PERSONAL DATA
Paula Cristina Santana Paredes
E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
Collaborator of the CEER-Biosystems Engineering, Research Unit I - Water,
Natural Resources and Climate (http://ceer.isa.utl.pt/cms/)
http://www.researcherid.com/rid/F-9463-2010
EDUCATION
♦ Secondary studies, 1992.
♦ Agricultural Engineer, specialization Tropical Agriculture, Institute of
Agronomy, Technical University of Lisbon (ISA-UTL), 1998.
♦ Master of Science (pre-Bologna) in Tropical Agriculture, Institute of
Agronomy, Technical University of Lisbon (ISA-UTL), 2008.
♦ PhD student on Biosystems Engineering, since 2010
EMPLOYMENT RECORD
♦ November 1998 - March 1999 – Technical and administrative support
for the organization of the 5th Workshop on “Engineering in the
Portuguese Official Language Countries”, organized by APORJEL
(Associação Portuguesa das Jornadas de Engenharia dos Países de
Língua Oficial Portuguesa);
♦ March - June 1999 – Production management of tropical fruit crops;
performed field work on banana, mango and avocado pests and
diseases control, and irrigation management at the Martex Farms, Inc,
Puerto Rico ;
♦ July-August 1999 – Technical and administrative support to AIJE
(Associação International Association of the das Jornadas de
Engenharia) in the preparation of the presentation of a Conference in
the UNESCO General Assembly;
♦ November- December 1999 – Photo maps interpretation and GIS data
digitalization, TERRACARTA;
♦ December 1999 - January 2000 – Managing support to subsidies
proposals within the Supporting Communitarian Frame (EU program),
administrative overview of the farmers declarations of production and
harvesting of wine in the Instituto da Vinha e do Vinho (Institute of the
Vineyards and Wine);
♦ February 2000 – to present – research assistant under the supervision
of Prof. Dr Luis Santos Pereira, CEER-Centro de Engenharia dos
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Biossistemas, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Technical University of
Lisbon. Currently is a PhD student under the subject “Modeling water
productionfor mediterreanean crops for improving irrigation water
productivity”.
Provided collaboration within the following research projects:
International
ERBIC 18CT970170 “Policies for Water Savings in the Yellow River Basin.
A DSS Applied to Ningxia and Shandong” (1998-2002)
ICA2-CT-2000-10039 “Crop Irrigation Management for Combating Induced
Desertification in the Aral Sea Basin”, (2000-2005)
EC-INCO-MED
Thematic
Network
“WADEMED,
Water
demand
management knowledge base in the Mediterranean” coordinated by
CIRAD, Montpellier, France (2003-2007)
EC- INCO-MED Thematic Network “WASAMED, Water savings in
Mediterranean agriculture”. (2003-2007)
Interreg III-C MEDOCC SEDEMED on “Droughts and Desertification in the
Mediterranean Region. (2004-2006)
Interreg III-C MEDOCC “Méthodologies et Instruments pour la Planification
et l’Aménagement de l’Irrigation à l’échelle territoriale et des parcelles
cultivées en condition de Sécheresse (MIPAIS) (2005-2007)
Thematic Network on “Agriculture Water Management. Irrigation and
Fertigation”, Ibero-American Program “Ciência y Tecnologia para el
Desarrollo” (CYTED) (2005-2008)
INCO - GOCE nº 003950 “A Surveillance System for assessing and
Monitoring of Desertification” (DeSurvey). (2005-2010)
Bilateral cooperative research projects with:
ƒ the Federal Universities of Porto Alegre and Pelotas, Brazil (200205),
ƒ the China Agricultural University, The University of Wuhan and the
China Institute for Water Resources and Hydropower Research
(2005-2007),
ƒ the University of Santiago de Compostela, Campus of Lugo, Spain
(2006-07) (Acção Integrada Luso-Espanhola nº E-56/06).
ƒ the Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil (2011-12)
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National
“Droughts Characterisation and Irrigation Management in the Alentejo
Region” (INTERREG III-C, 99.09.5942.1) (1999-2002)
“Diagnostic Analysis of Pressurized Irrigation Systems in Alentejo” (PEDIZA
I, 1999.64.006326.1) (2000-2001)
“Modernizing irrigation systems and scheduling in Alentejo” (AGRO 115)
(2001-2005)
“Sprinkler and micro-irrigation: evaluation, modeling, design and irrigation
scheduling with the WEB” (PEDIZA II, 2002.64.002137.0) (2003-2007)
“Information Technologies for water saving and improved performance of
pressurized irrigation” (FCT, POCTI/AGG/42698/2001) (2003-2007)
“Droughts risk management: identification, monitoring, characterization,
prediction and mitigation” (FCT, PTDC/AGR-AAM/71649/2006, 2007-2010)
“WUSSIAAME- Water use, survival strategies and impact of agrochemicals
on water resources in agricultural Mediterranean ecosystems” (FCT,
PTDC/AAC-AMB/100635/2008, 2010-12)
“Web-based irrigation models and services. Models integration” (FCT,
PTDCAGR-AAM/105432/2008, 2010-13)
“H2Olive3S-Integration of in situ biophysical information on crop and land
surface with remotely sensed observations to model olive water use and
irrigation scheduling at local and regional scales” (FCT, PTDC/AGRPRO/111717/2009, 2011-13)
♦ Organization support to scientific meetings
Workshop on Irrigation in Ibero-American Countries, CYTED, Lima and
Cuzco, Peru, 2005
Workshop CYTED on Policies and Strategies for Water Use in Agriculture
in Ibero-America, Colegio de Postgraduados, Montecillo, Texcoco e
Universidad Autonoma de Chapingo, México, 2006.
Workshop CYTED on Water in Ibero-America: Appropriate and Ancient
Technologies and their Contribution to Fight against Desertification.
Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima, and Universidad Nacional
de Piura, Piura, Peru, 2006,
Workshop CYTED and PROCISUR on Modernización de riegos y uso de
tecnologías de la información, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz,
Bolivia, 2007
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Workshop CYTED on Irrigation and Fertigation Techniques, Computational
Tools for Design and Management, Univ. Cuenca, Ecuador, 2007.
Training Workshop on Irrigation and Environment: Modernization and
Environmental Friendliness, CYTED and Spanish Agency for International
Cooperation (AECID), La Antigua, Guatemala, 2008.
Workshop CYTED on “Information and Communication Technologies for
Modernization of Irrigation Systems and Valorization of Ancient Systems”,
EPAGRI, Florianópolis, Brazil, 2008.
PUBLICATIONS
ISI Journals
Сholpankulov, E.D., Inchenkova, O.P., Paredes, P., Pereira, L.S., 2008. Cotton
irrigation scheduling in Central Asia: Model calibration and validation with
consideration of groundwater contribution. Irrig.and Drain. 57:516-532
Pereira, L.S., Paredes, P., Сholpankulov, E.D., Inchenkova, O.P., Teodoro, P.R.,
Horst, M.G., 2009. Irrigation scheduling strategies for cotton to cope with water
scarcity in Central Asia. Application to the Fergana Valley. Agric. Water Manage,
96:723-735
Cai, J., Liu, Y., Xu, D., Paredes, P., Pereira, L.S., 2009. Simulation of the soil water
balance of wheat using daily weather forecast messages to estimate the reference
evapotranspiration. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 13, 1045–1059.
Rodrigues, G.C., Carvalho, S., Paredes, P., Silva, F.G., Pereira, L.S., 2010. Relating
Energy Performances and Water Productivity of Sprinkler Irrigated Maize, Wheat
and Sunflower under limited water availability. Biosystems Engineering 106, 195204
Paço TA, Ferreira MI, Rosa RD, Paredes P, Rodrigues GC, Conceição N, Pacheco
CA, Pereira LS. 2012. The dual crop coefficient approach using a density factor to
simulate the evapotranspiration of a peach orchard: SIMDualKc model versus eddy
covariance measurements. Irrig. Sci 30: 115-126
Rosa, R.D., Paredes, P., Rodrigues, G.C., Alves, I., Allen, R.G., Pereira, L.S., 2012.
Implementing the dual crop coefficient approach in interactive software. 1.
Background and computational strategy. Agric. Water Manage. 103: 8-24
Rosa, R.D., Paredes, P., Rodrigues, G.C., Fernando, R.M., Alves, I., Allen, R.G.,
Pereira, L.S., 2012. Implementing the dual crop coefficient approach in interactive
software: 2. Model testing. Agric. Water Manage. 103: 62-77
Papers in Refereed Journals
Rosa, R., Sequeira, B., Paredes, P., Rodrigues, G., Pereira, L.S., 2008. Modelação e
simulação das necessidades de água das culturas pela metodologia dos
coeficientes culturais duais. O modelo SIMDualKc. Revista AGRIAMBI (submitted)
Chaterlán, Y., León, M., Duarte, C., López, T., Paredes, P., Pereira, L.S., 2009.
Determination of Crop Coefficients for Horticultural Crops in Cuba through Field
Experiments and Water Balance Simulation. Acta Horticulturae (ISHS) 889, 475-482
Paço, T.A, Rosa, R.D., Paredes, P., Rodrigues, G.C., Conceição, N., Ferreira, M.I.,
Pereira, L.S., 2009. The dual crop coefficient approach: testing the SIMDualKc
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model with peach orchard evapotranspiration eddy covariance measurements. Acta
Horticulturae (ISHS) 889, 181-188
Books
Pereira LS, Victoria FB, Paredes P, Garcia M, Palacios E, Torrecillas A, 2010.
Tecnologias para o Uso Sustentável da Água em Regadio. Edições Colibri e CEER,
Lisboa, 235 p. + CD-Rom.
Book chapters
Campos, A.A., Fabião, M.S., Gonçalves, J.M., Pereira, L.S., Paredes, P., 2003.
Improved surface irrigation and scheduling for upland crops in the Huinong Irrigation
District: water saving issues. In: Pereira, L. S., Cai, L.G., Musy, A., Minhas, P.S.
(Eds.), 2003. Water Savings in the Yellow River Basin: Issues and Decision Support
Tools in Irrigation. China Agricultural Press, Beijing, pp. 107-130.
Campos, A.A., Fabião, M.S., Gonçalves, J.M., Pereira, L.S., Paredes, P., 2003.
Improving surface irrigation and scheduling in Bojili Irrigation District. In: Pereira, L.
S., Cai, L.G., Musy, A., Minhas, P.S. (Eds.), 2003. Water Savings in the Yellow
River Basin: Issues and Decision Support Tools in Irrigation. China Agricultural
Press, Beijing, pp.153-164.
Campos, A.A., Pereira, L.S., Liu, Y., Cai, J.B., Fabião, M.S., Gonçalves, J.M., Paredes
P., Li, Y.N., Bai, M.J., Cai, L.G., 2004. Improving surface irrigation and scheduling in
the lower reaches of the Yellow River. Application to Bojili irrigation district,
Shandong. In: Huang, G.H., Pereira, L.S. (eds.) Land and Water Management:
Decision Tools and Practices (Proc. 7th Inter-Regional Conf. Environment and
Water, Beijing, Oct. 2004). China Agriculture Press, Beijing, Vol. 1, pp. 172-184.
Сholpankulov, E.D., Inchenkova, O.P., Paredes, P., Pereira, L.S., 2005. Testing the
irrigation scheduling simulation model ISAREG for cotton and winter wheat in
Central Asia In: Pereira, L.S., Dukhovny, V.A., Horst, M.G. (eds.). Irrigation
Management for Combating Desertification in the Aral Sea basin. Assessment and
Tools. Vita Color Publ., Tashkent, pp. 97-124.
Сholpankulov E. D., O. P. Inchenkova, P. Paredes, L. S. Pereira, 2005. Strategies for
irrigation scheduling to cope with water scarcity. In: Pereira, L.S., Dukhovny, V.A.,
Horst, M.G. (eds.) Irrigation Management for Combating Desertification in the Aral Sea
basin. Assessment and Tools. Vita Color Publ., Tashkent, pp. 125-147.
Godinho, P., Sequeira, B., Paredes, P., Pereira, L.S., 2008. Simulação das
necessidades de àgua das culturas pela metodologia dos coeficientes culturais
duais. Modelo SIMDualKc. In: Ruz, E., Pereira, L.S. (eds) Modernización de Riegos
y Uso de Tecnologías de Información (Taller internacional, La Paz, Bolivia, sept.
2007). CYTED and PROCISUR/IICA, Montevideo, pp. 26-28 + CD-ROM paper 1.5.
Rodrigues, G.C., Sequeira, B., Paredes, P., Pereira, L.S., 2010. PROASPER, um SAD
para Projeto de Sistemas de Rega por Aspersão. In: Pereira, L.S., Victória, F.R.B.,
Paredes, P., Garcia, M., Palácios, E., Torrecillas, A. (eds) Tecnologias para o uso
sustentável da água em rega. Edições Colibri e CEER, pp. 15-19 + CD-Rom 1.4
Rosa, R, Paredes, P, Rodrigues, G.C., I. Alves, L.S. Pereira, 2010. O modelo
SIMDualKc para a simulação da rega e a geração de calendários de rega. In: LS
Pereira, JT Mexia, CA Pires (eds.) Gestão do Risco em Seca. Métodos,
Tecnologias e Desafios. pp. 279-300
Paredes, P, Rodrigues, G.C., 2010. Necessidades de água para a rega de milho em
Portugal continental considerando condições de seca. In: LS Pereira, JT Mexia, CA
Pires (eds.) Gestão do Risco em Seca. Métodos, Tecnologias e Desafios. pp. 301319
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Paredes, P, Teodoro, PR, Rodrigues, GC, Rosa RG, Popova, Z Horst MG, Cancela,
JJ, Liu, Y, Cai JB, Liu TX, Shi HB, Wu, Y, Pereira, LS, 2011. Modelação,
coeficientes culturais e programação da rega. In: Pereira, LS, Varennes, A de,
Oliveira, C, Ferreira-Dias, S (Eds) Engenharia dos Biossistemas. Cem Temas de
Investigação no Centenário do ISA. Edições Colibri e CEER, Lisboa
Chaterlán Y, Paredes P, Pereira LS, 2011. Rega de hortícolas em clima tropical
húmido. In: Pereira, LS, Varennes, A de, Oliveira, C, Ferreira-Dias, S (Eds)
Engenharia dos Biossistemas. Cem Temas de Investigação no Centenário do ISA.
Edições Colibri e CEER, Lisboa
Gonçalves JM., Muga A, Teodoro PR, Pedras C, Rodrigues GC, Darouich H, Valin
I, Rosa RD, Jorge R, Paredes P, Gomes da Silva F, Neto M, Pereira LS, 2011.
Serviços WEB para apoio à gestão e projecto de sistemas de rega. In: Pereira, LS,
Varennes, A de, Oliveira, C, Ferreira-Dias, S (Eds) Engenharia dos Biossistemas.
Cem Temas de Investigação no Centenário do ISA. Edições Colibri e CEER, Lisboa
Papers in Edited Proceedings
Gonçalves, J.M., Pereira, L.S., Fang, S.X., Fabião, M.S, Campos, A.A., Mao, Z.,
Paredes P., 2001. A computer package for simulation and decision-making on
surface irrigation improvements for water savings. In: Zazueta FS and Xin JN (eds.)
World Congress on Computers in Agriculture and Natural Resources (Foz do
Iguaçu, Brasil), ASAE, St. Joseph, MI, pp. 835-842.
Gonçalves, J.M., Pereira, L.S., Fang, S.X., Fabião, M.S., Campos, A.A., Mao, Z.,
Paredes, P., 2002. A computer package for simulation and decision-making on
surface irrigation improvements for water savings. In: Zazueta FS and Xin JN (eds.)
Proceedings of the World Congress of Computers in Agriculture and Natural
Resources (Foz do Iguaçu, Brasil), ASAE, St. Joseph, MI. 835-842.
Pereira, L.S., Gonçalves, J.M., Fang, S.X., Fabião, M.S., Campos, A.A., Mao, Z.,
Dong, B., Paredes, P., 2002. A Computer Package For Simulation of Surface
Irrigation Improvements for Water Savings at Farm and Distribution Systems. In: 2nd
World Engineering Congress, Sarawak, Malaysia
Gonçalves, J.M., Pereira, L.S., Campos, A.A., Fabião, M.S., Paredes, P., Fang, S.X.,
Mao, Z., Dong, B., 2002. Modeling demand and distribution for environmental
upgrading of the Huinong irrigation system, upper Yellow River Basin: a multi-criteria
approach for DSS in the irrigation domain. In: 2002 ASAE Annual International
Meeting / CIGR XVth World Congress (Chicago, Illinois, July 28-July 31, 2002)
ASAE, CD-ROM paper 022211.
Rolim, J., Godinho, P., Sequeira, B., Rosa, R., Paredes, P, Pereira, L.S., 2006.
SIMDualKc, a software tool for water balance simulation based on dual crop
coefficient. In: Zazueta, F., Xin, J., Ninomiya, S., Schiefer, G. (eds.) Computers in
Agriculture and Natural Resources (4th World Congress, Orlando, FL), ASABE, St.
Joseph, MI, pp. 781-786.
Paredes, P., Сholpankulov, E.D., Inchenkova, O.P., Pereira, L.S., 2006. Irrigation
scheduling strategies for cotton to cope with water scarcity. In: Agricultural
Engineering for a Better World (XVI CIGR World Congress, Bonn, Set. 2006), VDI
Verlag, Dusseldorf, CD-ROM paper 0015.
Rolim, J., Godinho, P., Sequeira, B., Paredes, P., Pereira, L.S., 2007. Assessing the
SIMDualKc model for irrigation scheduling simulation in Mediterranean
environments. In: Lamaddalena, N., Boglioti, C., Todorovic, M., Scardigno, A. (Eds.)
Water Saving in Mediterranean Agriculture & Future Research Needs (Proc. Int.
Conf., WASAMED project, Valenzano, Fev. 2007), Options Mediterranéennes, Série
B, 56, vol.I: 397-405.
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Papers in non refereed proceedings
Paredes, P., A.M. Correia, A. Maia, 1998. Isotermas de sorção de milho (Zea mays L.)
a temperaturas elevadas. In: 5as Jornadas de Engenharia dos Países de Língua
Oficial Portuguesa, APORGEL & AIJE eds., Lisboa.
Pereira, L. S., M. J. Calejo, P.A. Rodrigues, P. Paredes, 2000, Performances of wheat
and maize irrigation as influenced by the groundwater level. In: 1st Workshop on
Water Saving Policies for the Yellow River Basin, Wuhan, China (11 – 12
September 2000, Wuhan, China), CD-ROM.
Godinho, P., Sequeira, B., Paredes, P., Pereira, L.S., 2007, Cálculo das necessidades
hídricas das culturas pela metodologia dos coeficientes culturais duais: o modelo
SIMDualKc. In: II Congresso Nacional de Rega e Drenagem, (Fundão 26-28 Junho
2007), COTR, Beja, CD-ROM paper 32.
Rodrigues, G.C., Sequeira, B., Paredes, P., Pereira, L.S., 2008. PROASPER, um SAD
para projecto de sistemas de rega por aspersão. In: Tecnologias de informação e
comunicação (TIC) para a modernização dos sistemas de irrigação e valorização
dos sistemas de irrigação ancestrais. Workshop CYTED, Florianópolis, Brazil (CDROM).
Carvalho, S., Rodrigues, G., Paredes, P., Pereira, L.S., 2008. Energy Performance of
Sprinkler Irrigated Maize, Wheat and Sunflower in Vigia Irrigation District. In: Int.
Conf. of Agricultural Engineering, Envirowater 2008 (Brazil, Aug. 31 to Sept 4,
2008), SBEA and CIGR, CD-ROM paper 0461. (Awarded with the Armand Blanc
Prize, for an outstanding paper, CIGR)
Chipana, R., Yujra, R., Paredes, P., Pereira, L.S., 2010. Determinación de la
Evapotranspiración de Referencia con Datos Limitados en Zonas de Altura del
Altiplano Boliviano Aplicando la Metodología de la FAO y la Ecuación de
Hargreaves-Samani. In: 1er Congreso Boliviano de Riego y Drenaje “Regar y
producir más con menos agua”, 12 - 14 Jul 2010, UMSA, La Paz, Bolivia
Thesis and reports
Paredes, P., 1998. Sorption isotherms of maize. Characterization at high temperatures.
Graduation report, ISA-UTL, Lisbon, 72 p. (in Portuguese)
Paredes, P., 1999. Pest of banana: Nematodes and weevil (Cosmopolites sordidus).
Post-graduation report, ISA-UTL, Lisbon, 74 p. (in Portuguese)
Paredes, P., 2002. Projecto de implementação da cultura do algodoeiro na região do
Alentejo. 35 p.
Paredes, P., 2003. A Segurança alimentar no mundo. Caso de estudo: Moçambique.
40p.
Paredes, P., 2008. Cotton irrigation management: irrigation scheduling simulations to
cope with water scarcity using the ISAREG model. Master Thesis, ISA-UTL, Lisbon,
165p. (in Portuguese)
CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS PARTICIPATION
1st Encounter of African students and Technicians on Agricultural sciences in Portugal
(AFROAGRO ) – Vila Real, Portugal, 1996
Forum “Business and cooperation in the ACP countries: Option Africa – Portugal, 1997
Forum “Angola Coffee production”- Lisbon, Portugal, 1997
Workshop “The Instituto Superior de Agronomia and research within the PAMAF
program”, Lisbon, Portugal, 1999
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ONTA (Organization of Nematologists of Tropical America) Annual meeting – San
Juan, Puerto Rico, 1999
Symposium “Tropical: Because the world in bigger than Portugal” (IAAS/ISA) - Lisbon,
Portugal, 2001
1th National Symposium on “Agricultural Engineering: Technology, environment and
society” – Lisbon, Portugal, 2003
Seminar on “Aprender com a SECA deste ano. Preparação para as secas e mitigação
dos seus efeitos”, Beja, Portugal, 2005
Agricultural Engineering for a Better World (XVI CIGR World Congress), Bon,
Germany, 2006
Water Saving in Mediterranean Agriculture & Future Research, Valenzano, Italy, 2007;
Workshop CYTED and PROCISUR on Modernización de riegos y uso de tecnologías
de la información, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia, 2007
Third Marie Curie Summer School on Sustainable use of water in agriculture. Indicators
and trends for water resources conservation, to be held in Venice, Italy, October 59, 2009
Languages
♦ English: Very good
♦ French: Average
♦ Spanish: Very good
♦ Portuguese: Very good
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