Jean Marcel de Almeida Espinoza

Dr. Jean Marcel de Almeida Espinoza


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Academic Career Length

9Years (2018-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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Lucas Terres de LimaLucas Terres de Lima
Lucas Terres de Lima
SFSandra Fernández-Fernández
Sandra Fernández-Fernández
JEJean Marcel de Almeida Espinoza
Jean Marcel de Almeida Espinoza
MAMiguel da Guia Albuquerque
Miguel da Guia Albuquerque
CBCristina Bernardes
Cristina Bernardes
This paper presents the validation of the End Point Rate (EPR) tool for QGIS (EPR4Q), a tool built-in QGIS graphical modeler for calculating the shoreline change with the end point rate method. The EPR4Q tries to fill the gaps in user-friendly and free open-source tools for shoreline analysis in a geographic information system environment since the most used software—Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS)—although being a free extension, it is created for commercial software. Additionally, the best free, open-source option to calculate EPR is called Analyzing Moving Boundaries Using R (AMBUR); since it is a robust and powerful tool, the complexity can restrict the accessibility and simple usage. The validation methodology consists of applying the EPR4Q, DSAS, and AMBUR with different types of shorelines found in nature, extracted from the US Geological Survey Open-File. The obtained results of each tool were compared with Pearson’s correlation coefficient. The validation results indicate that the EPR4Q tool acquired high correlation values with DSAS and AMBUR, reaching a coefficient of 0.98 to 1.00 on linear, extensive, and non-extensive shorelines, proving that the EPR4Q tool is ready to be freely used by the academic, scientific, engineering, and coastal managers communities worldwide.

12 December 2020 in SN Applied Sciences
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DADeivid Cristian Leal Alves
Deivid Cristian Leal Alves
JWJair Weschenfelder
Jair Weschenfelder
MAMiguel da Guia Albuquerque
Miguel da Guia Albuquerque
JEJean Marcel de Almeida Espinoza
Jean Marcel de Almeida Espinoza
MFMarlize Ferreira-Cravo
Marlize Ferreira-Cravo
LALuis Pedro Melo de Almeida
Luis Pedro Melo de Almeida

11 December 2020 in Revista Brasileira de Geografia Física
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TMTayane Fiorelli Moreira
Tayane Fiorelli Moreira
MAMiguel da Guia Albuquerque
Miguel da Guia Albuquerque
JEJean Marcel de Almeida Espinoza
Jean Marcel de Almeida Espinoza
DPDavis Paula
Davis Paula
DADeivid Cristian Leal Alves
Deivid Cristian Leal Alves
TCThais Ferreira Da Conceição
Thais Ferreira Da Conceição
A linha de costa é uma feição geomorfológica em que as mudanças topográficas podem acontecer ao longo de horas ou dias devido a ocorrências de eventos de alta energia. Essa feição é de importância estratégica para o planejamento ambiental das cidades costeiras, sendo necessário o seu monitoramento contínuo. Este estudo propõe analisar a variação da linha de costa na praia do Icaraí, litoral de Caucaia – CE, a partir da aplicação dos métodos Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) e Polígono de Mudança. O recorte temporal de análise está compreendido entre os anos de 2004 e 2018, pois o agravamento da erosão se deu particularmente nos anos 2000. Os resultados demonstram que os deslocamentos médios da linha de costa, tanto para o DSAS (-3,72 m) quanto para o Polígono de Mudança (-3,41 m), se mostraram muito próximos. No entanto, quando observados parâmetros estatísticos mediana, desvio padrão e deslocamento mínimo e máximo foi observada uma superestimação das taxas obtidas pelo DSAS. A partir de uma análise de regressão linear foi observado que o Polígono de Mudança (R² = 0,9471) se mostrou mais adequado, pois considera todo o segmento costeiro nos cálculos de deslocamento. Tendo em vista os adjetivos e limitações dos métodos empregados, o Polígono de Mudança apresentou um melhor desempenho tanto em termos estatísticos quanto aos erros inerentes. Por fim, estudos de abordagem comparativa entre métodos são de grande importância para os gestores, visto que muitos municípios costeiros do Ceará e do Brasil têm apresentado problemas sérios ligados a erosão costeira. Study of the shoreline behavior at Icaraí beach (Caucaia, Ceará), using digital shoreline analysis system and the change polygon methods A B S T R A C TThe shoreline is a geomorphological feature with variable topographic and subject to changes vary very quickly in the time-space scale, and may present major changes in a few hours, as in the occurence of storm surges. This feature is of strategic importance for the coastal cities environmental planning, being necessary its continuous monitoring. This study aims to analyze the shoreline variation at Icaraí beach, Caucaia – CE coast, using two different methods: the Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) and the Change Polygon method. The analysis time frame is comprised between the years 2004 and 2018, since erosion worsened occurred particularly in the 2000s. The results showed that the average displacements from the shoreline, both for the DSAS (-3.72 m) and to Change Polygon (-3.41 m), were very close. However, when the other statistical parameters were observed (median, standard deviation, minimum and maximum displacement), an overestimation rates obtained by DSAS was observed. A linear regression analysis showed out that the Change Polygon method (R² = 0.9471), proved to be more suitable for the Icaraí beach, as it considers the entire coastal segment in the calculation of shoreline displacement. Although both methods approaches have their adjectives and limitations, the Change Polygon showed a better performance, both statistical terms and in relation to inherent errors. Finally, studies that take into account the comparative approach between methos are of great importance for managers, given that many coastal municipalities in Ceará and Brazil have presented serious problems related to coastal erosion.Keywords: erosion, DSAS, change polygon, remote sensing.

22 January 2018 in Quaternary and Environmental Geosciences
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Karine LealKarine Leal
Karine Leal
UOUlisses Rocha De Oliveira
Ulisses Rocha De Oliveira
JEJean Marcel de Almeida Espinoza
Jean Marcel de Almeida Espinoza
As praias oceânicas arenosas são extremamente vulneráveis tanto aos fatores morfodinâmicos naturais quanto às ações antrópicas. O presente trabalho tem como objetivo quantificar e caracterizar, a partir de uma série temporal de imagens orbitais no intervalo de 2003 - 2015, a variação especial do limite entre a praia e a duna frontal nos Balneários Mostardense, Mar Grosso, Cassino e Barra do Chuí – RS, a fim de estimar se estão em processo de erosão, acresção ou estabilidade. A metodologia foi empregada a partir de uma base cartográfica adquirida no software GoogleEarthPro® e técnicas realizadas nos softwares ArcGis 10.3.1® e ERDAS Imagine 2013®. A variação da linha de costa foi obtida a partir do método polígono de mudança (Change Polygon Method), por meio de uma linha de controle aplicada ao limite praia duna frontal. Para o Balneário Mostardense, entre os anos de 2005 e 2014, se obteve taxa erosiva ao longo da costa. O Balneário Mar Grosso, entre os anos de 2006 e 2015, apresentou variações ao longo dos anos, predominando acresção e desenvolvimento dunar. O Balneário Cassino, entre os anos de 2006 e 2015, apresentou taxas acrescivas bastante significativas, associadas ao grande aporte sedimentar para a praia no período. O Balneário da Barra do Chuí, entre os anos de 2003 e 2013, apresentou taxas erosivas e acrescivas. Porém, segundo evidências no campo, constata-se que esse local está sofrendo processo erosivo. As variações do limite superior de praia, limite praia duna, têm relação com a ação de eventos de alta energia hidrodinâmica, que por vezes erodem as dunas frontais, e processos de recomposição, promovidos pela ação marinha e eólica. Os resultados mostraram também a importância das características locais no contexto da variação da linha de costa

12 February 2025 in PLOS ONE
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GHGabriel Prates Hallal
Gabriel Prates Hallal
CPCarla Cristine Porcher
Carla Cristine Porcher
BVBijeesh Veettil
Bijeesh Veettil
JEJean Marcel de Almeida Espinoza
Jean Marcel de Almeida Espinoza
SRSilvia Beatriz Alves Rolim
Silvia Beatriz Alves Rolim
Titanium oxide is of fundamental strategic importance in the global market as it is used as a raw material by several industries, such as medical prostheses, paints, pigments, and, more recently, electronic chips. The main source of titanium oxide is ilmenite, a mineral deposited in many coastal areas of the world, including the state of Rio Grande do Sul in Southern Brazil in its central coastal plain, under specific morphodynamic conditions. Some geological targets, such as mineral oxides, show distinct thermal spectral features. The present study evaluated the surface concentration of ilmenite in Southern Brazil using thermal spectroscopy (μFT-IR). The emissivity spectral signatures of pure ilmenite between 8 and 14 μm were determined and some indicative features were identified. The obtained emissivity spectrum has been employed as a reference for the Spectral Angle Mapper (SAM) and Linear Spectral Unmixing (LSU) image classification algorithms. An image from the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission Radiometer (ASTER) sensor (AST_05 emissivity product) was used to recognize the occurrence and assess the richness of the ilmenite. The outcomes of the present study indicated pixels with ilmenite concentration between 0 and 29.6%, with the highest concentration occurring under the transgressive dune field. In contrast, a lower concentration is found in the backshore. To obtain the degree of purity of the ilmenite, a quantitative microanalysis of the samples was conducted in a scanning electron microscope (SEM), and the results indicated that 80% of the minerals were ilmenite. Qualitative microanalysis showed that ilmenite is in the primary alteration phase, with a low degree of weathering and a lower concentration of impurities. Integrated techniques for analyzing multispectral and hyperspectral data in the thermal infrared were able to identify and map minerals rich in titanium oxide (ilmenite) quickly, effectively, at low cost, and non-destructively.

24 February 2025 in Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing
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CGChristian Florian Göbel
Christian Florian Göbel
JAJorge Arigony
Jorge Arigony
RJRicardo Jaña
Ricardo Jaña
RGRodrigo Gomez-Fell
Rodrigo Gomez-Fell
JEJean Marcel de Almeida Espinoza
Jean Marcel de Almeida Espinoza
IGIan D. Goodwin
Ian D. Goodwin