at IDL: PhD Student
Job: Grant Researcher 
Email: vclima@fc.ul.pt 
Room: 8.29B 
Academic Degree and field of specialization: 

BSc Mechanical Engineering & MSc Fluid Mechanics

Scientific Informations

ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2653-2649

SCOPUS ID: http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=55360847600

Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vania_Lima9

Scientific Interests

Main Interests: 

HF radar technology

Numerical modeling of tsunamis

Hydrodynamic modeling (non-linear and dispersive phenomena)

Coastal Hazards

Earthquakes

Science outreach

Top 10 Publications: 

Vânia Veloso Lima, P. Avilez-Valente, M.A. Baptista, J.M. Miranda (2019). Generation of N-waves in laboratory. Coastal Engineering, Volume 148, June 2019, Pages 1-18, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2019.02.012.

S. Custódio, Vânia Veloso Lima, D. Vales, S. Cesca and F. Carrilho (2016). Imaging active faults in a region of distributed deformation from the joint clustering of focal mechanisms and hypocenters: Application to the Azores-Western Mediterranean region. Tectonophysics, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2016.03.013.

Vânia Veloso Lima; Vales, D.; Custodio, S.; Carrilho, F. (2013). Real-time moment tensor inversion of earthquakes in Portugal. S101PS.06, IASPEI 2013.

Dias N.A., S. Custodio, G. Madureira, F. Carrilho, C.A. Haberland, A. Brazio, C.Corela, P. Alves, E. Gongora, C. Marreiros, J. Narciso, B. Caldeira, Vânia Lima, A.Villasenor & D. Vales. (2012). WILAS Project: First Results from a Dense Broadband Deployment in Portugal. AGU2012 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, 3-7 December, Abstract T23F-2747.

S. Custódio, J. Battlo, D. Martins, F. Antunes, J. Narciso, S. Carvalho, Vânia Veloso Lima, F. Lopes, P. Ribeiro, R. Sleeman, E. I. Alves and C. R. Gomes (2012). Station COI: Undusting an Old Seismic Station. Seismological Research Letters, 83 (5). doi:10.1785/0220120014

Vânia Veloso Lima, J. M. Miranda, M. A. Baptista, J. Catalão, M. Gonzalez, M. Olabarrieta, A. Alvarez-Gomez, E. Carreno (2010). Impact of a 1755-like Tsunami in Huelva, Spain. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 10, 139–148. doi:10.5194/nhess-10-139-2010

Miranda J. M., Baptista M. A., Omira R., Vânia Lima (2009). Mapping Tsunami Hazard along the Gulf of Cadiz – Overview of TRANSFER, NEAREST and ERSTA projects. 24 International Tsunami Symposium, Novosibirsk, 14-17 July 2009.

Álvarez-Gómez, J.A.; Otero, L., Olabarrieta, M.; González, M.; Carreño, E.; Baptista, M.A.; Miranda, J.M.; Medina, R.; Vânia Lima (2009). Generation of deterministic tsunami hazard maps in the Bay of Cádiz, South-west Spain. EGU General Assembly 2009, Vol. 11, EGU2009-4672-3.

Vânia Lima, Miranda, J., Baptista, M., Catalão, J., Gonzalez, M., Olabrieta M., (2008). Inundation patterns in Huelva, SW Europe, due to tsunami impact. Eos Trans.AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS53B-1304, 15-19 December, San Francisco, Califórnia.

Vânia Lima, Miranda J. M., Baptista M. A., Catalão J., Gonzalez M., Soares P. M. M. (2008). Spatial distribution of tsunami height and the extent inundation along the southwestern Iberian coast for the 1755 event. European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2008, Vienna.

Vânia Lima, J.M Miranda, M.A. Baptista, M. Olabrieta, L.Otero, P M Soares, M. Gonzalez, E Carreno. (2007). Modeling Tsunami Inundation in the Gulf of Cadiz – Preliminary Results. IUGG2007 (XXIV General Assembly International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics). 2-13 July 2007, Peruggia, Italy.

Projects (10 most relevant): 

FEMWAVE – Métodos de elementos finitos a 2DH para modelos de ondas não lineares e dispersivas

TRANSFER – Tsunami risk and strategies for the European region

ERSTA – Estudo do Risco Sísmico e de Tsunamis no Algarve

AKNES/TAJFORD – Numerical simulations of tsunamis from potential and historical rock slides in Storfjorden

ART-SEIS – Automated Real-Time Broad Band Seismology in the Azores-Gibraltar region

OCASO – Observatório Costeiro Ambiental do SudOueste

Partially contributed to projects NEAREST – Near Sources of Earthquakes and Tsunamis and WILAS – West Iberia Lithosphere and Astenosphere Structure

Conferences (last 15 presentations): 

Vânia Lima & CFR Santos Fernandes (2020).  Deteção de tsunamis com base na tecnologia radar HF. Conferência IDEIA 2020, Escola Naval, 23-24 Janeiro 2020.

Vânia Lima & CFR Santos Fernandes (2019). Tsunami arrival detection with high frequency (HF) radar technology. MarineTech2019 &  International Workshop Linking Earth Observation Data and Sustainable Development across the Atlantic, CCE, 3-5 December 2019.

Vânia Lima & CFR Santos Fernandes (2019).  Deteção de tsunamis com base na tecnologia radar HF. Dia Internacional dos Tsunamis, Instituto Hidrográfico, 5 Novembro 2019.

Vânia Lima, Maria Ana Baptista, Paulo Avilez-Valente e Miguel Miranda (2016). A combined model for tsunami propagation, transformation and coastal interactions. ICUR 2016, Lisboa, Portugal, 30 Junho – 2 Julho 2016.

Vânia Lima, Maria Ana Baptista, Paulo Avilez-Valente, Miguel Miranda (2016). A combined model for tsunami generation and propagation. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 18, EGU2016-10028, EGU General Assembly 2016.

Custodio S., Vânia Lima, Vales D., Carrilho F. and Cesca S. (2015). Imaging active faults in a region of distributed deformation from joint focal mechanism and hypocenter clustering: Application to western Iberia. S14B-03, San Francisco, California, AGU 2015.

Custódio, S., Dias N., Arrocau P., Matos C., Vânia Lima, Carrilho F. (2014) An improved image of the seismicity of Portugal – First Results. 2nd European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, 25-29 Aug., Istanbul.

Vânia Lima, Baptista, M.A., Miranda J.M. (2014). Tsunami impact study using the Cornell Multi-grid Coupled Tsunami Model (COMCOT). 13th International workshop on Multiscale (Un)-structured mesh numerical Modeling for coastal, shelf, and global ocean dynamics, LNEC, Lisbon, Portugal, 25-27 August 2014.

Vânia Lima; Vales, D.; Custodio, S.; Carrilho, F. (2013). Real-time moment tensor inversion of earthquakes in Portugal. S101PS.06, IASPEI 2013.

Custódio, S., F. Carrilho, S. Dündar, E. Gongóra, Vânia Lima, C. Marreiros, I. Rio, G. Silveira, P. Arroucau, N. Dias (2014), A new look at the seismo-tectonics of Portugal, EGU General Assembly 2014, Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 16, EGU2014-14118.

Dias N.A., S. Custódio, G. Silveira, F. Carrilho, C. Haberland, Vânia Lima, I. Rio, E. Góngora, C. Marreiros, I. Morais, D. Vales, J. Fonseca, B. Caldeira, A. Villaseñor and the WILAS team (2013). Seismicity in West Iberia: small scale seismicity recording from a Dense Seismic Broadband Deployment in Portugal (WILAS Project), EGU General Assembly 2013, Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 15, EGU2013-6012.

Custódio, S., Dias N., Arrocau P., Matos C., Vânia Lima, Carrilho F. (2014) An improved image of the seismicity of Portugal – First Results. 2nd European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, 25-29 Aug., Istanbul.

Vales D., Vânia Lima, S. Custódio, F. Carrilho, N.A. Dias (2013). Mecanismos focais de sismos na região SW da Iberia. 8.º Simpósio de Meteorologia e Geofísica da APMG, Ericeira, 18-20 Março 2013.

Vânia Lima, S. Custódio, M. Bezzeghoud, B. Caldeira, J. Borges, L. Matias, N. Dias. (2013). Base de dados de mecanismos focais da zona do Atlântico Norte entre os Açores e a região Mediterrânica Central. 8.º Simpósio de Meteorologia e Geofísica da APMG, Ericeira, 18-20 Março 2013.

Vales D., Vânia Lima, S. Custódio, F. Carrilho, N.A. Dias e WILAS Team. (2013). Mecanismos focais de sismos na região SW da Iberia, Resumos do 8.º Simpósio de Meteorologia e Geofísica da APMG, Ericeira, 6 pp.

Vânia Lima and S. Custódio (2013). Earthquakes in and around Portugal: Database of hypocenters and focal mechanisms. WILAS Project Workshop, IPMA, 22nd February 2013.

S. Custódio, C. Marreiros, S. Carvalho, D. Vales, Vânia Lima, F. Carrilho (2012). Real-Time Seismology in Portugal. San Francisco, Califórnia, AGU 2012.

Dias N.A., S. Custodio, G. Madureira, F. Carrilho, C.A. Haberland, A. Brazio, C.Corela, P. Alves, E. Gongora, C. Marreiros, J. Narciso, B. Caldeira, Vânia Lima, A.Villasenor & D. Vales. (2012). WILAS Project: First Results from a Dense Broadband Deployment in Portugal. AGU2012 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, 3-7 December, Abstract T23F-2747.

Vânia Lima, A. Domingues & S. Custódio (2012). Waveform Analysis of Regional Earthquakes in Southwestern Iberia, 7AHPGG – 7.ª Assembleia Hispano Portuguesa de Geodesia e Geofisica, June 2012, San Sebastian, Spain.

Awards: 

PhD Grant: SFRH/BD/96725/2013, Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT)