On November 29th, at 2:00 PM, in room 16.3.4 of the Department of Geosciences at the University of Aveiro, another edition of “Ocean Break,” a series of seminars related to marine research conducted at CESAM, will take place.

This time, José Paulo Pinto, affiliated with the Oceanography division of the Hydrographic Institute, will address the theme of bathymetry derivation using unconventional methods.

The presentation will discuss the need to acquire bathymetric data in coastal areas, compare conventional and unconventional methods, provide a brief introduction to the SimShore Project, discuss UAV image acquisition, the wave field inversion scheme (spectral method), various case studies, and preliminary project results.

Biographical Note:

José Paulo Pinto, holds a degree in Physics (1991), a master’s degree in Nuclear Physics (1994), and a Ph.D. in Physics (1998) from the University of Lisbon. Since 2000, he has been part of the oceanography division of the Hydrographic Institute. His main expertise lies in numerical modeling of maritime agitation and coastal circulation, data assimilation, and climatology. Initially, he was responsible for implementing and managing the operational maritime agitation forecasting system. Currently, he is involved in three projects, two of which (4S and SimShore) address the theme of bathymetry derivation using unconventional methods, utilizing satellite or UAV images as input.