Works (28)

Updated: April 3rd, 2024 16:21

2023 article

Subseasonal fire forecast in the Amazon using week-2 precipitation forecast combined with a vegetation health indicator

Fernandes, K., Bell, M., & Muñoz, Á. (2023, May 15).

By: K. Fernandes*, M. Bell & Á. Muñoz*

Source: ORCID
Added: February 22, 2024

2022 journal article

Combining precipitation forecasts and vegetation health to predict fire risk at subseasonal timescale in the Amazon

Environmental Research Letters, 17(7), 074009.

By: K. Fernandes*, M. Bell* & Á. Muñoz*

Source: ORCID
Added: February 22, 2024

2022 journal article

The Sustainable Expansion of the Cocoa Crop in the State of Pará and Its Contribution to Altered Areas Recovery and Fire Reduction

Journal of Geographic Information System.

By: A. Venturieri, R. Oliveira, T. Igawa, K. Fernandes, M. Adami, M. Júnior, C. Almeida, L. Silva ...

Source: ORCID
Added: February 22, 2024

2021 journal article

Detecting vulnerability of humid tropical forests to multiple stressors

One Earth, 4(7), 988–1003.

By: S. Saatchi*, M. Longo*, L. Xu*, Y. Yang*, H. Abe*, M. André*, J. Aukema*, N. Carvalhais* ...

Source: ORCID
Added: February 22, 2024

2020 journal article

Multidecadal Changes in Wet Season Precipitation Totals Over the Eastern Amazon

Geophysical Research Letters, 47(8).

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water (OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: February 22, 2024

2020 journal article

Pan American interactions of Amazon precipitation, streamflow, and tree growth extremes

Environmental Research Letters.

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: February 22, 2024

2019 journal article

Improving seasonal precipitation forecast for agriculture in the Orinoquía Region of Colombia

Weather and Forecasting.

Kátia Fernandes

Source: ORCID
Added: February 22, 2024

2018 journal article

Predictability of seasonal precipitation across major crop growing areas in Colombia

Climate Services.

Kátia Fernandes

Source: ORCID
Added: February 22, 2024

2018 journal article

Understanding the roles of fuels, climate and people in predicting fire: taking the long view

Past Global Changes Magazine.

Kátia Fernandes

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: February 22, 2024

2017 journal article

Climate change and sugarcane expansion increase Hantavirus infection risk

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases.

Kátia Fernandes

TL;DR: The predicted spatial location of HCPS infection risks obtained here can be used to prioritize management actions and develop educational campaigns, and the results demonstrate that climate change effects are likely to be more severe than those from sugarcane expansion. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: ORCID
Added: February 22, 2024

2017 journal article

Fragmentation increases wind disturbance impacts on forest structure and carbon stocks in a western Amazonian landscape

Ecological Applications.

Kátia Fernandes

TL;DR: Fragmentation is significantly associated with wind damage, with damage severity higher at forest edges and in edgier, more isolated patches, which illustrates the importance of considering landscape context in planning tropical forest restoration and natural regeneration projects. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land (OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: February 22, 2024

2017 journal article

Heightened fire probability in Indonesia in non-drought conditions: the effect of increasing temperatures

Environmental Research Letters.

Kátia Fernandes

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: February 22, 2024

2016 journal article

Local ecological knowledge and incremental adaptation to changing flood patterns in the Amazon delta

Sustainability Science.

Kátia Fernandes

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: February 22, 2024

2015 journal article

Climate, landowner residency, and land cover predict local scale fire activity in the Western Amazon

Global Environmental Change.

Kátia Fernandes

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: February 22, 2024

2015 journal article

Decadal covariability of Atlantic SSTs and western Amazon dry‐season hydroclimate in observations and CMIP5 simulations

Geophysical Research Letters, 42(16), 6793–6801.

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water (OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: February 22, 2024

2015 journal article

Two summers of São Paulo drought: Origins in the western tropical Pacific

Geophysical Research Letters.

By: A. Seth*, K. Fernandes* & S. Camargo*

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water (OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: February 22, 2024

2014 journal article

Climate and environmental monitoring for decision making

Earth Perspectives.

Kátia Fernandes

Source: ORCID
Added: February 22, 2024

2014 journal article

Land cover change interacts with drought severity to change fire regimes in Western Amazonia

Ecological Applications.

By: V. Gutiérrez-Vélez*, M. Uriarte*, R. DeFries*, M. Pinedo-Vásquez*, K. Fernandes*, P. Ceccato*, W. Baethgen*, C. Padoch*

TL;DR: It is found that vegetation regrowth and oil palm expansion are significantly correlated with fire occurrence, but that the magnitude and sign of the correlation depend on drought severity, successional stage of regrowing vegetation, and oil palms age. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: ORCID
Added: February 22, 2024

2014 journal article

What controls the interannual variation of the wet season onsets over the Amazon?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.

Kátia Fernandes

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water (OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: February 22, 2024

2013 journal article

Increased dry-season length over southern Amazonia in recent decades and its implication for future climate projection

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Kátia Fernandes

TL;DR: It is observed that the dry-season length over southern Amazonia has increased significantly since 1979, primarily owing to a delay of its ending dates (dry-season end, DSE), and is accompanied by a prolonged fire season. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: February 22, 2024

2012 journal article

Depopulation of rural landscapes exacerbates fire activity in the western Amazon

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Kátia Fernandes

TL;DR: Climate, geospatial, and province-level census data, with farmer surveys, are combined to examine the climatic, demographic, and land use factors associated with fire frequency in the Peruvian Amazon from 2000 to 2010 to confirm previous findings that drought and proximity to roads increase fire frequency. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: ORCID
Added: February 22, 2024

2011 journal article

DENGUE EPIDEMICS IN MIDDLE-SOUTH OF BRAZIL: CLIMATE CONSTRAINTS AND SOME SOCIAL ASPECTS

Revista Brasileira De Climatologia.

By: W. Roseghini, F. Mendonça, P. Ceccato* & K. Fernandes*

TL;DR: This study uncovered important relationships between dengue epidemics and climate, although more detailed studies on both serotype and transmission in cities are necessary to further understand the factors behind disease transmission. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: ORCID
Added: February 22, 2024

2011 journal article

High-yield oil palm expansion spares land at the expense of forests in the Peruvian Amazon

Environmental Research Letters.

Kátia Fernandes

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger (OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: February 22, 2024

2011 journal article

North Tropical Atlantic influence on western Amazon fire season variability

Geophysical Research Letters.

Kátia Fernandes

Source: ORCID
Added: February 22, 2024

2009 journal article

Comparison of Precipitation Datasets over the Tropical South American and African Continents

Journal of Hydrometeorology.

Kátia Fernandes

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: February 22, 2024

2009 journal article

Impact of biomass burning aerosol on the monsoon circulation transition over Amazonia

Geophysical Research Letters.

Kátia Fernandes

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: February 22, 2024

2008 journal article

How well does the ERA40 surface water budget compare to observations in the Amazon River basin?

Journal of Geophysical Research.

Kátia Fernandes

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
6. Clean Water and Sanitation (OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: February 22, 2024

2008 journal article

Observed change of the standardized precipitation index, its potential cause and implications to future climate change in the Amazon region

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.

Kátia Fernandes

TL;DR: The analysis presented here suggests a potential anthropogenic influence on Amazon drying, which warrants future, more in-depth, study. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: February 22, 2024

Employment

Updated: February 19th, 2024 14:13

2024 - present

North Carolina State University Raleigh, US
Senior Research Scholar State Climate Office

2019 - 2023

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Fayetteville, Arkansas, US
Assistant Professor Geosciences

2009 - 2019

Columbia University New York, New York, US
Associate Research Scientist International Research Institute for Climate and Society

1997 - 2002

The Weather Channel Atlanta, Georgia, US
On-Camera Meteorologist

Education

Updated: February 19th, 2024 12:49

Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, US
PhD Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

National Institute for Space Research São José dos Campos, BR
MSc Meteorology

Universidade Federal de Pelotas Pelotas, BR
BSc Meteorology

Funding History

Funding history based on the linked ORCID record. Updated: February 19th, 2024 13:02

grant January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2023
SERVIR-Amazonia
United States Agency for International Development
grant January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2019
Climate Services for Resilient Development in Colombia
United States Agency for International Development
award January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2016
Improving Robustness of Adaptive Strategies with Better Climate Information.
United States Agency for International Development

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