Opening Session

• Rector of the University of Évora;
• President of the Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation  (FCT);
• President of the School of Science and Technology;
• President of the Scientific Council of Science and Technology;
• President of IIFA;
• Director of the Geophysics Centre of Évora.

Invited speaker, chairman: Prof. Rui Rosa

Doctor Nuno Lourenço (Coordinator of the Office of Research, Development and Innovation in the Mission Structure for Maritime Affairs)

The Role of Geosciences in the project of extension of the continental shelf of Portugal

Opening Communication:

Energy, flows, and evolution of structures as a basis for understanding the phenomenology Geosphere

Oral Communications*:

Luís Albardeiro, C. Gama, M.J.R. Silva e P. Baptista
Interannual sub-aerial beach variability along a sector of the Tróia-Sines embayed coast

Gérson Fernandes, I. Malico, P.F. Sousa e L. Pina
Analysis of a photovoltaic unit using computational fluid dynamics

Paulo Amaral, A. Correia, G. Vieira e M. Ramos
Physical properties of rocks from Hurd Peninsula (Livingston Island, Maritime Antarctica)

Nuno Zacarias, J.P. Pinto, C. Gama e R. Salgado
Wind effect in storm wave parameters along the Tróia-Sines embayed coast, Southwest Portugal

Dina Santos, M.J. Costa, A.M. Silva e R. Salgado
Modelling regional indirect radiative effect of aerosols from the Sahara Desert

Opening Communication:

J. Fernando Borges
Seismic Hazard Assessment in the Lower Tagus Valley - a deterministic approach

Oral Communications*:

João Rocha, M. Bezzeghoud, B. Caldeira, J.F. Borges, N.  Dias, L. Matias e A.A. Araújo
Southern Portugal Microseismicity and its implications in the Seismotectonic context of the Algarvian region

Boris Le Goff e D. Fitzenz
Inferring activity rates and geographical limits between contiguous zones: a Bayesian approach to seismic source modeling

Ruben Santos, B. Caldeira, M. Bezzeghoud, J.F. Borges
Determination of the seismic deformation field by radar interferometry (InSAR): Examples

Oral Communications (cont.):

Nadine Pereira, A.A. Araújo, M. Bezzeghoud, J.F. Borges, J. Carneiro e A. Correia
Identification of CO2 storage sites in the area of onshore Lusitanian Basin

Fátima Cardoso, T. Cunha, P. Terrinha, J. Carneiro e C. Ribeiro
Evaluation of offshore Portugal basins potential for CO2 storage

Nuno Pereira Santos, M. Bezzeghoud e N.C. Santos
TransitLC, a new transiting extra-solar planets lightcurve fitting software

André Albino, H.G. Silva, M. Bezzeghoud, B. Caldeira, J.F. Borges e M. Tlemçani
Chaotic behaviour of seismic mechanisms: observation and models

Mónica Branquinho, Y. Itai, I. Malico e A.C.M. Brasil
Simulation of a Downdraft Gasifier


Fátima Cardoso, T. Cunha e P. Terrinha
Extensional tectonics and westwards migration of rifting in the Porto Basin, North Portugal

Mónica Ferreira e D. Bortoli
Seasonal and Diurnal variation of UV radiation in Évora with analysis of spectrometric measurements

Oriana Gonçalves e A.M. Silva
Relationship between UV radiation and fog in the region of Évora

Jana Preißler, F. Wagner e J.L. Guerrero-Rascado
One year of aerosol observations with a multi-wavelength Raman lidar in Évora

Mário Santana, N.P. Santos, M. Bezzeghoud e B. Caldeira
Mass–Radius Relationship in Extrasolar Planets

Ricardo Torres, J.F. Borges, M. Bezzeghoud e B. Caldeira
Prediction of strong-motion seismic movements in Portugal – an approach based in the finite-difference method

Ana Filipa Domingues, D. Bortoli, e A.M. Silva
Determination of NO2 amount in polluted air masses over Évora - Portugal, during 2010 with remote sensing measurements

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Opening Communication:

Relevance of satellite remote sensing in climate research

Oral Communications*:

Flávio Couto, R. Salgado e M.J. Costa
Mechanisms of formation and intensification of precipitation in the Madeira Island

Vijayalaxmi Dasari, H.P. Dasari, R. Salgado e D. Bortoli
Analysis of atmospheric conditions for summer 2010 over Portugal

Marta Melgão, M.J. Costa e A.M. Silva
Comparison of total ozone column content given by satellite and retrieved from ground-based remote sensing

Sérgio Pereira, F. Wagner e A.M. Silva
Characterization of climate relevant aerosol properties observed near the surface in Portugal

Oral Communications (cont.):

João Perdigão, R. Salgado, H. Prasad, M.J. Costa, M. Mendes e L. Nunes
Variability of surface solar radiation in Portugal

Miguel Potes, M. J. Costa e  R. Salgado
Satellite remote sensing of water turbidity in Alqueva Reservoir

Vanda Salgueiro, M. Potes, M.J. Costa, A.M. Silva e R.N. Rosa
Cloud properties retrievals from different radiative transfer approaches

Cláudia Serrano, H.G. Silva, A.H. Reis, M. Bezzeghoud, R.N. Rosa, J.F. Borges, B. Caldeira, M. Tlemçani e M.M. Oliveira
Influence of seismic activity in the atmospheric electrical field in Lisbon (Portugal) from 1961 until 1991

Marco Manso, H.G. Silva e M. Bezzeghoud
PLASMA, a high-performing and open platform for the integration of heterogeneous sensor networks

Opening Communication:

Júlio Carneiro
Activity of the CGE in geological storage of CO2

Oral Communications*:

Hélder Almeida e A.C. Teodoro
Spatio-temporal variability analysis of the Douro River plume using MERIS data calibrated for the concentration of TSM

Pedro Almeida e R. Dias
The origin of the ENE-WSW Bani crest in the area of Tata (Anti-Atlas, Morroco):
a smaller analogue of the major E-W variscan shear zones

Ana Branco Fernandes, C. Roque, P. Terrinha, N. Lourenço e M.P. Abreu
Seismic Stratigraphy of the West Madeira Abyssal Plain

Oral Communications (cont.):

Inês Cardoso, M.F. Macedo, S. Valadas, L. Rosado, A. Candeias e J. Mirão
Roman mortars from Ammaia archaeological site – an interdisciplinar study

Paulo Guerreiro, C. Ribeiro e L. Cunha
Perched springline tufa in Algibre flexure northern slopes

Noel Moreira, R. Dias, C. Coke e M. Búrcio
Douro flower structure in Peso da Régua sector (centro-Iberian autochthon)

Lúcia Rosado, A.E. Candeias, P. Moita, D. Tavares, R. Alfenim, F. Mayet, M.C. Lopes e J. Mirão
Iron age pottery from Garvão votive deposit

*Oral communications will have 15 min for presentation and 5 min for discussion.

**Poster presentations will have a 5 min presentation on their site.