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R&D Projects

Call for Funding of Research and Development Projects in all Scientific Domains - 2009

Painel de Avaliação da Área das Ciências da Terra e do Espaço-2009

Coordination

Jacqueline Bergeron
Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, France

Evaluation

Ganna Portyankina
University of Bern, Switzerland
Jaume Vergès
Institute of Earth Sciences "Jaume Almera", Spain
Luca Pasquini
ESO, Germany
Marc Benedetti
Université Paris Diderot, France
Patrick Meunier
École Normale Supérieure, France

Projects assigned

PTDC/CTE-AST/109764/2009

The European Extremely Large Telescope
Paulo Jorge Valente Garcia
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FE/UP)

PTDC/CTE-AST/109834/2009

Polarized Galactic Emission Mapping: unveiling the Planck Surveyor
Domingos da Silva Barbosa
Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT)

PTDC/CTE-AST/110702/2009

Dynamical characterization of the atmosphere of Venus
David Manuel Guerreiro Carmo da Luz
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/CTE-AST/111140/2009

Cold dust and star formation properties of galaxies in the Virgo cluster
Marco Grossi
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/CTE-AST/111832/2009

Pinning down observational constraints of star formation
Nanda Kumar Manuganahalli Sannaswamy
Centro de Astrofísica (CAUP/UP)

PTDC/CTE-AST/112293/2009

Ice Bearing Bodies in the Solar System: reservoirs and delivery to Earth
Nuno Vasco Munhoz Peixinho Miguel
Associação para o Desenvolvimento do Departamento de Física da Universidade de Coimbra (ADDFUC/FCT/UC)

PTDC/CTE-AST/112582/2009

Improving Type Ia Supernovae as dark energy probes
Vallery Dragomirov Stanishev
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/CTE-AST/113273/2009

MouRAD - Moura RadioAstronomy Demonstrator
Domingos da Silva Barbosa
Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT)

PTDC/CTE-AST/113550/2009

O ciclo magnético solar: Procura dos mecanismos físicos responsáveis pelos grande mínima da actividade solar
Ilidio Lopes
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/CTE-AST/114620/2009

Analysis of Stellar Modeling Parameters using Artificial Neural Networks
Fernando Jorge Gutiérrez Pinheiro
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (FCT/UC)

PTDC/CTE-AST/115494/2009

Galactic Structure: Joining the observational pieces
Eduardo Brescansin de Amores
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/CTE-ATM/110730/2009

Particulate matter urban pollution studies
Celeste dos Santos Romualdo Gomes
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (FCT/UC)

PTDC/CTE-ATM/110753/2009

Environmental Impact of the Lisbon Pollution Plume
Frank Stephan Wagner
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/CTE-ATM/111508/2009

High-resolution Rainfall EroSivity analysis and fORecasTing - RESORT
Ana Cristina Caldeira da Silva Gouveia Carvalho
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

PTDC/CTE-ATM/111779/2009

Impact of Solar Activity on the Climate of the Northern Hemisphere (ISAC)
Ivan Dorotovic
Instituto de Desenvolvimento de Novas Tecnologias (UNINOVA)

PTDC/CTE-ATM/111960/2009

Optical characterization of atmospheric aerosols and its radiative forcing contribution
Sandra Mogo
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)

PTDC/CTE-ATM/112214/2009

EDWARD - Extreme Downslope Winds And Resonant mountain Drag enhancement in structured atmospheres
Miguel Angelo Cortez Teixeira
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/CTE-ATM/112399/2009

Photochemistry of atmospherically relevant volatile organic compounds
Igor Reva
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (FCT/UC)

PTDC/CTE-ATM/112713/2009

Contribution of geochemical and anthropogenic sources of air pollution for the incidence of cancer in the hydrographic basin of the river Mondego
ABEL DE OLIVEIRA MARTINS DE CARVALHO
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra (IPC)

PTDC/CTE-ATM/113771/2009

An integrated modelling approach to study the Atmospheric Pollution Dispersion over Portugal
HARI PRASAD DASARI
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/CTE-ATM/114709/2009

EVARST -.EValuation of Air-quality with Remote Sensing Techniques
Daniele Bortoli
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/CTE-ATM/115576/2009

LISE - a regional aerosol cLImatology - South-west of Europe
JOSÉ ANTÓNIO SEQUEIRA DE FIGUEIREDO RODRIGUES
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/CTE-ATM/115776/2009

SWAP-Surface Water Processes in climate models
Pedro Miranda
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/110000/2009

AREIAS - Automatic in-situ characterization of coastal sediments
Pedro Miguel Berardo Duarte Pina
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/110205/2009

A new multidisciplinar method for identification of Tsunami-induced deposits and their frequency in the geological record
Eric Font
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/110221/2009

Revisiting the Cretaceous-Tertiary and Triassic-Jurassic boundaries: a multiple-causes scenario for Phanerozoic Mass Extinction
Eric Font
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/110233/2009

2D Effects in Angra do Heroísmo (Azores, Portugal)
Maria Paula Pompeu de Miranda Rodrigues de Teves Costa
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/110283/2009

Valuation of Geoscientifical Patrimony through the Human Resources Formation and Activities Related to the Geosciences
Adriane Machado
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (FCT/UC)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/110325/2009

RADON: Radon indoor and soil gas variability - joint experimental assessment
Susana Alexandra Barbosa
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/110426/2009

GONDWANA: Neoproterozoic - lower Paleozoic geodynamic evolution of northern Gondwana revealed by in situ Hf and O isotopic composition and U-Th-Pb dating in zircon populations (SW Iberian Massif).
Martim Afonso Ferreira de Sousa Chichorro
NOVA.ID.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (NOVA.ID.FCT)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/110462/2009

Seismo-electromagnetic phenomena in the western part of the Eurasia-Nubia plate boundary (SEMWEST)
Mourad Bezzeghoud
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/110627/2009

PENGUIN: Active tectonics and paleoseismologic study of the PENacova-RéGUa-VerIN fault for the evaluation of the seismic hazard
HECTOR PEREA MANERA
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/110929/2009

Assessing the CO2 storage potential of the Morocco CAMP flood basalts (CO2CAMP)
Júlio Carneiro
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/111058/2009

Ante-Ordovician magmatism at Central Iberian Zone (MAOZIC)
Isabel Margarida Horta Ribeiro Antunes
Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco (IPCB)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/111157/2009

3DGeoPor - Introducing 3D geologic modeling in Portugal
Antonio Miguel Pereira Jorge Ferreira
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FFCT/FCT/UNL)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/111164/2009

AJOVA - Archaeoseismology of the Jordan Valley Fault
Matthieu Alexis Ferry
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/111230/2009

Erosion of Rocky Shores - differences in protection promoted by sandy beaches and shore platforms - EROS
Delminda Maria de Jesus Moura
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/111369/2009

RECOVER- Reversing desertification in volcanic terrains, under semi-arid climate, through the recovery of erosion products
Rita Maria Ferreira da Fonseca
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/111384/2009

Interaction between mantle plumes and subduction zones. Laboratory experiments and Numerical simulations.
Catherine Anne Marie Dominique Meriaux
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/111681/2009

GEORADSURF - Geochemistry of trace elements and natural radionuclides (U and Th radioactive series) and radioactive disequilibria in surface environments.
Maria José Ferreira Trindade
Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear (ITN)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/111968/2009

BERM - Post-storm beach recovery
Ana Margarida de Almeida Matias
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/112033/2009

Homogenized Seismic Database online
Josep Batlló Ortiz
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/112106/2009

The parallel evolution of the South Portuguese Zone and South Munster Basin (Ireland) during Late Devonian and Carboniferous times: implications for the palaeoclimatology and the Variscan Orogen
Paulo Fernandes
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/112160/2009

Atlantic Neogene - knowledge of global changes in the Atlantic area based on vertebrate faunas
Ausenda Cáceres Balbino
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/112223/2009

URBANMEDGEO: Methodology development for a risk analysis of exposure to potentially hazardous substances by the inhabitants of Lisbon city without the use of human biomarkers: a less conservative strategy for public health protection
Amélia Paula Marinho Reis
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/112236/2009

SIHER - PROCESSES OF SEDIMENTARY INFILLING AND HOLOCENE EVOLUTION OF THE RIA FORMOSA LAGOON SYSTEM
Tomasz Boski
Universidade do Algarve (UAlg)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/112318/2009

HEATPOINTS - Hydromineral and Geothermal Resources Evaluation associated to diapiric structures in the Portuguese Western Border.
Maria do Rosário da Encarnação de Carvalho
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/112471/2009

Some abandoned uranium mines from central Portugal: genesis and environmental impacts (PUDGEI)
ANA MARGARIDA RIBEIRO NEIVA
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (FCT/UC)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/112721/2009

Aquifer recharge processes and chemical baseline in coastal areas by means of natural tracers
Francisco Javier Alcalá García
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/113029/2009

GeoUrbanRisk - Geotechnical risk in urban areas. Subsidence in Lisbon city and sinkholes in Alentejo case studies.
Malva Andrea Mancuso
Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, I.P. (LNEC)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/113048/2009

Landscape and drainage evolution of northern Portugal during the Cenozoic - Landnorth
Diamantino Manuel Insua Pereira
Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Faculdade de Ciências (ADFCUP/FCUP/UP)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/113084/2009

GNSS SOLutions for GEO-studies (SOLGEO)
Rui Manuel da Silva Fernandes
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/113505/2009

Study of boron in volcanic-origin Azores archipelago and study of its association with thyroid cancer
Maria do Carmo Moreira de Freitas
Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear (ITN)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/113563/2009

Geodynamic evolution of the Porto-Tomar-Ferreira do Alentejo palaeotransform fault in the Iberian Variscides (PALEOTRANSFORM)
José Manuel Correia Romão
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/113578/2009

Coastal terraces, references to evaluate crustal movements, sea level changes and paleoenvironments in the western Portuguese shoreline
António Martins
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/113646/2009

New developments on acoustic emission methods for Rock Engineering applications
Carlos Dinis da Gama
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/113724/2009

Strong ground motion for Azores - GmAz
Alexandra Maria Rodrigues de Carvalho
Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, I.P. (LNEC)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/113866/2009

FINDER - Fault INvestigation with LiDAR for Earthquake Reassessment
Susana Pires Vilanova
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/114014/2009

EFOR-Evaluation of reproducibility and seazonal variation on soils properties for forensic applications
Alexandra Guedes
Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Faculdade de Ciências (ADFCUP/FCUP/UP)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/114208/2009

Zinc ores and high-tech strategic metals in the Neves Corvo deposit
Jorge Manuel Rodrigues de Sancho Relvas
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/114312/2009

MUST - MUltidisciplinary approach towards the understanding of Strain and Thermal behaviour during dyke emplacement
Pedro Silva
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/114442/2009

Polycyclic orogen evolution: Applications to the Cadominan inheritance in the Iberian Variscides (POLIROGEN)
António Manuel Nunes Mateus
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/114494/2009

Holocene sea-level and climate changes registered on dune-slack deposits of SW Portugal (HOLODUNE)
Maria da Conceição Pombo de Freitas
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/114508/2009

KCAVE - Karstic caves of central Portugal as paleoenvironmental archives. Speleogenesis and present-day dynamics
LÚCIO JOSÉ SOBRAL DA CUNHA
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/114819/2009

Graphitic geomaterials: microstructure and crystallinity
Bruno Valentim
Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Faculdade de Ciências (ADFCUP/FCUP/UP)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/115059/2009

Stratigraphy and evolution of coastal aeolian dune fields from central Portugal (CoastalDunes)
Pedro Manuel Rodrigues Roque Proença e Cunha
IMAR - Instituto do Mar (IMAR)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/116025/2009

CO2 Geological Sequestration in Saline Aquifers: The Portuguese Case Study
Cristina Fernanda Alves Rodrigues
Fundação Ensino e Cultura Fernando Pessoa (FECFP)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/116120/2009

SEISMIC SITE CHARACTERIZATION FOR EARTHQUAKE AND VIBRATION STUDIES
Isabel Maria Figueiredo Lopes
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/116125/2009

Techniques to Simulate Non-conventional Petroleum Reservoirs
Cristina Fernanda Alves Rodrigues
Fundação Ensino e Cultura Fernando Pessoa (FECFP)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/116204/2009

METMOB - Element and isotopic mobility and diffusion in metamorphic minerals from granite contact aureoles
ISABEL RIBEIRO DA COSTA
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/116213/2009

Tension/Deformation Systems in Coal Basins: Application to CO2 Geological Sequestration
Cristina Fernanda Alves Rodrigues
Fundação Ensino e Cultura Fernando Pessoa (FECFP)

PTDC/CTE-SPA/110909/2009

ANIMAR - Automated annotation of images from the surface of Mars
Pedro Miguel Berardo Duarte Pina
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST/ULisboa)

PTDC/CTE-SPA/111178/2009

Characterization and Classification of Dune Fields on Mars Based on Earth Analogues - CAMEL
Maria Teresa de Abrunhosa Barata
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (FCT/UC)

PTDC/CTE-SPA/111815/2009

COSMOS - COntrol and Stabilization of MOtion for Satellites
Gueorgui Smirnov
Universidade do Minho (UM)

PTDC/CTE-SPA/111966/2009

Gamma-Ray Polarimetry with Fermi and GRI Space Missions
Rui Miguel Curado da Silva
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (FCT/UC)

PTDC/CTE-SPA/112053/2009

WALLACE: EUROPEAN BIODIVERSITY OBSERVATORY
José Alberto Álvares Pereira Gonçalves
Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Faculdade de Ciências (ADFCUP/FCUP/UP)

PTDC/CTE-SPA/113659/2009

Spaceborne BIStatic synthetic aperture radar and Compact Active transponder for Earth monitoring (SBISCAM)
Giovanni Nico
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, FP (FFC/FC/ULisboa)

PTDC/CTE-SPA/115371/2009

Quasi-satellite orbits around minor bodies of the solar system with application to mission design
Paulo Jorge Soares Gil
Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC)

PTDC/CTE-SPA/116159/2009

Vineyard monitoring using Earth Observation Satellite images (VEOS)
André Ribeiro da Silva de Almeida Marçal
Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Faculdade de Ciências (ADFCUP/FCUP/UP)

PTDC/CTE-ATM/115833/2009

Atmospheric visibility and cloud height determination in aerodromes using stereo imaging and image processing algorithms
Fernando Manuel Tim Tim Janeiro
Universidade de Évora (UE)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/112561/2009

PETROCHRON: Crustal Evolution of Iberia - Petrogenetic, Structural and Geochronological Studies on Central Iberian and Ossa-Morena Zones
José Francisco Horta Pacheco dos Santos
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/112821/2009

DVINE - The Douro vineyards, World Heritage Patrimony: Assessing the impact of an ancient activity in the quality of sediment and water in the Douro
Carla Patinha
Universidade de Aveiro (UA)

PTDC/CTE-GIX/113983/2009

The record of coupled oceanic-atmospheric changes analysed by Carbon isotopes and palaeobotany in the Portuguese mid-Cretaceous: chemostratigraphy and palaeoecology (CretaCarbo)
LUÍS VÍTOR DA FONSECA PINTO DUARTE
Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

PTDC/CTE-SPA/114163/2009

SpaceProp - MHD Numerical Modelling in nozzles of MPD Thrusters for Space Propulsion
José Carlos Páscoa Marques
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)