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Optimizing Reservoir Water Management in a Changing Climate
Beça, Pedro; Rodrigues, António C.; Nunes, João Pedro; Diogo, Paulo; Mujtaba, BabarOne of the UN agenda 2030 Sustainable Development goals is associated with water availability and its sustainable management. The present study intends to improve multipurpose reservoir management under climate change scenarios in water scarce regions such as the Mediterranean. Implemented methods include the sequential use of climate model results, hydrological modelling, and reservoir water balance simulation...
Simulated hydropower production under climate change scenarios at Torrão reserv...
Diogo, Paulo; Mujtaba, Babar; Beça, Pedro; Simoes, Sofia; Fortes, Patricia; Amorim, FilipaABSTRACT: Climate conditions have a significant impact on energy demand and production. The project CLIM2POWER, completed in 2021, aimed to develop a climate service at European scale for the planning of the power infrastructures operations using seasonal forecasts and long-term climate projections. This work presents part of the project, and focus on assessing the climate change impacts on hydropower productio...
Simulated hydropower production under climate change scenarios at Torrão reserv...
Diogo, Paulo; Mujtaba, Babar; Beça, Pedro; Simoes, Sofia; Fortes, Patricia; Amorim, FilipaABSTRACT: Climate conditions have a significant impact on energy demand and production. The project CLIM2POWER, completed in 2021, aimed to develop a climate service at European scale for the planning of the power infrastructures operations using seasonal forecasts and long-term climate projections. This work presents part of the project, and focus on assessing the climate change impacts on hydropower productio...
Factors associated with cardiovascular disease risk among employees at a portug...
Brandão, Maria Piedade; Sa-Couto, Pedro; Gomes, Gonçalo; Beça, Pedro; Reis, JulianaThis study aimed to estimate the prevalence of risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and to assess the CVD risk (CVDRisk) in a sample of workers at a specific workplace: a higher education institution in Portugal. Data were collected using a questionnaire (e.cuidHaMUs.QueST®) with 345 HEI workers from June 2017-June 2018 with a high response rate (93.3%). Two constructs of risks for CVD were considered:...
Defining a Conceptual Framework for a Toolkit to Game Design: The Gamers4Nature...
Aresta, Mónica; Beça, Pedro; Santos, Rita; Veloso, Ana IsabelSeeking to capitalize the interest of younger audiences in game creation activities, the Gamers4Nature project aims to develop a toolkit designed to support game design by allowing the manipulation of the several elements that compose a game. Prior to the toolkit’s development, there was the need to establish the respective conceptual framework. This paper describes the process of defining the project’s concept...
Description of an integrated e-health monitoring system in a Portuguese higher ...
Brandão, Maria Piedade; Sá Couto, Pedro; Gomes, Gonçalo; Beça, PedroBackground: The World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization recognize that workplace health is not only affected by occupational hazards, but is mainly affected by social determinants and individual factors. An accelerated rise in noncommunicable diseases has fostered the importance of creating supportive environments and encouraging healthy behaviours. Therefore, an operational approach...
Defining a conceptual framework for a toolkit to game design: the Gamers4Nature...
Aresta, Mónica; Beça, Pedro; Santos, Rita; Veloso, Ana IsabelSeeking to capitalize the interest of younger audiences in game creation activities, the Gamers4Nature project aims to develop a toolkit designed to support game design by allowing the manipulation of the several elements that compose a game. Prior to the toolkit’s development, there was the need to establish the respective conceptual framework. This paper describes the process of defining the project’s concept...
Seasonal Forecast Climate Data and Hydropower Production in the Douro Basin, in...
Diogo, Paulo; Beça, Pedro; Simoes, Sofia; Amorim, Filipa; Mujtaba, BabarABSTRACT: The project CLIM2POWER aims at developing a climate service including state-of-the art seasonal climate forecasts in the planning of the operation of the power systems. This work presents part of the project, addressing the forecasting of the hydropower generation in a case study area, the Portuguese part of the transboundary Douro River basin. Rainfall-runoff modelling was performed on a daily scale ...
Impacts of climate change on reservoir water availability, quality and irrigati...
Rocha, João; Carvalho-Santos, Cláudia; Diogo, Paulo; Beça, Pedro; Keizer, Jan Jacob; Nunes, João PedroFuture climate for the Mediterranean climatic region is expected to bring an increase in temperatures, decrease in the precipitation quantity and shifts in the seasonal precipitation pattern. Although the impacts of climate change on water resources have been relatively well explored for the Mediterranean climatic region, the specific consequences for reservoirs and, in particular, water availability and irriga...
Impacts of climate change on reservoir water availability, quality and irrigati...
Rocha, João; Carvalho-Santos, Cláudia; Diogo, Paulo; Beça, Pedro; Keizer, Jan Jacob; Nunes, João PedroFuture climate for the Mediterranean climatic region is expected to bring an increase in temperatures, decrease in the precipitation quantity and shifts in the seasonal precipitation pattern. Although the impacts of climate change on water resources have been relatively well explored for the Mediterranean climatic region, the specific consequences for reservoirs and, in particular, water availability and irriga...