Prof. Mário Caetano Associate Researcher of the Instituto Geográfico Português (Portuguese Geographic Institute) Invited Professor at Instituto Superior de Estatística e Gestão de Informação (ISEGI), Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL) Postal Address: Rua Artilharia Um, 107 1099-052 Lisboa Portugal Tel: +351 21 3819699 Fax: +351 21 3819600-474 Email: mario.caetano@igeo.pt Website: http://www.igeo.pt/gdr
Background	Mário Caetano has a degree in Forest Engineering from the Lisboa University of Technology (1989), a MSc in Geography from the University of California, Santa Barbara (1995), and a Ph.D. in Forestry (2000) from the Lisboa University of Technology. He is the Head of the Remote Sensing Unit of the Portuguese Geographic Institute, since its creation in 2000. Research interests include the use of remote sensing data for land cover land use (LCLU) characterisation and environmental monitoring. He is particularly interested on satellite image classification algorithms, spatial and temporal pattern analysis and on accuracy assessment strategies. He has coordinated and participated in many research and development projects funded by National Science Foundation (FCT), European Commission (EC) and European Space Agency (ESA), such as: LANDEO (User driven land cover characterisation for multi-scale monitoring using multi-sensor earth observation) (PCDTE/MGS/49969/2003); AGRO130 (Using satellite images for automatic mapping of forest clear cuts and new plantations); APERTURE (environmentAl tyPological spacE mappeR facilitating the implemenTation of eURopean legislation) (ENV4-CT94-0437); AMECIS (Multi-strategic approach for satellite image processing) (DGOT); DREU (Assessment of the dynamics of the Área Metropolitana de Lisboa using remote sensing) (RS/12/031/MF/SW); PREMFIRE (Prevention and Mitigation of Fire Hazard in Portugal) (AO/1-3880/01/l-SB); STORMS (Silvicultural Srategies For Predicting Damage To Forest From Wind, Fire and Snow) (CT94-2392); BACCHUS (Methodological Approach for vineyard inventory and management) (EVG1-CT-2002-00075). He was also the coordinator of land cover mapping projects using satellite imagery, e.g. CORINE Land Cover 2000 (CLC2000) for the European Environment Agency (EEA), Monitoring Urban Dynamics (MURBANDY) for Porto, Setúbal and Algarve for the European Commission. Currently he is the coordinator of CLC2006 for Portugal and of the national project 2005 Land Cover Map of Portugal (COS’2005). Mário Caetano evaluated proposals for: National Science Foundation; Sixth Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities; and STEREO (Support to the exploitation and research of Earth Observation) from the Belgian Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs. He also evaluated projects of the Fourth Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development of the European Commission (1999). He was the Chairman and organiser of the Seventh International Symposium on Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences (Accuracy’2006). He organised several workshops in Portugal related to satellite earth observation, e.g. Remote Sensing for forest characterisation (2006), Information Day On Earth Observation (2003), GMES and ENVISAT (2001). He was the President of the Scientific Committee of the most important Portuguese conference on GIS (ESIG’2004). He was Co-chair of the Conference on Remote Sensing of the Land Surface (SPIE Symposium on Aerospace Remote Sensing 2000) and of the Conference on Remote Sensing for Earth Science Applications, (SPIE Symposium on Aerospace Remote Sensing, 1999). Mário Caetano was a member of the Scientific Committees of many conferences, e.g. II International Conference and Exhibition on Geographic Information (GISPLANET’2005), 2nd EARSeL SIG Workshop on Land Use & Land Cover (2006), 25th International Symposium of EARSel (European Association of of Remote Sensing Laboratories) (2005); National Conference of GIS users (ESIG’2006). Mário Caetano is the President of the Scientific Council of the Portuguese Geographic Institute.
Activities in education	As an Invited Professor in the New University of Lisboa, Mário Caetano teaches, since 2000, master program classes related to remote sensing, image processing and environmental monitoring. He also teaches Remote Sensing for GIS in a Masters program of the Lisboa University of Technology, since 2002. He taught remote sensing and GIS classes in Universidade Atlântica, Universidade Católica and Instituto Superior de Agronomia. Since 2000, Mário Caetano has been the scientific advisor of around 10 graduate (MSc and PhD) students on thesis related to theory and applications of remote sensing on land cover mapping and environment monitoring. He has been a member of more than 10 MSc and PhD thesis committees.
Distinctions / Memberships	Member of the National Space Council since its creation. Between 2000 and 2004, national delegate in the European Space Agency (ESA) Programme Board for Earth Observation (PB-EO); Group on Earth Observations (GEO), Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) Steering Committee; and United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS). Member of the Steering Committee of the Spatial Accuracy Research Association (ISARA). Member of the European Environment Agency (EEA) IMAGE&CLC2000 Steering Committee from 2003 to 2004, member of the EEA Steering Committee for the GMES Land Fast Track Service. member of the United Nations (UN) Action Team on Disaster Management for the Implementation of the Recommendations of the Third United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of the Outer Space (UNISPACE III) (2001-2004). Invited remote sensing expert for EEA to collaborate on the definition of the Technical Specifications of CORINE Land Cover 2006. Referee in the International Journal of Remote Sensing, member of the editorial board of the EARSeL eProceedings. Member of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) since 1996. Mário Caetano received the following awards: National Engineering Award (1989); American Club of Lisbon Award for Academic Merit (1990); Best Paper on the 2nd EARSeL Special Interest Group Workshop on Land Use & Land Cover (2006); Best Paper on the 3rd Historical Cities Sustainable Development: The GIS as a Design and management Support (HISTOCITY 99)
Selected publications	Around 86 in total including: Books (4) Books chapters (1) Reviewed papers (12) Papers published in books (12) Papers in conference proceedings (57) Books Caetano, M., and M. Painho (eds), 2006. Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Spatial Accuracy Assessment Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, 5 - 7 July 2006, Instituto Geográfico Português, Lisboa, 908 p. Painho, M., e M. Caetano, 2006. Cartografia de Ocupação do Solo, Portugal Continental, 1985-2000 Instituto do Ambiente, Amadora, 56 p. Caetano, M., H. Carrão, e M. Painho, 2005. Alterações da ocupação do solo em Portugal continental: 1985-2000 Instituto do Ambiente, Amadora, 40 p. Silva, I., C. Lavalle, L. Demicheli, M. Kasanko, N. McCormick, J. Barredo, M. Turchini, M. Saraiva, F.N. da Silva, Silva, I. Ramos, F.Monteiro, e M. Caetano, 2002. Towards an urban atlas: Assessment of spatial data on 25 European cities and urban areas Environmental issue report No 30, EEA (European Environment Agency), Copenhagen, 131 pp. Books chapters Silva, S., and M. Caetano, 1997. Using artificial neural nets to identify spectral and spatial patterns for satellite imagery classification of urban areas Neuro-computation in Remote Sensing Data Analysis (I. Kanellopoulos, G.C. Wilkinson, F. Roli and J. Austin, editors), Springer-Verlag, New York. Reviewed papers Carrão, H., P. Gonçalves, and M. Caetano, 2007. Use of intra-annual satellite imagery time-series for land cover characterization purpose. EARSeL eProceedings, in press. Nunes, A., V. Nunes, e M. Caetano, 2007. Utilização de imagens de satélite para produção de mapas multi-escala de cortes e novas plantações florestais. Cartografia e Geodesia 2007 (J. Casaca e J. Matos, editores), Lidel, Lisboa in press. Armas, R., e M. Caetano, 2005. Cartografia de áreas ardidas com imagens multirresolução do sensor MODIS. Cartografia e Geodesia 2005 (J. Casaca e J. Matos, editores), Lidel, Lisboa, pp. 293-303. Caetano, M., A. Nunes, e T. Santos, 2004. Generalização de cartografia de ocupação do solo derivada de classificação de imagens de satélite ao nível do pixel. Cartografia e Geodesia 2004 (L. Bastos e J. Matos, editores), Lidel, Lisboa, pp. 146-160. Gonçalves, L. e M. Caetano, 2004. Classificação das Imagens do Satélite IKONOS utilizando uma abordagem orientada por objectos. Cartografia e Geodesia 2004 (L. Bastos e J. Matos, editores), Lidel, Lisboa, pp. 287-298. Ni, W., X. Li, C.E. Woodcock, M.R. Caetano, A.H. Strahler, 1999. An analytical hybrid GORT model for bidirectional reflectance over discontinuous plant canopies. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 37:987-999. Caetano, M., J.P. Santos, and A. Navarro, 1997. Uma metodologia integrada para produção de cartas de uso do solo utilizando imagens de satélite e informação geo-referenciada não espectral. Cartografia e Cadastro, 6:71-78. Caetano, M.S., L.A.K. Mertes, L. Cadete, J.M.C. Pereira, 1996. Assessment of AVHRR data for characterising burned areas and post-fire vegetation recovery. EARSEL Advances on Remote Sensing, 4(4-XI):124-134. Hunter, G.J., M. Caetano, and M.F. Goodchild, 1995. A methodology for reporting uncertainty in spatial database products. Journal of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, 7(2):11-21. Papers published in books Carrão, H., P. Gonçalves, and M. Caetano, 2007. Use of intra-annual satellite imagery time-series for land cover characterization purpose. New Developments and Challenges in Remote Sensing, Millpress, Rotterdam, in press. Gonçalves, P., H. Carrão and M. Caetano, 2007. Parametric model for intra-annual reflectance time series. New Developments and Challenges in Remote Sensing, Millpress, Rotterdam, in press. Pinheiro, A., H. Carrão, P. Gonçalves, and M. Caetano, 2007. A Toolbox for multi-temporal analysis of satellite imagery. New Developments and Challenges in Remote Sensing, Millpress, Rotterdam, in press. Caetano, M., F. Mata, and S. Freire, 2006. Accuracy assessment of the Portuguese CORINE Land Cover map. Global Developments in Environmental Earth Observation from Space (A. Marçal, editor), Millpress, Rotterdam, pp. 459-467. Caetano, M., and A. Araújo, 2006. Comparing land cover products CLC2000 and MOD12Q1 for Portugal. Global Developments in Environmental Earth Observation from Space (A. Marçal, editor), Millpress, Rotterdam, pp. 469-477. Gonçalves, P., H. Carrão, A. Pinheiro, and M. Caetano, 2006. Land cover classification with Support Vector Machine Applied to MODIS imagery. Global Developments in Environmental Earth Observation from Space (A. Marçal, editor), Millpress, Rotterdam, pp. 517-525. Nunes, V.B., and M. Caetano, 2006. Mapping uncertainty in land cover characterization by comparison of land cover cartographies - A case study for Portugal. Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, 5 - 7 July 2006, Instituto Geográfico Português, Lisboa, pp. 705-715. Armas, R., and M. Caetano, 2005. Scale effect on burned area assessment using earth observation data. New Strategies for European Remote Sensing (M. Oluic, editor), Millpress, Rotterdam, pp. 61-67. Papers in conference proceedings (10 most recent) Araújo, A., and M. Caetano, 2006. Exploring MERIS images through temporal map algebra for land cover mapping: first results. Proceedings of the 2nd EARSeL SIG Workshop on Land Use & Land Cover, 28 - 30 September 2006, Bonn, Germany, unpaginated CD-ROM. Carrão, H., M. Caetano, and P. Gonçalves, 2006. MERIS based land cover characterization: a comparative study. Proceedings of the ASPRS 2006 Annual Conference, 1 - 6 May 2006, Nevada, unpaginated CD-ROM. Carrão, H. , L. Capão, F. Bação, and M. Caetano, 2006. Meris Based Land Cover Classification With Self-Organizing Maps: Preliminary Results. Proceedings of the 2nd EARSeL SIG Workshop on Land Use & Land Cover, 28 - 30 September 2006, Bonn, Germany, unpaginated CD-ROM. Nunes A., and M. Caetano, 2006. Forest monitoring with remote sensing: a web application for the common user. Proceedings of the ASPRS 2006 Annual Conference, 1 - 6 May 2006, Nevada, unpaginated CD-ROM. Plantier, T., M. Loureiro, P. Marques, and M. Caetano, 2006. Spectral analyses and classification of IKONOS images for forest cover characterisation. Proceedings of the 2nd EARSeL SIG Workshop on Land Use & Land Cover, 28 - 30 September 2006, Bonn, Germany, unpaginated CD-ROM. Armas, R., and M. Caetano, 2005. Mapping changes in forest cover using multi-scale MODIS imagery. Proceedings of the 31st International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, 20 - 24 June 2005, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, unpaginated CD-ROM. Bart J., M. Caetano, M. Carvalho, 2005. Development of a sampling methodology for land cover characterization of continental Portugal. Proceedings of the II International Conference and Exhibition on Geographic Information, May 30 - June 2 2005, Estoril Congress Center, unpaginated CD-ROM. Freire, S., and M. Caetano, 2005. Assessment of land cover change in Portugal from 1985 to 2000 using landscape metrics and GIS. Proceedings of the II International Conference and Exhibition on Geographic Information, May 30 - June 2 2005, Estoril Congress Center, unpaginated CD-ROM. Pereira, M. C. e M. Caetano, 2005. Use of very high spatial resolution satellite imagery for thematic applications: a review. Proceedings of the 31st International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, 20 - 24 June 2005, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, unpaginated CD-ROM. Oliveira, P., P. Gonçalves, and M. Caetano, 2005. Land cover time profiles from linear mixture models applied to MODIS images. Proceedings of the 31st International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, 20 - 24 May 2005, Saint Petersburg, Russia.