Publications

Year 2020

Identificación de patrones de reflectancia espectral y colorimétricos en madera seca de Peltogyne purpurea Pittier

Hyperspectral and colorimetric patterns were determined from anatomical and physical aspects for the characterization of Peltogyne dry wood Pittier purpurea, from trees of natural forest.

Metodología para la determinación del crecimiento de la mancha urbana en las capitales de la región centroamericana (1975-1995-2014)

The objective of the research is to generate the urban sprawl of cities Central American capitals of the years of study through a methodology with remote sensing and the implementation of various techniques for processing and post-processing of Landsat satellite images; in addition, techniques were used in photointerpretation, classification and digitization with Information Systems Geographic (GIS).

Year 2024

Spatio-temporal changes for natural resources conservation and illegal logging monitoring using Breaks for Additive Season and Trend (BFAST) algorithm in Costa Rica

Biología Tropical, Digital Magazine, 72(1), e58329. Ávila Pérez, I., Lindquist, E., Miller Granados, C., & Henry, M. (2024).

Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) occurrence and grazing spots in three protected areas of Costa Rica

Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, 19(1), 82-90. Cubero-Pardo, P., Castro-Azofeifa, C., Quirós Corella, F., Mora Ramírez, S., Vargas Ramírez, E., Bonilla Sánchez, S., & Vargas-Bolaños, C. (2024)

Comparación de herramientas tecnológicas para determinar índices de vegetación en plantaciones de Tectona grandis, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

22nd LACCEI International Multi-Conference for Engineering, Education and Technology (LACCEI 2024) Porras-Granados, Arleth Soto-Montoya, Cassia Arias-Aguilar, Dagoberto Aguilar-Arias, Heileen Romero-Badilla, David

Year 2025

PRIAS : 20 years of trajectory-building research in Earth observations for Costa Rica and the world

The article describes the contributions and challenges of the PRIAS Laboratory in the fields of geomatics and Earth observation. It includes a review and systematization of historical data from the beginning of PRIAS as a program, its transformation into a laboratory, and its progress through 2023. It was published in the proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress organized by the International Astronautical Federation 2024 at the Earth Observation Symposium.

MOCUPP : Monitoring of Change of Use in Productive Landscapes, as a metodology for crop dynamics surveillance based on earth observations.

It describes the use of Earth Observations in the MOCUPP project and the impact on land use change management in productive landscapes. It was published in the proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress organized by the International Astronautical Federation 2024 at the Earth Observation Symposium.

Creative Space: A computational space to let spatial creativity fly from Costa Rica

The article presents the initiative of the PRIAS Laboratory's computational creative space for outreach and education in the field of Earth observation, which was published in the proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress organized by the International Astronautical Federation 2024 at the Space Education and Outreach Symposium.