Francisco Dourado
@uerj.br
Associate Professor
RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS
Geology
Scopus Publications
- Projections of global road risk exposed to landslides under climate change
Yu Duan, Mingtao Ding, Yufeng He, Hongkai Chen, Hao Zheng, et al.
Communications Earth and Environment, 2026 - Scale discrepancies in landslide susceptibility assessment–a comprehensive analysis in Southwestern China
Yufeng He, Mingtao Ding, Yu Duan, Feng Li, Jie He, et al.
Geomatics Natural Hazards and Risk, 2026 - Village geohazard resilience assessment based on contribution weight superposition and Shannon entropy method- a case study in Dechang County, China
Yufeng He, Mingtao Ding, Yu Duan, Hongkai Chen, Sven Fuchs, et al.
Geomatics Natural Hazards and Risk, 2026 - Global projections of future landslide susceptibility under climate change
Yu Duan, Mingtao Ding, Yufeng He, Hao Zheng, Ricardo Delgado-Téllez, et al.
Geoscience Frontiers, 2025 - From setback to breakthroughs: The shift in financial investment balance perspectives for disaster risk and management in Brazil
Maria Angélica Gomes da Silva, Luiza Ribeiro Alves Cunha, Francisco Dourado, Adriana Leiras
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2025 - Characterizing sea level and barometric disturbances in the Caribbean and adjacent regions from the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai 2022 eruption
Jelis J. Sostre-Cortés, Elizabeth A. Vanacore, Christa von Hillebrandt-Andrade, Roy A. Watlington, Valerie Clouard, et al.
Ocean and Coastal Research, 2025
The Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai eruption of January 15th, 2022, was a rare geological event, resulting in atmospheric pressure waves being recorded around the world, along with sea level fluctuations. This research aims to analyze the tsunami and pressure waves observed in the Caribbean and adjacent regions, which were generated by this eruption. These kinds of perturbations are uncommon and have not been seen in many occurrences, let alone with global implications. Modern instrumentation in the Caribbean and adjacent regions, including both barometers and sea level stations, provided a unique opportunity to observe and analyze this event. A comprehensive review of the observations recorded in the Caribbean and adjacent regions linking the barometric observations to sea level perturbations, including observations of the lead/lag relative to the barometric pressure spikes and the frequency content of observable sea level perturbations, will be shown in this study. For instance, most of the stations in this study recorded six barometric spikes, of which the first two generated a significant sea level observation. Circumstances complicating observations, such as interference from factors, e.g. a strong cold front and lack of standardization, will also be discussed. This study, which will integrate observations from across the Caribbean and adjacent regions, aims to better understand the nature of this unique event and how it was observed in the region. As such, this research can offer insight into the factors that may influence volcanic tsunamis, which is invaluable for developing tsunami warning and response protocols. - The Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai volcanic barometric pressure pulse and meteotsunami travel recorded in several Antarctic stations
HEITOR EVANGELISTA, PAOLO GRIGIONI, LUCIANO PEZZI, FRANCISCO DOURADO, PETRA HEIL, et al.
Anais Da Academia Brasileira De Ciencias, 2024
The Hunga Tonga-Hunga/Hunga-Ha'apai eruption on January 15, 2022 sent off a plume of ash material up to the stratosphere and triggered a meteotsunami and barometric pressure pulse that rippled through the atmosphere and oceans all around the world. The nature of the volcanic event and its global impacts on the oceans, atmosphere, lithosphere and the cryosphere are a matter of debate. Here we present a first overview of the time travel of the sound atmospheric pressure wave through the Antarctic continent based on in situ measurements, which represented a unique event observed through the polar ice sheet during the instrumental meteorological era. In addition, we estimated the tsunami travel time of the Hunga-Tonga event from a first order model to infer its impact over the Antarctic Sea ice and ice shelves. One outcome from our observations and modeling is the detection of the meteotsunami in the Antarctic Peninsula and the impact of the continental relief over the atmospheric pressure wave dispersion. - Microtextural signatures in quartz grains and foraminifera from tsunami deposits of the Portuguese shelf
Missilene Yhasnara, Pedro J. M. Costa, Francisco Dourado, Maria Virginia Alves Martins, Lisa Feist, et al.
Geo Marine Letters, 2023 - Hazard Mapping in Urban EnvironmentalProtected Areas: Tijuca National Park
Rodrigo B Santos, Francisco Dourado, Leonard Schumm
Urbe, 2023
Tijuca National Park (Parque Nacional da Tijuca - PNT), in the Carioca Hills, Rio de Janeiro, faces often landslides. This threatens the environment and the infrastructure, such as Estrada do Redentor, which connects the Paineiras Visitor Center (CVP) to the Floresta Visitor Center Sector. Due to the lithological-structure characteristics and the status of urban protection area, many methodologies are not suitable for risk mapping and management. Therefore, a methodological adjustment was developed to identify landslide-prone areas by quantifying, understanding, and spatializing events and conditioning factors. Using GIS tools, we collected data on geological structures and infrastructure to assess risk. As a result, a concentration of high-risk areas was identified near the CVP. Medium risk areas are centralized, while from the middle of the road to Alto da Boa Vista, the predominant areas range from low to medium risk. The most common factors are cracks in the road, loose blocks on the slopes, and cuts in the road. Therefore, on Redeemer Road, there is a combination of factors affecting safety, such as lithological-structure and geomorphological aspects, rainfall, slope and lack of maintenance of existing structures. - Mapping potential risks for the transmission of spotted fever rickettsiosis: The case study from the Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil
C. Rodrigues, F. Dourado, D. S. Marinho, G. S. Gazêta, L. Geise
Plos One, 2022
Spotted fever rickettsiosis is a zoonosis transmitted by ticks, having a varied clinical course that can lead to death if not managed properly. In Brazil it is more commonly observed in the Southeast, being an emerging public health problem. Hazard mapping models are common in different areas of knowledge, including public health, as a way of inferring reality and seeking to reduce or prevent damage. The aim of this study is to offer a spatial heuristic methodology for assessing the potential risk of transmission of spotted fever in the Rio de Janeiro state, located in the southeastern region of Brazil. For this, we used geospatial tools associated with eco-epidemiological data related to the clinical profile of the disease. The results achieved were substantially encouraging, considering that there are territories with greater or lesser expectation of risk for spotted fever in the study area. We observed that there are important distinctions between the two rickettsiosis scenarios in the same geographic space and that the areas where there is a greater potential risk of contracting rickettsiosis coincide with the administrative regions that concentrated the cases of hospitalization and deaths from the disease, concluding that the scenery found are relevant to the case series for the disease and that the planning of surveillance actions can gain in quality if the use of this spatial analysis tool is incorporated into the routine of local health management. - Possible evidence of the 1755 CE transatlantic tsunami in Brazil
Francisco Dourado, Pedro JM. Costa, Maria Ana Baptista, Rachid Omira, Ana Paula Cezario, et al.
Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 2022 - The January 15th, 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption recorded in Brazil
Francisco Dourado, Alessandro Filippo, Rogério Candella, Lúcio Silva de Souza, Domingos Urbano, et al.
Ocean and Coastal Research, 2022 - Stratigraphic analysis and geomorphological reconstruction of Grumari coastal plain, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Talissa Mira, Saulo S. Martins, Suelen P. Gouvêa, Francisco Dourado
Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 2021 - Onshore flow characteristics of the 1755 CE Lisbon tsunami: Linking forward and inverse numerical modeling
Ivana Bosnic, Pedro J.M. Costa, Francisco Dourado, SeanPaul La Selle, Guy Gelfenbaum
Marine Geology, 2021 - Can Modeling the Geologic Record Contribute to Constraining the Tectonic Source of the 1755 CE Great Lisbon Earthquake?
F. Dourado, P. J. M. Costa, S. La Selle, C. Andrade, A. N. Silva, et al.
Earth and Space Science, 2021 - Geological risk: An integrated approach between methods of geotechnical mapping analyzed in Nova Friburgo, RJ
Lucas Pinheiro Rocha, Francisco Dourado, Aline Freitas Da Silva, Thiago Dutra Dos Santos
Anuario do Instituto De Geociencias, 2021 - A review on onshore tsunami deposits along the Atlantic coasts
Pedro J.M. Costa, Sue Dawson, Ricardo S. Ramalho, Max Engel, Francisco Dourado, et al.
Earth Science Reviews, 2021 - Imprints in silica grains induced during an open-channel flow experiment: Determination of microtextural signatures during aqueous transport
Pedro J.M. Costa, Yong Sung Park, Young Do Kim, Maria Quintela, William C. Mahaney, et al.
Journal of Sedimentary Research, 2017 - Terrestrial mammals of the jequitinhonha river basin, Brazil: A transition area between atlantic forest and cerrado
Mastozoologia Neotropical, 2017 - RADAR images supporting rescue and recovery actions for landslide and flood disasters: A Rio de Janeiro state case study
Francisco Dourado, Aline Freitas, Nelson Fernandes
Landslide Science for A Safer Geoenvironment Volume 2 Methods of Landslide Studies, 2014 - Geotechnologies for surveys and catastrophic events of Rio de Janeiro geological survey: A case study
Tiago Marino, Francisco Dourado, Claudio Amaral, Jorge Xavier-da-Silva
Landslide Science for A Safer Geoenvironment Volume 2 Methods of Landslide Studies, 2014 - The "Megadesastre" in the mountain region of Rio de Janeiro State - Causes, mechanisms of mass movements and spatial allocation of investments for reconstruction post disaster
F. DOURADO, T.C. ARRAES, M.F. SILVA
Anuario do Instituto De Geociencias, 2012
RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
- Scale discrepancies in landslide susceptibility assessment–a comprehensive analysis in Southwestern China
Y He, M Ding, Y Duan, F Li, J He, S Fuchs, F Dourado
Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk 17 (1), 2649657 , 2026
2026 - Village geohazard resilience assessment based on contribution weight superposition and Shannon entropy method-a case study in Dechang County, China
Y He, M Ding, Y Duan, H Chen, S Fuchs, F Dourado, R Delgado-Téllez, ...
Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk 17 (1), 2626167 , 2026
2026
Citations: 1 - Hydrodynamic Modeling of the CE1755 Tsunami along the Western Algarve (Portugal)
R Magalhães, P Costa, F Dourado
EGU26 , 2026
2026 - Projections of global road risk exposed to landslides under climate change
Y Duan, M Ding, Y He, H Chen, H Zheng, S Fuchs, S Sokratov, F Dourado
Communications Earth & Environment , 2025
2025
Citations: 4 - A ATUAÇÃO DO PROFISSIONAL DE GEOLOGIA NAS OPERAÇÕES DE DESASTRE–ASPECTOS LEGAIS
F Dourado, AM Coelho, RM Mendes, AF da Silva
Revista Eletrônica da OAB-RJ , 2025
2025 - Impact caused by the transportation of iron ore on the beaches of a tourist region in SE Brazil: Mangaratiba (Rio de Janeiro)
SR Arruda, MVA Martins, GA Reis, DL Terroso, RC de Moraes Telles, ...
Journal of Sedimentary Environments 10 (3), 451-478 , 2025
2025
Citations: 3 - Global projections of future landslide susceptibility under climate change
Y Duan, M Ding, Y He, H Zheng, R Delgado-Téllez, S Sokratov, ...
Geoscience Frontiers 16 (4), 102074 , 2025
2025
Citations: 28 - Numerical Modelling of a Tsunami impinging Verde Lago, Algarve
R Henriques, P Costa, F Dourado
EGU25 , 2025
2025 - From setback to breakthroughs: The shift in financial investment balance perspectives for disaster risk and management in Brazil
MAG da Silva, LRA Cunha, F Dourado, A Leiras
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 119, 105283 , 2025
2025
Citations: 3 - Os Geocientistas na Linha de Frente dos Desastres: Uma Análise do Papel dos Geólogos nas Ações de Preparação e Resposta a Desastres Associados a Movimentos de Massa
AF SILVA, RM MENDES, F DOURADO
Revista Brasileira de Geologia de Engenharia e Ambiental , 2025
2025
Citations: 2 - Characterizing sea level and barometric disturbances in the Caribbean and adjacent regions from the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai 2022 eruption
JJ Sostre-Cortés, EA Vanacore, C Hillebrandt-Andrade, RA Watlington, ...
Ocean and Coastal Research 73, e25010 , 2025
2025
Citations: 1 - Characterization of Hydrological Events in the Brazilian Region with the Highest Number of Natural Disaster Alerts
AL da Fonseca, L Ventura, LS De Souza, F Dourado
AGU24 , 2024
2024 - Potential Tsunami sources affecting the Brazilian coastline
F Dourado, P Costa, J Rosa Coelho
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2024 (2247), NH21D-2247 , 2024
2024 - Characterization of Hydrological Events in the Brazilian Region with the Highest Number of Natural Disaster Alerts
A Leão da Fonseca, L Ventura, L Silva De Souza, F Dourado
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2024 (716), H31J-0716 , 2024
2024 - Water Resources Management in Areas with High Occurrence of Natural Disasters: Applying Hydraulic and Hydrological Modeling
A Leão da Fonseca, A Manso, C Bastos Lopes, F Dourado
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2024 (728), H31J-0728 , 2024
2024 - The Brazilian geological record of 1755 Lisbon tsunami
F Dourado, P Costa, MA Baptista, R Omira, JA Vivas Veloso, AP Cezario, ...
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2024 (2249), NH21D-2249 , 2024
2024 - The Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai volcanic barometric pressure pulse and meteotsunami travel recorded in several Antarctic stations
H Evangelista, P Grigioni, L Pezzi, F Dourado, P Heil, FNJ Villela, ...
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 96 (suppl 2), e20240556 , 2024
2024
Citations: 2 - Disaster management in Brazil: the emergency and contingency plans at the state level and the Geosciences
A Freitas da Silva, R Moreda Mendes, F Dourado
2024 - A ATUAÇÃO DO PROFISSIONAL DE GEOLOGIA NAS OPERAÇÕES DE DESASTRE–ASPECTOS LEGAIS
AF da Silva, RM Mendes, AM Coelho, F Dourado
Revista Eletrônica da OAB-RJ , 2024
2024 - Variabilidade decenal de chuva e vazão e seu impacto no cálculo de vazões de referência para séries históricas de usinas hidrelétricas do centro, sul e sudeste do Brasil
LS Souza, F Dourado, FW Herms, EP Souza
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro , 2023
2023
MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
- O Megadesastre da Região Serrana do Rio de Janeiro--as Causas do Evento, os Mecanismos dos Movimentos de Massa e a Distribuição Espacial dos Investimentos de Reconstrução no …
F Dourado, T Coutinho Arraes, M Fernandes Silva
Anuário do Instituto de Geociências 35 (2), 43-54 , 2012
2012
Citations: 137 - A review on onshore tsunami deposits along the Atlantic coasts
PJM Costa, S Dawson, RS Ramalho, M Engel, F Dourado, I Bosnic, ...
Earth-Science Reviews 212, 103441 , 2021
2021
Citations: 57 - Global projections of future landslide susceptibility under climate change
Y Duan, M Ding, Y He, H Zheng, R Delgado-Téllez, S Sokratov, ...
Geoscience Frontiers 16 (4), 102074 , 2025
2025
Citations: 28 - Imprints in silica grains induced during an open-channel flow experiment: Determination of microtextural signatures during aqueous transport
PJM Costa, YS Park, YD Kim, M Quintela, WC Mahaney, F Dourado, ...
Journal of Sedimentary Research 87 (7), 677-687 , 2017
2017
Citations: 22 - Análise Multicritério para mapeamento da suscetibilidade a movimentos de massa na bacia do rio Paquequer-RJ
EDO Meirelles, F Dourado, VC Da Costa
Geo Uerj, e26037-e26037 , 2018
2018
Citations: 21 - Terrestrial mammals of the Jequitinhonha River Basin, Brazil: a transition area between Atlantic Forest and Cerrado
L Geise, LG Pereira, D Astúa, M Aguieiras, LG Lessa, PH Asfora, ...
Mastozoología neotropical 24 (1), 95-119 , 2017
2017
Citations: 15 - Onshore flow characteristics of the 1755 CE Lisbon tsunami: Linking forward and inverse numerical modeling
I Bosnic, PJM Costa, F Dourado, SP La Selle, G Gelfenbaum
Marine Geology 434, 106432 , 2021
2021
Citations: 14 - Processos geomorfológicos e danos derivados da corrida de detritos de janeiro 2011 na bacia do Córrego do Príncipe, Teresópolis–Região Serrana do Rio de Janeiro.
M Conq, CS Silveira, F Dourado
Ciência e Natura 37 (1), 93-103 , 2015
2015
Citations: 12 - Diagnóstico do meio físico da bacia hidrográfica do rio Muriaé
RB Prado, ME Dantas, ECC Fidalgo, AO Gonçalves, MML Silveira, ...
Embrapa Solos , 2005
2005
Citations: 12 - Os novos empreendimentos na Baía de Sepetiba eo passivo ambiental da CIA mercantil e Industrial Ingá
F Dourado, J Cunha, A Lima, N Palermo
Baía de Sepetiba: Estado da Arte, eds Rodrigues, MAC, Pereira, SD, Santos … , 2012
2012
Citations: 11 - Can modeling the geologic record contribute to constraining the tectonic source of the 1755 CE Great Lisbon Earthquake?
F Dourado, PJM Costa, S La Selle, C Andrade, AN Silva, I Bosnic, ...
Earth and Space Science 8 (4), e2020EA001109 , 2021
2021
Citations: 10 - Microtextural signatures in quartz grains and foraminifera from tsunami deposits of the Portuguese shelf
M Yhasnara, PJM Costa, F Dourado, MVA Martins, L Feist, P Bellanova, ...
Geo-Marine Letters 43 (1), 5 , 2023
2023
Citations: 9 - Mapas de susceptibilidade a escorregamentos rasos, usando os modelos SHALSTAB e SINMAP, da bacia do rio Paquequer-Teresópolis–RJ
F Dourado, H Roig
Caderno de Estudos Geoambientais-CADEGEO 4 (1) , 2014
2014
Citations: 8 - Monitoramento do avanço da frente de dunas na região do Peró, Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro
FA Dourado, AS Silva
XII Simpósio Brasileiro de Sensoriamento Remoto. Goiânia, Brasil, 2957-2064 , 2005
2005
Citations: 8 - Imprints in silica grains induced during a wave flume experiment: approach to determine microtextural signatures during aqueous transport
PJM Costa, YD Kim, YS Park, M Quintela, WC Mahaney, F Dourado, ...
Journal of Sedimentary Research 87 (7), 677-687 , 2017
2017
Citations: 7 - Megadesastre’11 da Serra Fluminense: a corrida de massa do Vale do Cuiabá Itaipava/Petrópolis–análise preliminar dos condicionantes geológicos.
RC Mello, LC Varejão, F Dourado
CONGRESSO BRASILEIRO DE GEOLOGIA DE ENGENHARIA E AMBIENTAL 13 , 2011
2011
Citations: 7 - Diretrizes Públicas para uma Mineração sustentável no Estado do Rio de Janeiro
F ERTHAL, F DOURADO, N PALERMO, PV GUIMARÃES, RC MAURÍCIO, ...
Niterói, RJ, DRM 1 , 2008
2008
Citations: 7 - Magneto-Structural Imaging (MSI) and regional basement of the Santos Basin, Brazil
LFS Braga, CM da Costa, F da Gama, C Fontoura, A de Souza Cunha, ...
8th International Congress of the Brazilian Geophysical Society, cp-168-00055 , 2003
2003
Citations: 7 - Gestão de desastres no Brasil: os planos de emergência e contingência em esferas estaduais e as Geociências
AF da Silva, RM Mendes, F Dourado
Ciência e Natura 45 , 2023
2023
Citations: 6 - Transatlantic tsunami records in Brazil
F DOURADO
Index-Abstract title and 1st author name, 28 , 2017
2017
Citations: 5
