Marcos V. Bueno de Morais

My research interests are urban climate, atmospheric numerical modeling (micro and mesoscale), air quality modeling, climate change, hydrological modeling and remote sensing products applied to urban sustainability.
I also work with data science and AI applied to environmental problems.


Teaching

Atmospheric Modeling

Environmental Engineering Post-graduation Program (UTFPR)

Bring to the table win-win survival strategies to ensure proactive domination. At the end of the day, going forward, a new normal that has evolved from generation X is on the runway heading towards a streamlined cloud solution. User generated content in real-time will have multiple touchpoints for offshoring.

2015 - Present

Hydrology and Advanced Hydrology

Civil Engineering (UCM)

Capitalize on low hanging fruit to identify a ballpark value added activity to beta test. Override the digital divide with additional clickthroughs from DevOps. Nanotechnology immersion along the information highway will close the loop on focusing solely on the bottom line.

2019 - 2021

Electromagnetism and Classical Mechanics

Industrial Mechatronics Technology (Fatec)

Podcasting operational change management inside of workflows to establish a framework. Taking seamless key performance indicators offline to maximise the long tail. Keeping your eye on the ball while performing a deep dive on the start-up mentality to derive convergence on cross-platform integration.

2016 - 2018

Education

State University of Maringá (UEM)

Bachelor of Science
Physics

Numerical Modeling Application for local circulation analysis in a lake region

2004 - 2007

Faculdade Ibra de Brasília (FABRAS)

Bachelor of Education
Mathematics

Bibliographic Analysis of Math Teaching for Autism Spectrum Disorder People using text mining technique

2020 - 2021

Faculdade Ibra de Tecnologia (FITEC)

Specialization Lato Sensu
Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA)

Proposal of a Behavioral Intervention Program for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Educational Institutions

2021 - 2022

University of São Paulo (USP)

Master of Science
Meteorology

Numerical Analysis of Urban Boundary-Layer over São Paulo using BEP Urban Scheme

2008 - 2010

University of São Paulo (USP)

Doctor of Science
Meteorology

Effects of urban vegetation in the energy bugdet components

2010 - 2014

Publications

List of the last five journals articles. Please, see CV or Lattes for a complete serie of publications.

  • Fujita, T.; de Morais, M.V.B.; Dos Santos, V.C.; Rudke, A.P.; de Eiras, M.M.; Xavier, A.C.F.; Abou Rafee, S.A.; Santos, E.B.; Martins, L.D.; Uvo, C.B.; de Souza, R.A.F.; de Freitas, E.D.; Martins, J.A. Simulating Discharge in a Non-Dammed River of Southeastern South America Using SWAT Model. Water 2022, 14, 488. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14030488

  • Vera-Puerto, I.; Valdés, H.; Bueno, M.; Correa, C.; Olave, J.; Carrasco-Benavides, M.; Schiappacasse, F.; Arias, C.A. Reclamation of Treated Wastewater for Irrigation in Chile: Perspectives of the Current State and Challenges. Water 2022, 14, 627. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14040627

  • Morais, M.V.B. Comparação bibliográfica Sobre Ensino De matemática Para Pessoas Com Transtorno Autista Utilizando técnica De Mineração De Texto. REMAT 2022, 8, e2002. https://doi.org/10.35819/remat2022v8i1id5288

  • Rudke, A.P.; Xavier, A.C.F.; Fujita, T.; Abou Rafee, S.A.; Martins; L.D.; Morais, M.V.B.; Albuquerque, T.T.A.; Freitas, E.D.; Martins, J.A. Mapping past landscapes using landsat data: Upper Paraná River Basin in 1985. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment 2021, 21, 100436. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2020.100436

  • Marciotto, E.R.; de Morais, M.V.B. Energetics of Urban Canopies: A Meteorological Perspective. J 2021, 4, 645-663. https://doi.org/10.3390/j4040047


Research Projects

List of current reseach projects as Director or Responsable Researcher. As a complete serie of finished and currently projects, please see the CV file.

ANID #11220138

Green Infrastructure Modelling as a mitigation strategy for local climate change and air pollution in Latin American Cities

In the context of green infrastructure application and sustainable construction, this project has the hypothesis that the massive use of green roofs and facades (considering the usage of sedum plants, which is the most common and easy to maintain), and the constructed wetlands (CW), could contribute to the reduction in around 25% of PM2.5 and ozone pollutants concentrations in Talca and Metropolitan Area of Sao Paulo, cities located in Chile and Brazil, respectively. For CW, the primary plants for each place will be used for horizontal surface CW. Thus, the main objective of this project is to develop the green infrastructure representation in urban-atmosphere parameterization in mesoscale modeling to the pollution removal and temperature decrease in different climate conditions in Latin America.

2022 - 2025

FAPESP #2020/14556-4

Primary biological aerosol particles (PBAPs): modeling at Southeast and Southern Brazil cloud physics processes using WRF

Destructive hailstones have a substantial economic and social impact in the south and southeast regions of Brazil. Its measurement and analysis are extremely complicated since it is an intensely local and fast event. Furthermore, the knowledge of the processes that involve the formation of such storms is still unknown. In this sense, this project aims to study the role of primary biological aerosols particles in the formation of hail using numerical mesoscale modeling. For this, the WRF-Chem model will be used, to which the parameterization of microphysics will be modified to consider such effect. Simulations will be carried out considering the previously observed studies in the country's southwest region. To characterize the effect of aerosols on hail formation and study future projections of climate change impact, sensitivity tests with the model will also be performed.

2021 - 2023

CNPq #423316/2018-4

Spatial and temporal characterization of hailstorms using electronic sensors

Although hail is a well-known extreme event, its study is innovative in Brazil. This is due to the fact that it is a highly local and short-lived phenomenon. In this way, it is extremely complicated to use equipment for measuring hail, currently being measured through plates in which the ice stones leave marks of incidence. Even being useful in determining the size of the stones, these plates do not provide important and decisive information for the study of hailstorms, how long they last and the onset of rain. Thus, this project proposes the development of an automatic granizometer, using sound and rain sensors capable of identifying the onset and duration of hailstorms. In this way, it is expected that the equipment developed from this project will be used in hail studies, contributing to an improvement in the quality of the data provided.

2019 - 2023

Skills

Programming Languages & Tools
Workflow
  • Ensemble design for wave (WW3)and atmospheric (WRF) models
  • Linux automation process including modeling (WW3, WRF and SWAT - hydrological)
  • Reviewer of 20+ scientific journals
  • Reviewer of MCTIC (Ministry of Science of Brazil) FINEP projects