Victor Hugo R. Prudente

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440 Church Street

Ann Arbor, MI 48109

victorrp@umich.edu

Welcome to my page. I am Dr. Victor Hugo Rohden Prudente. I have a Ph.D. in Remote Sensing from the National Institute for Space Research (INPE - Brazil), with a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Engineering from the Western Paraná State University (Unioeste - Brazil).

My research centers on leveraging combined multisensor data for Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) monitoring, with a specific focus on applying diverse data sources - such as optical and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images - for detailed crop mapping and monitoring. Currently, as a Research Fellow (Postdoc) at Dr. Meha Jain’s lab at the SEAS, University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability, I am developing remote sensing products designed to accurately estimate crop sowing times, areas, and dynamics within smallholder farming systems. This research aims to provide critical insights into farmer management practices and impacts, offering pathways to enhance agricultural resilience and sustainability.

news

Apr 05, 2024	NASA LCLUC team meeting - 2024
May 18, 2023	NASA LCLUC team meeting - 2023
Oct 15, 2019	Internship awarded
Dec 17, 2014	Undergraduate student award

latest posts

Jul 20, 2024	Working with Geotagged Photos
Apr 21, 2024	The problem of cloud cover
Apr 20, 2024	How to send SMS and email for free using Python

selected publications

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GEEadas: GEE-based automatic detection of adverse-frost stress

M. Chaves , M. Adami , L. Oldoni , and 6 more authors

Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 2025

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@article{chaves2025rsase,
  author = {Chaves, M. and Adami, M. and Oldoni, L. and Rodigheri, G. and Prudente, V. H. R. and Santana, C. and Garcia, A. and Covre, R. and Sanches, I. D.},
  title = {GEEadas: GEE-based automatic detection of adverse-frost stress},
  journal = {Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2025.101799},
}

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Remote Sensing-Based Rice Mapping in Brazil: Identifying the Best Approach for Segmenting Different Spectral Compositions using Deep Learning

S. Islam , A. D. B. Garcia , I. D. Sanches , and 2 more authors

Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 2025

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@article{islam2025rsase,
  author = {Islam, S. and Garcia, A. D. B. and Sanches, I. D. and Prudente, V. H. R. and Cheng, I.},
  title = {Remote Sensing-Based Rice Mapping in Brazil: Identifying the Best Approach for Segmenting Different Spectral Compositions using Deep Learning},
  journal = {Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment},
  volume = {40},
  pages = {1--25},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.1016/j.rsase.2025.101770},
}

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Using Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 Vegetation Indices to Estimate Sowing and Harvest Dates for Corn and Soybeans in Brazil

C. T. C. Santana , M. Adami , V. H. R. Prudente , and 2 more authors

Remote Sensing, 2025

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@article{santana2025remotesensing,
  author = {Santana, C. T. C. and Adami, M. and Prudente, V. H. R. and Garcia, A. D. B. and Caldas, M. M.},
  title = {Using Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 Vegetation Indices to Estimate Sowing and Harvest Dates for Corn and Soybeans in Brazil},
  journal = {Remote Sensing},
  volume = {17},
  pages = {1--29},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.3390/rs17172927},
}

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Mapping Grain Crop Start of Season in Smallholder Systems Using Optical Imagery

V. H. R. Prudente , M. Garcia-Medina , V. Krishna , and 9 more authors

Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 2025

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@article{prudente2025rsase,
  author = {Prudente, V. H. R. and Garcia-Medina, M. and Krishna, V. and Euler, M. and Bhattarai, N. and Lerner, A. M. and McDonald, A. J. and Sherpa, S. and Rajan, H. and Urfels, A. and Santana, C. T. C. and Jain, M.},
  title = {Mapping Grain Crop Start of Season in Smallholder Systems Using Optical Imagery},
  journal = {Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment},
  volume = {39},
  pages = {1--17},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2025.101660},
  doi = {10.1016/j.rsase.2025.101660},
}

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Land Use and Land Cover Products for Agricultural Mapping Applications in Brazil: Challenges and Limitations

P. A. Santos , M. Adami , M. A. Picoli , and 5 more authors

Remote Sensing, 2025

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@article{santos2025remotesensing,
  author = {Santos, P. A. and Adami, M. and Picoli, M. A. and Prudente, V. H. R. and Esquerdo, J. C. D. M. and Queiroz, G. R. and Santana, C. T. C. and Chaves, M. E. D.},
  title = {Land Use and Land Cover Products for Agricultural Mapping Applications in Brazil: Challenges and Limitations},
  journal = {Remote Sensing},
  volume = {17},
  pages = {1--35},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17132324},
  doi = {10.3390/rs17132324},
}

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Characterization of Irrigated Rice Cultivation Cycles and Classification in Brazil Using Time-Series Similarity and Machine Learning Models with Sentinel Imagery

A. D. B. Garcia , I. D. Sanches , V. H. R. Prudente , and 1 more author

AgriEngineering, 2025

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@article{garcia2025agriengineering,
  author = {Garcia, A. D. B. and Sanches, I. D. and Prudente, V. H. R. and Trabaquini, K.},
  title = {Characterization of Irrigated Rice Cultivation Cycles and Classification in Brazil Using Time-Series Similarity and Machine Learning Models with Sentinel Imagery},
  journal = {AgriEngineering},
  volume = {7},
  pages = {1--36},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.3390/agriengineering7030065},
  doi = {10.3390/agriengineering7030065},
}

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Forest fragmentation dynamics in the direct influence area of Iguaçu National Park, Brazil

H. M. Munhos , B. S. Francisco , V. H. R. Prudente , and 2 more authors

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2025

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@article{munhos2025environmental,
  author = {Munhos, H. M. and Francisco, B. S. and Prudente, V. H. R. and Mercante, E. and Temponi, L. G.},
  title = {Forest fragmentation dynamics in the direct influence area of Iguaçu National Park, Brazil},
  journal = {Environmental Monitoring and Assessment},
  volume = {197},
  pages = {1--13},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-025-13801-4},
  doi = {10.1007/s10661-025-13801-4},
}

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Irrigated rice-field mapping in Brazil using phenological stage information and optical and microwave remote sensing

A. D. B. Garcia , S. Islam , V. H. R. Prudente , and 2 more authors

Applied Computing and Geosciences, 2025

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@article{garcia2025applied,
  author = {Garcia, A. D. B. and Islam, S. and Prudente, V. H. R. and Sanches, I. D. and Cheng, I.},
  title = {Irrigated rice-field mapping in Brazil using phenological stage information and optical and microwave remote sensing},
  journal = {Applied Computing and Geosciences},
  volume = {25},
  pages = {1--14},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acags.2025.100223},
  doi = {10.1016/j.acags.2025.100223},
}

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Integration of Optical and Synthetic Aperture Radar Data with Different Synthetic Aperture Radar Image Processing Techniques and Development Stages to Improve Soybean Yield Prediction

I. A. Cunha , G. M. M. Baptista , V. H. R. Prudente , and 2 more authors

Agriculture, 2024

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@article{cunha2024agricultureSARsoybean,
  title = {Integration of Optical and Synthetic Aperture Radar Data with Different Synthetic Aperture Radar Image Processing Techniques and Development Stages to Improve Soybean Yield Prediction},
  author = {Cunha, I. A. and Baptista, G. M. M. and Prudente, V. H. R. and Melo, D. D. and Amaral, L. R.},
  year = {2024},
  journal = {Agriculture},
  volume = {14},
  pages = {1--21},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture14112032},
  doi = {10.3390/agriculture14112032},
}

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Geometric accuracy assessment and a framework for automatic sub-pixel registration of WFI images from CBERS-4, CBERS-4A, and Amazonia-1 satellites

L. V. Oldoni , I. D. Sanches , M. Picoli , and 2 more authors

Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 2022

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@article{oldoni2022rsasecbers,
  title = {Geometric accuracy assessment and a framework for automatic sub-pixel registration of WFI images from CBERS-4, CBERS-4A, and Amazonia-1 satellites},
  author = {Oldoni, L. V. and Sanches, I. D. and Picoli, M. and Prudente, V. H. R. and Adami, M.},
  year = {2022},
  journal = {Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment},
  volume = {28},
  pages = {1--22},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2022.100844},
}

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Cropland expansion, intensification, and reduction in Mato Grosso state, Brazil, between the crop years 2000/01 to 2017/18

D. C. Vieira , I. D. Sanches , B. Montibeller , and 4 more authors

Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 2022

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@article{vieira2022rsasefusion,
  title = {Cropland expansion, intensification, and reduction in Mato Grosso state, Brazil, between the crop years 2000/01 to 2017/18},
  author = {Vieira, D. C. and Sanches, I. D. and Montibeller, B. and Prudente, V. H. R. and Hansen, M.C. and Baggett, A. and Adami, M.},
  year = {2022},
  journal = {Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment},
  volume = {28},
  pages = {1--18},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2022.100841},
}

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Multisensor approach to Land Use and Land Cover Mapping in Brazilian Amazon

V. H. R. Prudente , S. Skakun , L. V. Oldoni , and 4 more authors

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2022

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@article{prudente2022isprsmultisensor,
  title = {Multisensor approach to Land Use and Land Cover Mapping in Brazilian Amazon},
  author = {Prudente, V. H. R. and Skakun, S. and Oldoni, L. V. and Xaud, H. A. M. and Xaud, M. and Sanches, I. D. and Adami, M.},
  year = {2022},
  journal = {ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing},
  volume = {189},
  pages = {95--109},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2022.04.025},
  doi = {10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2022.04.025},
  google_scholar_id = {uWQEDVKXjbEC},
}

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Limitations of cloud cover for optical remote sensing of agricultural areas across South America

V. H. R. Prudente , V. S. Martins , D. C. Vieira , and 3 more authors

Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 2020

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@article{prudente2020rsaseclouds,
  title = {Limitations of cloud cover for optical remote sensing of agricultural areas across South America},
  author = {Prudente, V. H. R. and Martins, V. S. and Vieira, D. C. and Silva, N. R. F. and Adami, M. and Sanches, I. D.},
  year = {2020},
  journal = {Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment},
  volume = {20},
  pages = {1--14},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2020.100414},
  doi = {10.1016/j.rsase.2020.100414},
  google_scholar_id = {abG-DnoFyZgC},
}

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Comparative assessment between per-pixel and object-oriented for mapping land cover and use

V. H. R. Prudente , B. B. Silva , J. A. Johann , and 2 more authors

Engenharia Agricola, 2017

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@article{prudente2017agricolacomparative,
  title = {Comparative assessment between per-pixel and object-oriented for mapping land cover and use},
  author = {Prudente, V. H. R. and Silva, B. B. and Johann, J. A. and Mercante, E. and Oldoni, L. V},
  year = {2017},
  journal = {Engenharia Agricola},
  volume = {37},
  pages = {1015--1027},
  url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4430-Eng.Agric.v37n5p1015-1027/2017},
  doi = {10.1590/1809-4430-Eng.Agric.v37n5p1015-1027/2017},
  google_scholar_id = {NaGl4SEjCO4C},
}