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Vasco Mantas, Ph.D., is the Founder and PI of the Earth Observation Laboratory (eoLab) at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. He is also an International Member of NASA's Precipitation Measurement Missions Science Team since 2020. His research focuses on land surface-atmosphere interactions and change processes, utilizing diverse Earth Observation products to study natural and manmade change processes, including extreme events. Mantas employs a multi-satellite, Earth Observation (EO) data approach, supported by robust Artificial Intelligence and Cloud-computing solutions, utilizing data from missions like Copernicus Sentinels, Landsat, GPM, and PLANET. His contributions encompass mapping and monitoring of land use and land cover change (LULCC), regional validation and enhancement of global precipitation and surface temperature products, and quantifying the influence of key environmental and societal drivers. He maintains extensive collaborations with organizations such as VITO, NASA, ESA, Texas A&M, Portugal Space, IPMA, and The Navigator Company. Additionally, he actively promotes Earth Observation through capacity building programs with key players like NASA and UT Austin, having reached over 600 individuals in 45 countries. He has received grants from various funding bodies including Horizon Europe, European Space Agency, La Caixa Foundation, and CONCYTEC. He is also involved in key working groups including NASA PMM Land Surface Working Group, AGU Precipitation Technical Committee, and International Precipitation Working Group, in a total of over 2.3 million euros. Dr. Mantas is a recipient of several awards such as the COPERNICUS Masters 2022 and the Frontier Tech challenge in 2022. He presides over the committee organizing the International Precipitation Conference 15 in 2025. Advocating for transparent and open science policies, Dr. Mantas convenes successful sessions at AGU Fall Meeting and more recently on EGU, mostly focusing on open science and international infrastructures. He is the founder of the Mainstreaming Earth Observation Working Group and the www.watersheds.online platform, and chairs the DEI committee of the AGU Informatics section, demonstrating his commitment to advancing scientific collaboration and inclusivity.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Vasco Manuel Jorge Soares Mantas

Citation names

  • Mantas, Vasco M.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9414-B480-2FA9
ORCID iD
0000-0001-9602-7715

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1)
French Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2017
Concluded
 Doutoramento em Geologia (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Remote Sensing of Oceanic Fonts off Central Portugal (2003 – 2014). An integrated environmental approach." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovado com Distinção e Louvor (18.4 na component
2006
Concluded
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
"N/A" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/11/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação da Terra e do Espaço, Portugal
2018/01/01 - 2021/10/01 Invited Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2012/02/01 - Current Módulo de Detecção Remota do Ambiente, integrante da cadeira de Detecção Remota e SIG do Mestrado em Ecologia. Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2009/09/01 - Current Aulas teórico-práticas de Detecção Remota e SIG, cadeira integrante do Mestrado de Geociências. Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018/10/01 - 2020/06/15 Aulas práticas de Cartografia e SIG, cadeira integrante do Mestrado Integrado de Engenharia do Ambiente Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2017/06/01 - 2017/12/01 Bolseiro de pós-doutoramento Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2017/01/01 - 2017/05/01 Coordenador do desenvolvimento de aplicação informática de processamento de dados laboratoriais laboratorial, FulcrumX. Laboratório de Radioactividade Natural, Portugal
2013/01/01 - 2016/12/01 Bolseiro de Doutoramento da Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (Ref. SFRH / BD / 89972 / 2012) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2011/10/01 - 2012/12/16 Aulas práticas de Detecção Remota e SIG, cadeira integrante do Mestrado Integrado de Engenharia do Ambiente Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2009/09/07 - 2012/09/30 Bolseiro de Investigação Científica (Projectos de Detecção Remota e SIG) IMAR-CMA, Portugal
2009/10/01 - 2011 Aulas práticas de Detecção Remota e SIG, cadeira integrante do Erasmus Mundus European Master in Applied Ecology (nos respectivos calendários lectivos da cadeira nos anos de 2009-2010 e 2010 - 2011). Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2009/10/01 - 2010/12/17 Aulas práticas de Detecção Remota e SIG, cadeira integrante do Erasmus Mundus European Master in Applied Ecology (nos respectivos calendários lectivos da cadeira nos anos de 2009-2010 e 2010 - 2011). Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2009/05/01 - 2009/08/01 Investigador (Projecto de estudo da relação espacial entre monumentos megalíticos e paisagem). Museu Municipal de Coruche, Portugal
2008/09/01 - 2008/12/31 Coordenador do Projecto de desenvolvimento da Carta de Potencial Arqueológico do Concelho de Coruche (Projecto de aplicação de técnicas de detecção remota e SIG). Museu Municipal de Coruche, Portugal
2007/01/01 - 2008/04/30 Desenvolvimento de projectos de aplicação de técnicas de detecção remota e SIG a casos reais variados em regime de freelancer. Freelancer, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/01/01 - Current e-ANDES
NA
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
2018/12/01 - 2021 Monitorizar para conhecer e valorizar
N/A
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 Fundação La Caixa
Ongoing
2018/01/01 - 2021 FOCUS - Forest Operational monitoring using Copernicus and UAV hyperSpectral data
GA776026
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 Horizon 2020
Ongoing
2016 - 2017 Neritical
N/A
Principal investigator
IATV, Portugal
 European Space Agency
Concluded
2016 - 2017 SilviSense
N/A
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 European Space Agency
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2016 - 2017 NASA GLOBE ENSO Student Research Campaign
N/A
Other
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Fernado Lopes; Mantas, Vasco M.; A.J.S.C. Pereira; Horácio Mpengo. "Caracterização Morfoestrutural do Bordo Ocidental do Planalto da Humpata (SW de Angola) com recurso a técnicas de detecção remota". In Para conhecer a Terra, Memórias e Notícias de Geociências do Espaço Lusófono, 49-58. Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, 2012.
    Published
  2. Horácio Mpengo; Fernando Lopes; A.J.S.C. Pereira; Mantas, Vasco M.. "A detecção remota como suporte à caracterização morfo-estrutural do bordo Ocidental do planalto da Huíla (SW de Angola)". In Modelação de Sistemas Geológicos, Homenagem ao Professor Doutor Manuel Maria Godinho, 253-265. LRN - UC, 2011.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Mohammadpour, P.; Viegas, D.X.; Chuvieco, E.; Pereira, A.; Mantas, V.. "Vegetation Fuel Type Classification Using Optimised Synergy of Sentinel Data and Texture Feature". 2023.
    10.1109/IGARSS52108.2023.10281659
  2. Mantas, V.M.; Xian, G.. "LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL TURF SPORTS FIELDS AS ESTIMATED FROM SATELLITE: EXAMPLES FROM THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE". 2021.
    10.1109/IGARSS47720.2021.9554145
  3. Iordache, M.-D.; Mantas, V.; Baltazar, E.; Lewyckyj, N.; Souverijns, N.. "Application of Random Forest Classification to Detect the Pine Wilt Disease from High Resolution Spectral Images". 2020.
    10.1109/IGARSS39084.2020.9324293
  4. Aas, C.; Jochemsen, A.; Mantas, V.; Lewyckyj, N.; Jozefiak, M.; Buchhorn, M.. "Maximizing forest value through using Sentinel-2 in combination with hyperspectral UAVs". 2018.
  5. Mantas, V.M.; Marques, J.C.; Pereira, A.J.S.C.. "A data fusion approach for the production of impervious surface area estimates using Sentinel-1A and Landsat-8 data". 2016.
Journal article
  1. Mantas, V.; Caro, C.. "User-Relevant Land Cover Products for Informed Decision-Making in the Complex Terrain of the Peruvian Andes". Remote Sensing 15 13 (2023): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85164952834&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3390/rs15133303
  2. Liu, Z.; Wen, Y.; Vasco Mantas, U.; Meyer, D.. "We Need a Better Way to Share Earth Observations". Eos (United States) 104 8 (2023): 21-23. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85166274438&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1029/2023EO230190
  3. Pereira, J.; Pereira, A.J.S.C.; Gil, A.; Mantas, V.M.. "Lithology mapping with satellite images, fieldwork-based spectral data, and machine learning algorithms: The case study of Beiras Group (Central Portugal)". Catena 220 (2023): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85141249451&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.catena.2022.106653
  4. Mantas, V.; Wei, J.; Liu, Z.; Jin, M.. "Preface: Embracing interdisciplinary earth science: Advancing through open science, collaboration, and innovation". Computers and Geosciences 179 (2023): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85169476784&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.cageo.2023.105436
  5. Mantas, V.; Fonseca, L.; Baltazar, E.; Canhoto, J.; Abrantes, I.. "Detection of Tree Decline (Pinus pinaster Aiton) in European Forests Using Sentinel-2 Data". Remote Sensing 14 9 (2022): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85129137981&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3390/rs14092028
  6. Iordache, Marian-Daniel; Mantas, Vasco; Baltazar, Elsa; Pauly, Klaas; Lewyckyj, Nicolas. "A Machine Learning Approach to Detecting Pine Wilt Disease Using Airborne Spectral Imagery". Remote Sensing 12 14 (2020): 2280. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs12142280.
    10.3390/rs12142280
  7. Mantas, Vasco M.. "Google Earth Engine Open-Source Code for Land Surface Temperature Estimation from the Landsat Series". (2020): https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12091471.
  8. Liu, Z.; Mantas, V.; Wei, J.; Jin, M.; Meyer, D.. "Creating Data Tool Kits That Everyone Can Use". Eos (United States) 101 8 (2020): 25-27. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85095439524&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1029/2020EO143953
  9. Ermida, S.L.; Soares, P.; Mantas, V.; Göttsche, F.-M.; Trigo, I.F.. "Google earth engine open-source code for land surface temperature estimation from the landsat series". Remote Sensing 12 9 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85085700834&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3390/RS12091471
  10. Mantas, V.M.; Pereira, A.J.S.C.; Marques, J.C.. "Partitioning the ocean using dense time series of Earth Observation data. Regions and natural boundaries in the Western Iberian Peninsula". Ecological Indicators 103 (2019): 9-21. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85063594103&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.03.045
  11. Tarazona, Y.; Mantas, V.M.; Pereira, A.J.S.C.. "Improving tropical deforestation detection through using photosynthetic vegetation time series – (PVts-ß)". Ecological Indicators 94 (2018): 367-379. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85049603958&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.07.012
  12. Mantas, V.M.; Marques, J.C.; Pereira, A.J.S.C.. "A geospatial approach to monitoring impervious surfaces in watersheds using Landsat data (the Mondego Basin, Portugal as a case study)". Ecological Indicators 71 (2016): 449-466. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84979900466&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.07.013
  13. Lopes, F.C.; Pereira, A.J.; Mantas, V.M.; Mpengo, H.K.. "Morphostructural characterization of the western edge of the Huila Plateau (SW Angola), based on remote sensing techniques". Journal of African Earth Sciences 117 (2016): 114-123. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84956465618&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2016.01.007
  14. Mantas, V.M.; Liu, Z.; Pereira, A.J.S.C.. "A web service and android application for the distribution of rainfall estimates and Earth observation data". Computers and Geosciences 77 (2015): 66-76. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84961291235&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.cageo.2015.01.011
  15. Mantas, V.M.; Liu, Z.; Caro, C.; Pereira, A.J.S.C.. "Validation of TRMM multi-satellite precipitation analysis (TMPA) products in the Peruvian Andes". Atmospheric Research 163 (2015): 132-145. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84929575505&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.11.012
  16. Mantas, V.M.; Pereira, A.J.S.C.; Neto, J.; Patrício, J.; Marques, J.C.. "Monitoring estuarine water quality using satellite imagery. The Mondego river estuary (Portugal) as a case study". Ocean and Coastal Management 72 (2013): 13-21. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84872678706&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2011.06.013
  17. Lopes, F.C.; Pereira, A.J.; Mantas, V.M.. "Mapping of salt structures and related fault lineaments based on remote-sensing and gravimetric data: The case of the Monte Real salt wall (onshore west-central Portugal)". AAPG Bulletin 96 4 (2012): 615-634. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84860722656&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1306/08101111033
  18. Mantas, V.M.; Pereira, A.J.S.C.; Morais, P.V.. "Plumes of discolored water of volcanic origin and possible implications for algal communities. The case of the Home Reef eruption of 2006 (Tonga, Southwest Pacific Ocean)". Remote Sensing of Environment 115 6 (2011): 1341-1352. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79953203481&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.rse.2011.01.014
Journal issue
  1. Mantas, Vasco M.; Zhong Liu; Menglin Jin; Jennifer Wei. "Special Issue on Data and Information Services for Interdisciplinary Research and Applications in Earth Science". Computers & Geosciences (2021):
    In press • Invited editor
  2. Mantas, Vasco M.; George Xian; Glynn Hulley; Martha Anderson; Xiaoyang Zhang. "Thermal Remote Sensing for Terrestrial Ecosystem (TIR TE): Characteristics, Monitoring, and Assessment". Remote Sensing of Environment (2021):
    In press • Coeditor
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2019/07/08 Space Assets: International synergies for resilient communities and ecosystems Ciência 2019
(Portugal)
2019/05 Implications of a dense time series of frontal activity to marine biogeography ESA Living Planet 2019
European Space Agency (Milan, Italy)
2019/05 Project FOCUS: operational monitoring of disturbances in European forest ecosystems ESA Living Planet Symposium 2019
European Space Agency (Milan, Italy)
2019/04 Project FOCUS: an interdisciplinary approach to monitor disturbances in European forest ecosystems EGU General Assembly
European Geosciences Union (Viena, Austria)
2018/12 Global forest disturbance data: operational monitoring and dissemination AGU Fall Meeting
American Geophysical Union (Washington, DC, United States)
2018/10/16 Global operational monitoring of changing forest ecosystems Climate Change. Local Resilience & Global scenarios
(Guimarães, Portugal)
2018/05/10 Detecção remota de biomassa. Gestão e controlo de Riscos no Pinhal interior Ciclod e Conferências do Pinhal interior
SerQ (Sertã, Portugal)
2017/02/20 Emprego de tecnologia machine-learning na derivação de batimetria a partir de dados de cor dos satélites Landsat e Sentinel-2 Workshop de actualização da topo-batimetria litoral
Instituto Hidrográfico
2016/05 A data fusion approach for the production of Impervious Surface Area estimates using Sentinel-1A and Landsat-8 data ESA Living Planet Symposium
European Space Agency (Praga, Czech Republic)
2014/09 Remote Sensing as a critical tool for development. Case studies from Southern Angola I Jornadas Lusófonas de Ciências e Tecnologias de Informação Geográfica
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2013/09 Development of a Web Service and Android 'App' for the distribution of rainfall data. A Bottom-up remote sensing data mining and redistribution project in the age of the ‘web 2.0’ ESA Living Planet Symposium
European Space Agency (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
2012/09 Remote sensing activities at the Earth Sciences Department of the University Coimbra
USGS EROS (Sioux Falls, United States)
2010/09 Measuring turbidity in estuaries and coastal waters using MODIS and Landsat-7 ETM+ data. The case of the Mondego River Estuary (Portugal) ECSA47
(Figueira da Foz, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2019 - Current Desenvolvimento de metodologias de análise de dados de temperatura de surperfície.
Supervisor
 Mestrado em Geociências (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019 - Current Detecção de frentes térmicas oceânicas ao largo da costa de Aveiro
Supervisor
 Mestrado em Geociências (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018 - Current Caracterização e classificação de suítes magmáticas através do uso de deteção remota e de algoritmos de machine-learning (Portugal e Brasil).
Supervisor
 Doutoramento em Geologia (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018 - 2020 Caracterização de vulcanismo submarino com recurso a dados de detecção remota (2000 – 2018).
Supervisor
 Mestrado em Geociências (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018 - 2019 O papel da informação espectral na caracterização das rochas: o caso do Grupo das Beiras (Portugal Central)
Supervisor
 Mestrado em Geociências (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Validação regional de estimativas de precipitação obtidas por satélite (IMERG) na bacia hidrográfica o rio Mondego.
Supervisor
 Mestrado em Geociências (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Análise do perfil de stakeholders no interior Português, com enfoque na região do Pinhal interior. Desenvolvimento de cartografia de Ocupação e Uso do Solo.
Supervisor
 Estágio IEFP (Other)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

SerQ Centro de Inovação e Competências da Floresta, Portugal
2015 - 2015 Predicción de tierras degradadas a partir del análisis de series temporales del índice mejorado de vegetación y temperatura de superficie de suelo mediante imágenes MODIS - caso estudio Piura.
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Geográfica (Degree)
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Peru

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2019/12/13 - Current Primary convener: Data and Information Services for Interdisciplinary Research and Applications in Earth Science (2 oral sessions and 1 poster session), AGU Fall meeting 2019, San Francisco, December 13, 2019. (2019/12/13)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
 American Geophysical Union, United States
2019/04/07 - Current Co-convener: LWIR and MWIR thermal sensing for retrieving Earth surface variables, analysing thermal anomalies, land cover and supporting the ecosystem management, EGU General Assembly 2019, Vienna. (2019/04/07)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 European Geosciences Union, Germany
2018/12/12 - Current Co-convener e co-chair: IN43A: Data and Information Services for Interdisciplinary Research and Applications in Earth Science I, AGU Fall meeting 2018, Oral and poster sessions. (2019/12/12)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 American Geophysical Union, United States
2020/12 - 2020/12 Co-convener: Data and Information Services for Interdisciplinary Research and Applications in Earth Science (2 oral sessions and 1 poster session), AGU Fall meeting 2019, San Francisco, December 13, 2019. (2020/12 - 2020/12)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 American Geophysical Union, United States
2019/11/11 - 2019/11/12 Interdisciplinary Earth Observation (EO): Land, Ocean, and Atmosphere Workshop: Scientific coordination of advanced workshop on interdisciplinary Earth Observation. The workshop included speakers from multiple references organizations including USGS, NASA, UT Austin, Deimos, University of Aveiro, and University of Coimbra. (2019/11/11 - 2019/11/12)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2018 METHODOLOGY FOR LAND COVER MAPPING BASED ON REMOTE SENSING DATA IN A SUBTROPICAL AREA (SW OF ANGOLA)
Thesis Member
 Esther Baptista (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018 Dados de satélite como ferramenta de deteção e monitorização de sítios arqueológicos
(Thesis) Arguer
 Steffan Clent Ap-Davies (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018 An OpenStreetMap contribution for land use and land cover maps creation
(Thesis) Arguer
 Cleide Danila de Andrade Borges (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2019 - Current European Geosciences Union
2018 - Current American Geophysical Union
2017 - Current Associação Portuguesa de Geólogos

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2020/11 - 2021/02 Curso de Introdução à Observação da Terra Introdução à Observação da Terra (Especialização pós-licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2020/10 - 2020/10 Introduction to Earth Observation Introduction to Earth Observation (Outros) Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento em Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019/02 - 2019/06 1st advanced course on geotechnologies (University of Coimbra) Coordinator of an advanced course on image processing, machine-learning, and earth observation product development. The course also included speakers from NASA and the University of Aveiro. (Especialização pós-licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2013 - 2013 Introduction to Remote Sensing Introductory course on Earth Observation and image classification, with a strong focus on ecological applications. INtroduction to Remote Sensing (Especialização pós-licenciatura) Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Peru
Distinctions

Award

2022 Copernicus Masters 2022
European Space Agency, France

Other distinction

2008 Menção Honrosa do Prémio de Imprensa Regional 2008