Russo, M.A., Rafael S., Lopes D., Quinteiro, Monteiro, A. (2023) An integrated analysis of COVID-19 impacts on energy and environment: Lessons learnt.
Atmospheric Pollution Research, 14
, (1), .
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Coelho S., Rafael S., Fernandes A.P., Lopes M., Carvalho, D. (2023) How the new climate scenarios will affect air quality trends: an exploratory research.
Urban Climate, 49
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Lopes D., Semedo E., Graça D., Rafael S., Freire S.M., Lopes M. (2023) Survey-based atmospheric emission inventory for the residential sector: Santiago Island, Cabo Verde.
Air Quality, Atmosphere And Health,
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Lopes D, Ferreira J., Rafael S., Hoi K.I., Li X., Liu Y., Yuen K-V., Mok K.M., Miranda A.I. (2023) High-resolution multi-scale air pollution system: evaluation of modelling performance and emission control strategies.
Journal Of Environmental Sciences,
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Lopes, D., Rafael, S., Ferreira, J., Relvas, H., Almeida, S.M., Faria, T., Martins, V., Diapouli, E., Manousakas, M., Vasilatou, V., Fetfatzis, P., Miranda, A.I. (2022) Assessing the levels of regulated metals in an urban area: A modelling and experimental approach.
Atmospheric Environment,
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Rafael S., Fernandes P., Lopes D., Rebelo M., Bandeira J., Macedo E., Rodrigues M., Coelho M., Borrego C., Miranda A.I. (2022) How can the built environment affect the impact of autonomous vehicles’ operational behaviour on air quality?.
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K. Oliveria, V. Rodrigues, S. Slingerland, K. Vanherle, J. Soares, S. Rafael, C. Trozzi, E. A. Bouman, J. Ferreira, A. Kewo, P. S. Nielsen, I. Diafas, A. Monteiro, A. I. Miranda, M. Lopes, E. Hayes (2022) Assessing the impacts of citizen-led policies on emissions, air quality and health.
Journal Of Environmental Management, 302
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Relvas, H., Lopes, D., Ferreira, J., Silva, A., Rafael, S., Lopes, M., Almeida, S.M., Martins, V., Diapouli, E., Korhonen, A., Hänninen, O., Lazaridis, M., Miranda, A.I. (2022) Scenario analysis of strategies to control air pollution.
Urban Climate, 44
, (101201), .
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V. Rodrigues, B. Vicente, S. Sorte, S. Rafael, K. Oliveira, S. Silva, A. I. Miranda, C. Borrego (2021) Improving the design of an open auditorium: On the relationship between flow dynamics and building arrangement.
Sustainable Cities And Society, 64
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Ascenso A., Augusto B., Silveira C., Rafael S., Coelho S., Monteiro A., Ferreira J., Menezes I., Roebeling P., Miranda A.I. (2021) Impacts of nature-based solutions on the urban atmospheric environment: a case study for Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING, 57
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Correia LP., Rafael S., Sorte S., Rodrigues V., Borrego C., Monteiro A. (2021) High-Resolution Analysis of Wind Flow Behavior on Ship Stacks Configuration: A Portuguese Case Study.
Atmosphere, 12
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Rafael S., Rodrigues V., Oliveira K., Coelho S., Lopes M. (2021) How to compute long-term averages for air quality assessment at urban areas?.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT,
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Rafael S.,Correia L.P.,Ascenso A.,Augusto B.,Lopes D.,Miranda A.I. (2021) Are green roofs the path to clean air and low carbon cities?.
Science Of Total Environment, 798
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S. Coelho, S. Rafael, D. Lopes, A.I. Miranda, J. Ferreira (2021) How changing climate may influence air pollution control strategies for 2030?.
Science Of The Total Environment, 758
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Fernandes A.P., Rafael S., Lopes D., Coelho S., Borrego C., Lopes M. (2021) The air pollution modelling system URBAIR: how to use a Gaussian model to accomplish high spatial and temporal resolutions.
Air Quality, Atmosphere And Health,
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Korhonen A., Relvas H., Miranda A.I., Ferreira J., Lopes D., Rafael S., Almeida S.M. Faria T., Martins V., Canha N., Diapouli E., Eleftheriadis K. (2021) Analysis of spatial factors, time-activity and infiltration on outdoor generated PM2.5 exposures of school children in five European cities.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT,
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Gaio V., Roquette R., Monteiro A., Ferreira J., Rafael S., Dias C.M., Nunes B. (2021) Exposure to ambient particulate matter increases blood count parameters with potential to mediate a cardiovascular event: results from a population-based study in Portugal.
Air Quality, Atmosphere And Health,
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Rafael S., Correia L.P., Lopes D., Bandeira J., Coelho M.C., Andrade M., Borrego C., Miranda A.I. (2020) Autonomous vehicles opportunities for cities air quality.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 712
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Augusto B., Roebeling P., Rafael S., Ferreira J., Ascenso A., Bodilis C. (2020) Short and medium- to long-term impacts of nature-based solutions on urban heat.
SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND SOCIETY, 57
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Ferreira J., Lopes D., Rafael S., Relvas H., Almeida S.M., Miranda A.I. (2020) Modelling air quality levels of regulated metals: limitations and challenges.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH,
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Salgueiro V., Cerqueira M., Monteiro A., Alves A., Rafael S., Borrego C., Pio C. (2020) Annual and seasonal variability of greenhouse gases fluxes over coastal urban and suburban areas in Portugal: Measurements and source partitioning.
Atmospheric Environment, 223
117204.
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Rafael S., Augusto B., Ascenso A., Borrego C., Miranda A.I. (2020) Re-Naturing Cities: Evaluating the effects on future air quality in the city of Porto.
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT, 222
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Coelho S., Rafael S., Coutinho M., Monteiro A., Medina J., Figueiredo S., Cunha S., Lopes M., Miranda A.I., Borrego C. (2020) Climate-Change Adaptation Framework for Multiple Urban Areas in Northern Portugal.
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, 66
, (3), 395-406.
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Silva A., Augusto B., Rafael S., Reis J., Lopes M., Costa S., Borrego C. (2020) Modelling of Regional Economic Metabolism.
CLIMATE, 8
, (4), .
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Rafael, S., Martins, H., Matos, M.J., Cerqueira, M., Pio, C., Lopes, M., Borrego, C. (2020) Application of SUEWS model forced with WRF: Energy fluxes validation in urban and suburban Portuguese areas.
Urban Climate, 33
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Rafael S., Martins H., Matos M.J., Cerqueira M., Pio C., Lopes M., Borrego C. (2020) Application of SUEWS model forced with WRF: Energy fluxes validation in urban and suburban Portuguese areas.
URBAN CLIMATE, 33
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Villanueva-Rey P., Vazquez-Rowe I., Quinteiro P., Rafael S., Goncalves C., Moreira M.T., Feijoo G., Arroja L., Dias A.C. (2019) Regionalizing eco-toxicity characterization factors for copper soil emissions considering edaphic information for Northern Spain and Portuguese vineyards.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 686
986-994.
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Fernandes P., Vilaca M., Macedo E., Sampaio C., Bahmankhah B., Bandeira J.M., Guarnaccia C., Rafael S., Fernandes A.P., Relvas H., Borrego C., Coelho M.C. (2019) Integrating road traffic externalities through a sustainability indicator.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 691
483-498.
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Quinteiro P., Rafael S., Vicente B., Marta-Almeida M., Rocha A., Arroja L., Dias A.C. (2019) Mapping green water scarcity under climate change: A case study of Portugal.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 696
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Martins, A. Rafael, S. Monteiro, A. Scotto, M., Gouveia, S. (2019) Euro-Cordex Regional Projection Models: What Kind of Agreement for Europe?.
Mathematical Geosciences, in press
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Rafael S., Rodrigues V., Fernandes A.P., Augusto B., Borrego C., Lopes M. (2019) Evaluation of urban surface parameterizations in WRF model using energy fluxes measurements in Portugal.
URBAN CLIMATE, 28
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Oliveira, K., Rodrigues, V., Coelho, S., Fernandes, A.P., Rafael, S., Faria, C., Ferreira, J., Borrego, C., Husby, T., Diafas, I., Nielsen,P.S., Liu, X., Kewo, A., Trozzi, C. , Piscitello, E., Vanherle, K., Knudsen, S., Bouman, E., Barnes, J., Slingerland, S., Hayes, E., Bolscher, H., Lopes, M. (2019) Assessment of source contributions to the urban air quality for Bristol Claircity pilot case.
WIT Transactions On Ecology And The Environment, 236
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Fernandes A.P., Rafael S., Correia L.P., Faria C., Nunes T., Borrego C., Lopes M., Miranda AI. (2019) Complementary approaches to assess indoor air quality in urban environments.
WIT Transactions On Ecology And The Environment, 238
221-232.
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Lopes, D., Ferreira, J., Rafael, S., Baptista, P., Faria, M., Canha, N., Almeida, S.M., Almeida-Silva, M. (2019) Urban mobility strategies to improve local air quality: case study of Lisbon, Portugal.
WIT Transactions On Ecology And The Environment, 236
257-263.
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Borrego, C., Rafael, S., Rodrigues, V., Monteiro, A., Sorte, S., Coelho, S., Lopes, M. (2018) Air quality, urban fluxes and cities resilience under climate change - A brief overview.
International Journal Of Environmental Impacts, 1
, (1), 14-27.
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Villanueva-Rey P., Quinteiro P., Vazquez-Rowe I., Rafael S., Arroja L., Moreira M.T., Feijoo G., Dias A.C. (2018) Assessing water footprint in a wine appellation: A case study for Ribeiro in Galicia, Spain.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, 172
2097-2107.
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Quinteiro P., Rafael S., Villanueva-Rey P., Ridoutt B., Lopes M., Arroja L., Dias A.C. (2018) A characterisation model to address the environmental impact of green water flows for water scarcity footprints.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 626
1210-1218.
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Rafael S., Vicente B., Rodrigues V., Miranda A.I., Borrego C., Lopes M. (2018) Impacts of green infrastructures on aerodynamic flow and air quality in Porto's urban area.
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT, 190
317-330.
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Vicente B., Rafael S., Rodrigues V., Relvas H., Vilaca M., Teixeira J., Bandeira J., Coelho M., Borrego C. (2018) Influence of different complexity levels of road traffic models on air quality modelling at street scale.
AIR QUALITY ATMOSPHERE AND HEALTH, 11
, (10), 1217-1232.
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Coelho S., Rafael S., Silva S., Pinho M., Tarelho L., Lopes M. (2018) Atmospheric emissions from pellet energy supply chain: a Portuguese case study.
AIR QUALITY ATMOSPHERE AND HEALTH, 11
, (2), 197-207.
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Rafael S., Martins H., Marta-Almeida M., Sa E., Coelho S., Rocha A., Borrego C., Lopes M. (2017) Quantification and mapping of urban fluxes under climate change: Application of WRF-SUEWS model to Greater Porto area (Portugal).
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, 155
321-334.
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Coelho S., Ferreira J., Rodrigues V., Rafael S., Borrego C., Lopes M. (2017) IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE AIR QUALITY IN THE AMSTERDAM REGION.
AIR POLLUTION XXV, 211
31-40. 978-1-78466-174-8; 978-1-78466-173-1.
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Borrego C., Monteiro A., Martins H., Ferreira J., Fernandes A.P., Rafael S., Miranda A.I., Guevara M., Baldasano J.M. (2016) Air quality plan for ozone: an urgent need for North Portugal.
AIR QUALITY ATMOSPHERE AND HEALTH, 9
, (5), 447-460.
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Duque L., Relvas H., Silveira C., Ferreira J., Monteiro A., Gama C., Rafael S., Freitas S., Borrego C., Miranda A.I. (2016) Evaluating strategies to reduce urban air pollution.
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT, 127
196-204.
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Borrego C., Amorim J.H., Tchepel O., Dias D., Rafael S., Sa E., Pimentel C., Fontes T., Fernandes P., Pereira S.R., Bandeira J.M., Coelho M.C. (2016) Urban scale air quality modelling using detailed traffic emissions estimates.
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT, 131
341-351.
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Rafael S., Martins H., Sa E., Carvalho D., Borrego C., Lopes M. (2016) Influence of urban resilience measures in the magnitude and behaviour of energy fluxes in the city of Porto (Portugal) under a climate change scenario.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 566
1500-1510.
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Rafael S., Tarelho L., Monteiro A., Sa E., Miranda A.I., Borrego C., Lopes M. (2015) Impact of forest biomass residues to the energy supply chain on regional air quality.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 505
640-648.
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Rafael S., Tarelho L., Monteiro A., Monteiro T., Goncalves C., Freitas S., Lopes M. (2015) Atmospheric Emissions from Forest Biomass Residues to Energy Supply Chain: A Case Study in Portugal.
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE, 32
, (6), 505-515.
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Lopes M., Serrano L., Ribeiro I., Cascão P., Pires N., Rafael S., Tarelho L., Monteiro A, Nunes T., Evtyugina M., Nielsen O.J., Gameiro da Silva M., Miranda A.I., Borrego C. (2014) Emissions characterization from EURO 5 diesel/biodiesel passenger car operating under the new European driving cycle.
Atmospheric Environment, 84
339-348.
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Sandra Isabel Moreira Rafael
Assistant Researcher
- Author Name : Rafael S.
- Researcher ID: K-1890-2014
- ORCID: 0000-0002-6559-4802
- Ciencia ID: AB18-60C2-DD95
- Department: Environment and Planning
- Research Group: Atmospheric Processes & Modelling (APM)
- ISI Web of KnowledgeSM search factor: Researcher ID : K-1890-2014
Research interests
Air quality modelling
Climate change
Nature-based solutions
Urban resilience
Urban surface energy balance
Climate change
Nature-based solutions
Urban resilience
Urban surface energy balance
Academic degrees
2017: Phd in Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of Aveiro. Thesis title: "Urban air quality and climate change: vulnerability, resilience and adaptation".
2012: Master in Environmental Engineering, University of Aveiro, Portugal. Thesis title: "The Energetic Conversion of Forest Biomass and the Air Quality".
2010: Environmental Engineering Degree, Agrarian Polytechnic School of Coimbra, Portugal.
2012: Master in Environmental Engineering, University of Aveiro, Portugal. Thesis title: "The Energetic Conversion of Forest Biomass and the Air Quality".
2010: Environmental Engineering Degree, Agrarian Polytechnic School of Coimbra, Portugal.
Scientific activities
01/11/2020 Assistant Researcher at the Department of Environment of the University of Aveiro
25/06/2019-31/07/2020 Assistant Researcher at the Department of Environment of the University of Aveiro (ClairCity project, grant agreement number 689289)
2018-2019 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Environment of the University of Aveiro (FCT FUTURAR project)
2015-2017 PhD student at the Department of Environment of the University of Aveiro.
2012-2015 Research Fellow at the Department of Environment of the University of Aveiro.
2010-2010 Internship at the Department of Environment and Life Quality of Coimbra Municipality.
25/06/2019-31/07/2020 Assistant Researcher at the Department of Environment of the University of Aveiro (ClairCity project, grant agreement number 689289)
2018-2019 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Environment of the University of Aveiro (FCT FUTURAR project)
2015-2017 PhD student at the Department of Environment of the University of Aveiro.
2012-2015 Research Fellow at the Department of Environment of the University of Aveiro.
2010-2010 Internship at the Department of Environment and Life Quality of Coimbra Municipality.
Publications
WoS Papers
(49)
Other Papers
(4)
Books
(1)
Book Chapter
(10)
Thesis
(6)
Communications
(70)
Other Publications
(3)
Reports
(8)
Projects
In Progress (2)
Concluded (12)
DISTENDER - Developing Strategies by integrating mitigation, adaptation and participation to climate change risks
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BigAir - Big data to improve atmospheric emission inventories
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HERA - Integrating Environment and Health Research: a Vision for the EU
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GENESIS - Green roofs and walls ENvironmental Economic and SocIal Savings: Modelling uncertainty and investors / users preferences in all-inclusive cost-benefit analysis of green roofs and walls
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InFLOWence - Optimizing the influence of connected and autonomous vehicles on the environmental efficiency of road traffic flows
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LIFE INDEX-AIR: Development of an Integrated Exposure – Dose Management Tool for Reduction of Particulate Matter in Air
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@CRUiSE - Advanced Impact Integration Platform for Cooperative Road Use
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FUTURAR - Air quality in Portugal in 2030 – a policy support
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CLAiR-City - Citizen Led Air pollution Reduction in Cities
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ClimAdaPT.Local - Municipal Strategies for Adaptation to Climate Change
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BIOATLAS
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CLICURB - Urban atmospheric quality, climate change and resilience
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APPRAISAL— Air Pollution Policies foR Assessment of Integrated Strategies At regional and Local scales
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BIOGAIR - Impacts of biomass to energy chain on air quality and Portuguese climatic policy
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Scientific Supervision
In progress
(2)
Concluded
(6)
PhD (Co-supervisor):
Bruno Miguel Rocha Augusto
(CESAM member)
PhD (Co-supervisor):
Micael Rebelo
(CESAM member)
Master (Co-supervisor):
André Afonseca
(not a CESAM member)
Master (Co-supervisor):
Carole Bodilis
(not a CESAM member)
Master (Co-supervisor):
João Pedro Pestana
(not a CESAM member)
Master (Co-supervisor):
Rodrigo Costinha
(not a CESAM member)
Master (Co-supervisor):
Antônio Fonseca
(not a CESAM member)
PhD (Co-supervisor):
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(not a CESAM member)
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