Dr. Victor Hugo Rohden Prudente

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440 Church Street

Ann Arbor, MI 48109

victorrp@umich.edu

I hold a Ph.D. in Remote Sensing from Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE), and Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees 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.

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news

Jun 11, 2026	New paper — mapping cover crops in Michigan
Mar 25, 2026	SinergIA: mapping energy crops in the Brazilian Semi-Arid
Mar 03, 2026	New model for precision frost impact mapping
Apr 21, 2024	The problem of cloud cover
Apr 05, 2024	NASA LCLUC team meeting - 2024

selected publications

Journal

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,
  google_scholar_id = {eq2jaN3J8jMC},
  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},
  volume = {40},
  pages = {1--13},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.1016/j.rsase.2025.101799},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2025.101799},
}

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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,
  google_scholar_id = {tkaPQYYpVKoC},
  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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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,
  google_scholar_id = {t6usbXjVLHcC},
  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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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},
}

Journal

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},
}