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Academic degrees:
1999 PhD (Doutoramento) in Forestry Engineering, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa.
1990 Provas de Aptidão Pedagógica e Capacidade Científica, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa.
1985 Graduation (Licenciatura) in Forestry Engineering, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa.

Scientific and/or professional activities:
[1999 - presente] Assistant Professor (Professora Auxiliar), Mathematic Section, Departamento de Ciências e Engenharia de Biossistemas, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa.
[2007 - presente] Member of the Forest Research Centre/Centro de Estudos Florestais (CEF) in the Forest Ecology research group (ForEco).
[2008 - 2014] Member of the Editorial Board of the Scientific Journal Agricultural and Forest Meteorology.
Teaching:
Undergraduate (1st cycle) and MSc (2nd cycle) courses:
2014-15: Statistics and Experimental Design (2nd cycle); Statistics (1st cycle); Mathematics II (1st cycle); Mathematical Analysis (1st cycle).
2013-14: Statistics and Experimental Design (2nd cycle); Mathematics II (1st cycle); Mathematical Analysis (1st cycle).
2012-13: Statistics and Experimental Design (2nd cycle); Mathematics II (1st cycle); Mathematical Analysis (1st cycle).
2011-12: Statistics and Experimental Design (2nd cycle); Mathematics II (1st cycle); Mathematical Analysis (1st cycle).
2010-11: Statistics (1st cycle); Statistics and Experimental Design (2nd cycle); Mathematics II (1st cycle).
2009-10: Statistics (1st cycle); Statistics and Experimental Design (2nd cycle); Numerical Methods (2nd cycle); Mathematics and Informatics (1st cycle).
2008-09: Statistics (1st cycle); Statistics and Experimental Design (2nd cycle); Mathematics and Informatics (1st cycle).
2007-08: Statistics (1st cycle); Mathematics and Informatics (1st cycle).
2006-07: Statistics (1st cycle); Mathematics and Informatics (1st cycle).
2005-06: Computers and Information Systems (pre-Bologna).
Other posgraduate courses:
2014-15: Course in Geographic Data Analyis with R, ISA/ULisboa (February 2015).
2013-14: Decision Support Methodologies in Agricultural Sciences, ISA/ULisboa (June 2014).
2013-14: Introductory Course on Statistical Analysis with R (5th and 6th editions), ISA/ULisboa (September 2013; July 2014).
2012-13: Introductory Course on Statistical Analysis with R (4th edition), ISA/UTL (September 2012).
2011-12: Introductory Course on Statistical Analysis with R (3rd edition), ISA/UTL (February 2012).
2010-11: Mini-course: Statistics in hydrology - R software applied to water resources, 5 - 6 September 2011, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Brasil.
2008-09: Introductory Course on Statistical Analysis with R (1st and 2nd editions), ISA/UTL (September 2008; January 2009).
2006-07: Post Graduate Course in Geographic Information System - Production, management and analyis of spatial data (2nd edition), ISA/UTL.
2005-06: Post Graduate Course in Geographic Information System - Production, management and analyis of spatial data (1st edition), ISA/UTL.
Research interests:
  • Forest hydrology and micrometeorology;
  • Measurement and modelling of rainfall interception and transpiration in sparse forest stands;
  • Energy fluxes in tree covers.

    • Supervising experience:

    PhD    : Pereira, Fernando M.L. (2010) Intercepção da precipitação em montados de sobreiro e azinheira. Doutoramento em Engenharia Florestal, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa.

    Master:
  • Dias, Pedro D.P.P. (2014) O escorrimento ao longo do tronco em olivais tradicionais e super-intensivos (Stemflow in traditional and super-intensive olive groves). Mestrado em Engenharia Agronómica, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa (supervisor);
  • Nóbrega, Cristina M.B. (2014) Modelação da Intercepção da Precipitação em Olival Tradicional. Possíveis implicações na Protecção das Plantas (Modelling rainfall interception in a traditional olive grove. Possible implications for plant protection). Mestrado em Engenharia Agronómica, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa (supervisor);
  • Francisco, Paula A.A. (2014) Inspeção sanitária. Principais causas de rejeição de carcaças e vísceras de reses e respetivo impacto económico. Mestrado em Engenharia Alimentar, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa. (co-supervisor).

    • International Exchange: Cunha, John E.B.L. (2010) Estimativa de Evapotranspiração: Aplicações no Semiárido Utilizando Técnicas de Sensoriamento Remoto, Projeto de Cooperação Internacional do Semiárido-CISA, UFCG, Brasil.

    International Training: Muzylo, Aleksandra (2007) La aplicación y  la validación de los modelos de interceptación  de Gash (1979, 1995), Ministerio de Educatión y Ciencia, España.
     
    Research projects:
    2010-2013 WUSSIAAME - Water use, survival strategies and impact of agrochemicals on water resources in agricultural Mediterranean ecosystems (FCT; PTDC/AAC-AMB/100635/2008)
    2007-2008 Use of wet bulb temperature to model rainfall interception (CRUP-British Council; B-27/07)(Investigadora responsável)
    2003-2006 Rainfall interception in very sparse stands of cork and holm oak (FCT; POCTI/AGG/39220/2001)(Investigadora responsável)
    2000-2003 An investigation on Carbon and Energy exchanges of terrestrial ecosystems in Europe - CARBOEUROFLUX (European Community; EVK2-1999-00032)
    1998-1999 Carbon and water fluxes of Mediterranean forests and impacts of landuse/cover changes (European Community; EC ENV 2C 4970455)
    1996-2000 Hydrological, pedological and biological processes in Quercus suber and Quercus rotundifolia stands (PRAXIS XXI; 3/3.2/AGR/2187/95)
    1995-1998 Ecology of Quercus suber and Quercus rotundifolia stands: rainfall interception, transpiration, nutrient cycle and spontaneous vegetation (PAMAF/IFADAP; 411040050450/95)
    1991-1994 Interception losses and transpiration rates in Eucalyptus globulus and Pinus pinaster stands in central Portugal (European Economic Community; EEC STEP CT90/0041)
    1991-1993 Perdas por intercepção em povoamentos de Eucalyptus globulus e Pinus pinaster (JNICT; PMCT/C/AGR/138/90)
    Publications:
    - Thesis
    Valente, F.M.R.T. (1999) Intercepção da precipitação em povoamentos florestais esparsos. Modelação do processo e características aerodinâmicas dos cobertos molhados (Rainfall interception from sparse forest stands. Process modelling and aerodynamic features of wet forests). Tese de Doutoramento em Engenharia Florestal, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, 172 p.

    - Chapters in books
    Cunha, J.E.B.L., Rufino, I.A.A., Valente, F., Silva, B.B. e Paço, T.A. (2011) Estimativa da evapotranspiração através de sensoriamento remoto (Evapotranspiration estimates by remote sensing). In: Recursos hídricos para a convivência com o Seminário : abordagens sobre o semiárido por pesquisadores no Brasil, Portugal, Cabo Verde, Estados Unidos e Argentina. Galvão, C.O., Cirilo, J.A., Cabral, J.J.S.P. e Medeiros, M.G.A. (Eds), Capítulo 9. Associação Brasileira de Recursos Hídricos, Porto Alegre, pp. 235-263.
    David J.S., David T.S. and Valente F. (2007) O eucaliptal e os recursos hídricos (Eucalypt and water resources). In: O Eucaliptal em Portugal. Impactes Ambientais e Investigação Científica. Alves, A.M., Pereira, J.S. and Silva, J.M.N. (Eds.), Capítulo 4. ISAPress, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Lisboa, pp. 113-135.
    David, J.S., Valente, F. and Gash, J.H.C. (2005) Evaporation of intercepted rainfall. In: Encyclopedia of Hydrological Sciences, Anderson, M.G. (Ed.), Volume 1, Chapter 43. John Wiley & Sons, Lda. Chichester. pp. 627-634.

    - Papers in international scientific periodicals with referees
    Mużyło, A., Valente, F., Domingo, F., Llorens, P. (2012) Modelling rainfall partitioning with sparse Gash and Rutter models in a downy oak stand in leafed and leafless periods, Hydrological Processes 26: 3161–3173
    Muzylo, A.; Llorens, P.; Valente, F.; Keizer, J.J.; Domingo, F.; Gash, J.C.H. (2009) A review of rainfall interception modelling, Journal of Hydrology 370(1-4): 191-206.
    Paço, T.A.; David, T.S.; Henriques, M.O.; Pereira, J.S.; Valente, F.; Banza, J.; Pereira, F.L.; Pinto, C.; David, J.S. (2009) Evapotranspiration from a Mediterranean evergreen oak savannah: The role of trees and pasture, Journal of Hydrology 369: 98-106.
    Pereira, F.L., Gash, J.H.C., David, J.S., David, T.S., Monteiro, P.R., Valente, F., 2009. Modelling interception loss from evergreen oak Mediterranean savannas: Application of a tree-based modelling approach. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 149 (3-4): 680-688.
    Pereira, F.L., Gash, J.H.C., David, J.S., Valente, F., 2009. Evaporation of intercepted rainfall from isolated evergreen oak trees: Do the crowns behave as wet bulbs? Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 149 (3-4): 667-679.
    David, T.S., Henriques, M.O., Kurz-Besson, C., Nunes, J., Valente, F., Vaz, M., Pereira, J.S., Siegwolf, R., Chaves, M.M., Gazarini, L.C. and David, J.S., 2007, Water-use strategies in two co-occurring Mediterranean evergreen oaks: surviving the summer drought, Tree Physiology 27: 793–803.
    David, T.S., Gash, J.H.C., Valente, F., Pereira, J.S., Ferreira, M.I. e David, J.S. 2006. Rainfall interception by an isolated evergreen oak tree in a Mediterranean savannah. Hydrological Processes 20: 2713-2726.
    Gash, J.; Valente, F. e David, J.S., 1999. Estimates and measurement of evaporation from wet, sparse pine forest in Portugal. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 94: 149 - 158
    Valente, F.; David, J.S. e Gash, J., 1997. Modelling interception loss for two sparse eucalypt and pine forests in central Portugal using reformulated Rutter and analytical models. Journal of Hydrology 190: 141 - 162.

    - Papers in conference proceedings
    Valente, F.; Gash, J. and David, J.S., 1995. Modelling rainfall interception from Les Landes forest in HAPEX-MOBILHY with sparse forest models. Annales Geophysicae, Supplement II to Vol.13, Part II, C320.
    Valente, F.; David, J.S. and Pereira, J.S., 1990. Evapotranspiração dos cobertos arbóreos e impacte hidrológico da florestação. Actas da 2ª. Conferência Nacional sobre Qualidade do Ambiente, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Abril 1990, Vol. 2, Tema L, pp. 11 - 26.
    Valente, F. and David, J.S., 1986. A equação universal de perda de solo como instrumento de ordenamento agro-florestal de bacias hidrográficas, com vista à diminuição dos níveis de erosão hídrica. Exemplo de aplicação à bacia do Barranco do Lobo (Algarve). Actas do 1º. Congresso Florestal Nacional, Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciências Florestais, Lisboa, Dezembro de 1986, pp. 379 - 383.

    - Other publications
    Alves, A.M., Pereira, J.S., Borges, J.G., Borges, G.C., Carvalho, P.O., David, J.S., Gonçalves, J.C., Madeira, M., Onofre, N. e Valente, F. (1990) Impactes ambientais e sócio-económicos do eucaliptal em Portugal. Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, 105p.
    Communications:
    - Oral communications by invitation
    Paço T.A., Cameira M.R., Branquinho C., Carvalho R., Luís L., Espírito-Santo D., Valente F., Brandão C., Soares A.L., Anico A., Abreu F., Pereira L.S. (2014) "Innovative green roofs for Southern europe: biocrusts and native species with low water use". 40th IAHS World Congress on Housing, Sustainable Housing Construction, 16-19 Dez, Funchal.
    Valente, F., David, J.S., David, T.S. and Pereira, F.L. (2014) "Rainfall interception studies in Portugal", invited seminar at the Lindenberg Meteorological Observatory, DWD, Germany.
    Valente, F., David, J.S., David, T.S. and Pereira, F.L. (2011) "A intercepção nas principais espécies florestais portuguesas", invited lecture at the Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Brasil.
    Valente, F. (2011) "Medição e modelagem da interceptação da precipitação em cobertos arbóreos", invited lecture at the Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Brasil.
    Valente, F., David, J.S. and David, T.S. (2006) “Interception loss from the most common forest species in Portugal”, invited seminar at the Institute of Earth Sciences ‘Jaune Almera’, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain.
    -     Others oral communications
    Muzylo, A., Llorens, P., Domingo, F., Valente, F. and Beven, K. (2009) Preliminary results on uncertainties in rainfall interception estimation, Congreso Internacional sobre Desertificación, Universidade de Murcia, 16-18 Septiembre, 2009, Murcia, España.
    Muzylo, A., Llorens, P., Domingo, F., Valente, F. and Beven, K. (2009) Measurements, Parameters and Model Uncertainties in Rainfall Interception Modelling, AGU 2009 Joint Assembly, 24–27 May 2009, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
    - Posters in conferences
    Cunha, J.; Paço, T.A.; Costa e Silva, F.; David, J.S.; Pereira, J.S.; Rufino, I.; Galvão, C.; Valente, F. (2015) Evaluation of sensible heat flux from remote sensing and eddy correlation data for two Portuguese cork-oak forests. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2015, Vienna, Austria, 12-17 April. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 17, EGU2015-6591-3 (http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2015/EGU2015-6591-4.pdf)
    Pereira, F.; Valente, F.; Nóbrega, C. (2015) Modelling rainfall interception by forests: a new method for estimating the canopy storage capacity. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2015, Vienna, Austria, 12-17 April. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 17, EGU2015-6687 (http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2015/EGU2015-6687.pdf)
    Nóbrega, C.; Pereira, F.;Valente, F. (2015) Measuring and modelling interception loss by an isolated olive tree in a traditional olive grove - pasture system. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2015, Vienna, Austria, 12-17 April. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 17, EGU2015-7765 (http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2015/EGU2015-7765.pdf)
    Dias, P.D.; Valente, F.; Pereira, F.L.; Abreu, F.G. (2015) Stemflow in low-density and hedgerow olive orchards in Portugal. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2015, Vienna, Austria, 12-17 April. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 17, EGU2015-7825 (http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2015/EGU2015-7825-1.pdf)
    Nóbrega, C.; Figueiredo, E. ; Fragoso, P. ; Valente, F. (2014). Previsão da actividade da mosca da azeitona através do somatório de temperaturas para a região de Castelo Branco (Prediction of the activity of the olive fly through cumulative degree-days for Castelo Branco region.). 10º Encontro Nacional de Proteção Integrada, Beja, Portugal, 2-3 de Maio de 2014 (Poster).
    Pôças, I.; Nogueira A.; Paço, T.A.; Sousa, A.; Valente, F.; Silvestre, J.; Andrade, J.A.; Santos, F.L.; Pereira, L.S.; Allen, R.G. (2013) METRIC model for the estimation and mapping of evapotranspiration in a super intensive olive orchard in Southern Portugal. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2013, Vienna, Austria, 7-12 April. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 15, EGU2013-4280.(http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2013/EGU2013-4280.pdf)
    Pereira F.; Gash, J.H.C.; David; J.S.; David; T.S.; Monteiro, P.R.; Valente, F. (2010). A Tree-based Approach for Modelling Interception Loss From Evergreen Oak Mediterranean Savannas. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2010, Vienna, Austria, 2-7 May. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 12, EGU2010-5866-1.(http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2010/EGU2010-5866-1.pdf)
    Muzylo, A., Llorens, P., Domingo, F., Valente, F., Beven, K. and Gallart, F. (2009) Uncertainty estimation in rainfall interception modeling, European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2009, Vienna, Austria, 19 – 24 April. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 11, EGU2009-9294.(http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2009/EGU2009-9294.pdf)
    Pereira, F., Valente, F., Gazarini, L. C. and David, J. S. 2007. Aerodynamic conductances in a sparse mixed oak woodland (Quercus rotundifolia Lam. and Quercus suber L.). 7th EMS Annual Meeting/8th European Conference on Applications of Meteorology, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain, 01 – 05 October 2007. EMS7/ECAM8 Abstracts, Vol. 4, EMS2007-A-00200.(http://www.cosis.net/abstracts/EMS2007/00200/EMS2007-J-00200.pdf)
    David, T.S., Paço, T., Henriques, M.O., Pereira, J.S., Valente, F., Kurz-Besson, C., Pinto, C. and David, J.S. 2007. Evapotranspiração num montado de Quercus ilex: as árvores e a pastagem.In: 2ª Reunião do Grupo de Trabalho de Ecologia, Ecofisiologia y Suelos Forestales de la SECF “Suelos Forestales: Nuevas perspectivas en la relación suelo-árbol”. Salamanca, 22/23 de Octubre de 2007. (Poster).
    Pereira, F., Valente, F. and David, J. S. 2007. Radiation balance of an isolated holm oak tree (Quercus rotundifolia Lam.) in a mediterranean savannah-type woodland. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2007, Vienna, Austria, 15 – 20 April. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 9, 05243, 2007 SRef-ID: 1607-7962/gra/EGU2007-A-05243.(http://www.cosis.net/abstracts/EGU2007/05243/EGU2007-J-05243.pdf)
    Pereira, J.S., Chaves, M., David, J.S., David, T.S., Rayment, M., Vaz, M., Banza, J., Valente, F. and Kurz-Besson, C. 2001. Drought impact on carbon fluxes in an evergreen oak woodland in southern Portugal. In: Global Change Open Science Conference – Challenges of a Changing Earth. Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 10 – 13 July 2001. (Poster).
    Valente, F., Gash, J.H.C. and David, J.S. 1992. Interception loss in an Eucalyptus globulus Labill. stand. In: Eucalyptus for Biomass Production. The State-of-the-art. EEC Workshop in Lisbon, February 1992. (Poster)
    Mailing address:
    Fernanda Valente
    Secção de Matemática
    Departamento de Ciências e Engenharia de Biossistemas
    Instituto Superior de Agronomia
    Tapada da Ajuda
    1349-017 LISBOA
    Portugal

    e-mail: fvalente@isa.ulisboa.pt

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