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Dr. César Alvarez

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Lehrstuhl für Klimaresilienz von Kulturökosystemen
Zentrum für Klimaresilienz
Telefon: +49 (0) 821 598 4865
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Raum: 1203 (I)
Adresse: Universitätsstraße 12, 86159 Augsburg

Forschungsschwerpunkte

  • Cloud remote sensing
  • Drohnen-Mapping
  • Geodatenanalyse
  • Verhältnis zwischen Klima- und Umweltvariablen
 

Abschlussarbeiten

Aktuell betreute Doktorarbeiten
  • Adriana Bilar Chaquime dos Santos (2023 - 2027): "Carbon Neutral Subsidized by Ecological-economic Zoning in Forest and Savanic Formations in the Municipalities of Mato Grosso Sul Brazil”, Co-Betreuer (Erstbetreuer: Professor Reginaldo Brito da Costa, Dom Bosco Catholic University - UCDB
 
 

Curriculum Vitae

  • seit 11/2024 Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Lehrstuhl für Klimaresilienz von Kulturökosystemen, Universität Augsburg
  • seit  03/2024, MSc student in Data Science, University Oberta de Catalunya, Spain.
  • 03/2013 - 10/2024 Assistant Professor, Salesian Polytechnic University (UPS) Ecuador.
  • 06/2024 - 11/2024 Climate Policy Analyst Consultant in GeoAgro team project. ICARDA.
  • 08/2021 - 07/2024 International Geospatial Consultant, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) Colombia.
  • 07/2016 - 12/2019 PhD in Surveying Engineering, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal.
  • 03/2011 - 05/2014 Master in Environmental Management, ESPE, Ecuador.
  • 10/2005 - 02/2011 Bachelor in Geographic and Environmental Engineering, ESPE, Ecuador.
 

Publikationen

2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017

2025
Timbiano Feraud, Thalia Elvira; Mollocana Lara, Juan Gabriel; Calderón Coba, Pedro José; Álvarez Mendoza, César Iván (2025): Carbon footprint estimation at the Salesian Continuous Training Center - San Bartolo using system dynamics. In: Esteban Mauricio Inga Ortega, Nuria García Herranz, Vladimir Espartaco Robles-Bykbaev, Eduardo Gallego Diaz (Hg.): Systems, Smart Technologies, and Innovation for Society: proceedings of CITIS 2024. Cham: Springer (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems ; 1331). , S. 303-313. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-87065-1_28
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Álvarez, César Iván; Govind, Ajit (2025): Environmental and climate variability in Senegal over the last two decades: a remote sensing approach to assessing climate vulnerability in a Sahelian country. In: Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment 38, S. 101584. DOI: 10.1016/j.rsase.2025.101584
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Alves dos Santos, Lara Monalisa; Rabero Lescano, Leonardo; Hirokawa Higa, Gabriel Toshio; Garcia Zanoni, Vanda Alice; Santos da Silva, Lenildo; Álvarez, César Iván; Pistori, Hemerson (2025): Mapping stains on flat roofs using semantic segmentation based on deep learning. In: Case Studies in Construction Materials 22, S. e04106. DOI: 10.1016/j.cscm.2024.e04106
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2024
Álvarez, César Iván; López, Santiago; Vásquez, David; Gualotuña, Dayana (2024): Assessing air quality dynamics during short-period social upheaval events in Quito, Ecuador, using a remote sensing framework. In: Remote Sensing 16 (18), S. 3436. DOI: 10.3390/rs16183436
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Velez, Andres Felipe; Álvarez, César Iván; Navarro, Fabian; Guzman, Diego; Bohorquez, Martha Patricia; Gomez Selvaraj, Michael; Ishitani, Manabu (2024): Assessing methane emissions from paddy fields through environmental and UAV remote sensing variables. In: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 196 (6), S. 574. DOI: 10.1007/s10661-024-12725-9
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Mollacana Lara, Juan Gabriel; Heredia Medina, María Salomé; Álvarez Mendoza, César Iván; Guaman Pozo, Jessica Michelle (2024): Assessment of the trophic state of Yaguarcocha Lagoon using Aquatox software. In: Revista de Gestão Social e Ambiental 18 (7), S. e05289. DOI: 10.24857/rgsa.v18n7-094
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Chipantashi Aneloa, Wilson Eduardo; Mollocana Lara, Juan Gabriel; Álvarez Mendoza, César Iván; Mancheno Herrera, Andrea Cecilia; Lema Jacho, Andy Ronny (2024): Development of a Geoportal for the integrated management of cartographic information in the Llanganates-Sangay Connectivity Corridor. In: Revista de Gestão Social e Ambiental 18 (11), S. e08768. DOI: 10.24857/rgsa.v18n11-027
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Mora, Juan Jose; Gomez Selvaraj, Michael; Álvarez, César Iván; Safari, Nancy; Blomme, Guy (2024): From pixels to plant health: accurate detection of banana Xanthomonas wilt in complex African landscapes using high-resolution UAV images and deep learning. In: Discover Applied Sciences 6, S. 377. DOI: 10.1007/s42452-024-06073-z
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Álvarez, César Iván; Armijos, Ekaterina; Segarra Morales, Galina; Coraquilla, Katherine; Aguilar, Kelly; Cadena, John (2024): Geospatial Digital Twins for the development of smart sustainable campus initiatives in Ecuadorian Catholic universities. In: César Beltran Castañon, José Durán Talledo (Hg.): 2024 IEEE ANDESCON: 11-13 September 2024, Cusco, Peru. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, S. 1-4. DOI: 10.1109/andescon61840.2024.10755611
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Alvarez-Mendoza, Cesar-I.; Mollocana, Juan-Gabriel; Gualotuna, Dayana (2024): Mapping of NDVI in Ecuador during the last 20 years using the Google Earth Engine cloud geospatial tool. In: Marcelo V. Garcia, Carlos Gordón-Gallegos, Asier Salazar-Ramírez, Carlos Nuñez (Hg.): Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Science, Electronics and Industrial Engineering (CSEI 2023): volume 2: innovations in industrial engineering and robotics in industry - bridging the gap between theory and practical application. Cham: Springer Nature (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems ; 797). , S. 3-13. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-70981-4_1
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Mitra, Ankita; Álvarez, César Iván; Abbasi, Akane O.; Harris, Nancy L.; Shao, Guofan; Pijanowski, Bryan C.; Jahanshahi, Mohammad Reza; Gamarra, Javier G. P.; Kim, Hyun-Seok; Kim, Tae-Kyung; Ryu, Daun; Liang, Jingjing (2024): Mapping planted forests in the Korean Peninsula using artificial intelligence. In: Forests 15 (7), S. 1216. DOI: 10.3390/f15071216
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Poma, Jonathan; Gualotuña, Dayana; Álvarez, César (2024): Mass movement risk assessment with drone and GPS technology: a case study in Quito, Ecuador. In: César Beltran Castañon, José Durán Talledo (Hg.): 2024 IEEE ANDESCON, 11-13 September 2024, Cusco, Peru. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, S. 1-6. DOI: 10.1109/andescon61840.2024.10755574
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Sanchez, Eddy; Alvarez, Cesar Ivan (2024): Prioritization of hydrological restoration areas using AHP and GIS in Dulcepamba River Basin in Bolivar–Ecuador. In: Hydrology 11 (6), S. 81. DOI: 10.3390/hydrology11060081
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Valverde, Luis; Álvarez, César Iván; Gualotuña, Dayana (2024): Remote sensing-based estimation of precipitation data (2000-2015) in Ecuador's Loja province. In: Frontiers in Environmental Science 12, S. 1408866. DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2024.1408866
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Gualotuña Barahona, Dayana Carolina; Álvarez Mendoza, César Iván (2024): Spatial modeling of dissolved oxygen in wastewater from the Quebrada "Ortega" of the Quito Canton, Pichincha Province. In: Juan Pablo Salgado-Guerrero, Hector Rene Vega-Carrillo, Gonzalo García-Fernández, Vladimir Robles-Bykbaev (Hg.): Systems, Smart Technologies and Innovation for Society: proceedings of CITIS’2023, volume 2. Cham: Springer Nature (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems ; 871). , S. 237-249. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-52090-7_23
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Álvarez, César Iván; Govind, Ajit (2024): Using remote sensing data in the cloud to monitor climate change in Senegal regions based on seasonal variables from 2000 to 2020: an opportunity to sustainable policies. In: Charalampos Kontoes, Vito Pascazio, Giampaolo Ferraioli (Hg.): IGARSS 2024 - 2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 7-12 July 2024, Athens, Greece. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, S. 921-925. DOI: 10.1109/igarss53475.2024.10641322
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2023
Hidalgo Crespo, Jose Armando; Alvarez-Mendoza, Cesar; Moreira, C. M.; Soto, Manuel; Amaya-Rivas, Jorge Luis (2023): Circular economy of household used cooking oil: waste-to-energy potential geospatial mapping. In: Nídia S. Caetano, Manuel Carlos Felgueiras (Hg.): The 9th International Conference on Energy and Environment Research: greening energy to shape a sustainable future. Cham: Springer Nature (Environmental Science and Engineering (ESE)). , S. 527-536. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-43559-1_50
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Álvarez, César Iván; Lopez, Santiago; Vasquez, David (2023): Monitoring air quality using remote sensing based on a Google Earth engine application in countries with limited air quality data and control policies: a case study in Ecuador. In: Thilo Erbertseder, Nektarios Chrysoulakis, Ying Zhang (Hg.): Remote Sensing Technologies and Applications in Urban Environments VIII, 3-7 September 2023, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Bellingham, WA: SPIE (Proceedings of SPIE ; 12735). , S. 127350B. DOI: 10.1117/12.2672325
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Abbasi, Akane O.; Tang, Xiaolu; Harris, Nancy L.; Goldman, Elizabeth D.; Gamarra, Javier G. P.; Herold, Martin; Kim, Hyun Seok; Luo, Weixue; Silva, Carlos Alberto; Tchebakova, Nadezhda M.; Mitra, Ankita; Finegold, Yelena; Jahanshahi, Mohammad Reza; Álvarez, César Iván; Kim, Tae Kyung; Ryu, Daun; Liang, Jingjing (2023): Spatial database of planted forests in East Asia. In: Scientific Data 10 (1), S. 480. DOI: 10.1038/s41597-023-02383-w
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Alvarez-Mendoza, Cesar I. (2023): The use of remote sensing in air pollution control and public health. In: Santiago López (Hg.): Socio-environmental research in Latin America: interdisciplinary approaches using GIS and remote sensing frameworks. Cham: Springer (The Latin American Studies Book Series), S. 139-157. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-22680-9_7
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2022
Alvarez-Mendoza, Cesar I.; Guzman, Diego; Casas, Jorge; Bastidas, Mike; Polanco, Jan; Valencia-Ortiz, Milton; Montenegro, Frank; Arango, Jacobo; Ishitani, Manabu; Gomez Selvaraj, Michael (2022): Predictive modeling of above-ground biomass in Brachiaria pastures from satellite and UAV imagery using machine learning approaches. In: Remote Sensing 14 (22), S. 5870. DOI: 10.3390/rs14225870
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Hidalgo-Crespo, J.; Álvarez-Mendoza, César I.; Soto, M.; Amaya-Rivas, J. L. (2022): Quantification and mapping of domestic plastic waste using GIS/GPS approach at the city of Guayaquil. In: Procedia CIRP 105, S. 86-91. DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2022.02.015
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Alvarez-Mendoza, Cesar I.; Ramirez, Lenin (2022): Simplified analysis of the influence of climate change on the melting of Chimborazo Mountain glacier using partial least squares (PLS) and remote sensing. In: Christopher M. U. Neale, Antonino Maltese (Hg.): Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology XXIV, 5-8 September 2022, Berlin, Germany. Bellingham, WA: SPIE (Proceedings of SPIE ; 12262). , S. 122620Y. DOI: 10.1117/12.2634043
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Álvarez Mendoza, César Iván (2022): Tecnología de información geográfica para el manejo del COVID-19: una visión entre la tecnología y la espiritualidad hacia la llamada "ecología integral". In: Jeverson Quishpe Gaibor, Darwin Reyes Solís (Hg.): Memorias del simposio de teología: desafíos éticos, tecnocientíficos y de espiritualidad ecológica. Cuenca: Universidad Politécnica Salesiana.
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Hidalgo-Crespo, José; Alvarez-Mendoza, César I.; Soto, Manuel; Amaya-Rivas, Jorge Luis (2022): Towards a circular economy development for household used cooking oil in Guayaquil: quantification, characterization, modeling, and geographical mapping. In: Sustainability 14 (15), S. 9565. DOI: 10.3390/su14159565
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2021
Mollocana Lara, Juan Gabriel; Álvarez Mendoza, César Iván; Jaramillo Coronel, Luis Jonathan (2021): Evaluación de información relacionada con combustibles en el Distrito Metropolitano de Quito para el modelado y simulación de incendios forestales, caso de estudio: incendio del cerro Atacazo. In: La Granja: Revista de Ciencias de la Vida 34 (2), S. 45-62. DOI: 10.17163/lgr.n34.2021.03
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Alvarez-Mendoza, Cesar I.; Norona, Victor; Teodoro, Ana (2021): Monitoring phosphate levels using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles on geothermal water pools. In: Ramon Hanssen, Joost Vandenabeele, Diego Miralles, Claudio Persello, Kathelijne Beenen (Hg.): 2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium IGARSS, 11-16 July 2021, Brussels, Belgium. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, S. 7031-7034. DOI: 10.1109/igarss47720.2021.9553273
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2020
Alvarez-Mendoza, Cesar I.; Teodoro, Ana; Quintana, Joselin; Tituana, Karen (2020): Estimation of nitrogen in the soil of balsa trees in Ecuador using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. In: Bill Emery, Adriano Camps (Hg.): IGARSS 2020 - 2020 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 26 September - 02 October 2020, Waikoloa, HI, USA. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, S. 4610-4613. DOI: 10.1109/igarss39084.2020.9323953
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Alvarez-Mendoza, Cesar I.; Teodoro, Ana; Freitas, Alberto; Fonseca, Joao (2020): Spatial estimation of chronic respiratory diseases based on machine learning procedures — an approach using remote sensing data and environmental variables in Quito, Ecuador. In: Applied Geography 123, S. 102273. DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2020.102273
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2019
Alvarez-Mendoza, Cesar I.; Teodoro, Ana Claudia; Torres, Nelly; Vivanco, Valeria (2019): Assessment of remote sensing data to model PM10 estimation in cities with a low number of air quality stations: a case of study in Quito, Ecuador. In: Environments 6 (7), S. 85. DOI: 10.3390/environments6070085
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Vásconez, Michelle; Mancheno, Andrea; Álvarez, César; Prehn, Claudia; Cevallos, Carina; Ortiz, Liliana (2019): Cuencas hidrográficas. Cuenca: Universidad Politécnica Salesiana.
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Ramirez-Cando, Lenin Javier; Chicaiza Ramírez, Sabrina Estefania; Ramos López, Allan David; Álvarez, César Iván (2019): Detección de antibióticos betalactámicos, tetraciclinas y sulfamidas como contaminantes emergentes en los ríos San Pedro y Pita del cantón Rumiñahui. In: La Granja: Revista de Ciencias de la Vida 30 (2), S. 88-102. DOI: 10.17163/lgr.n30.2019.08
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Alvarez-Mendoza, Cesar I.; Teodoro, Ana; Ramirez-Cando, Lenin (2019): Improving NDVI by removing cirrus clouds with optical remote sensing data from Landsat-8 – a case study in Quito, Ecuador. In: Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment 13, S. 257-274. DOI: 10.1016/j.rsase.2018.11.008
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Álvarez, César Iván; Teodoro, Ana Claudia; Ordoñez, Juan; Benitez, Andres; Freitas, Alberto; Fonseca, Joao (2019): Modeling the prevalence of respiratory chronic diseases risk using satellite images and environmental data. In: Thilo Erbertseder, Nektarios Chrysoulakis, Ying Zhang, Frank Baier (Hg.): Remote Sensing Technologies and Applications in Urban Environments IV, 9-12 September 2019, Strasbourg, France. Bellingham, WA: SPIE, S. 1115705. DOI: 10.1117/12.2532508
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Álvarez Mendoza, César Iván (2019): Remote sensing applied to the study of environment-sensitive chronic diseases: a case study applied to Quito, Ecuador. Porto: University of Porto.
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Alvarez-Mendoza, Cesar I.; Teodoro, Ana; Ramirez-Cando, Lenin (2019): Spatial estimation of surface ozone concentrations in Quito Ecuador with remote sensing data, air pollution measurements and meteorological variables. In: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 191 (3), S. 155. DOI: 10.1007/s10661-019-7286-6
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2018
Torres, Nelly; Vivanco, Valeria; Ramirez-Cando, Lenin; Alvarez-Mendoza, Cesar I.; Teodoro, Ana (2018): Comparison of satellite remote sensing data in the retrieve of PM10 air pollutant over Quito, Ecuador. In: Thilo Erbertseder, Nektarios Chrysoulakis, Ying Zhang (Hg.): Remote Sensing Technologies and Applications in Urban Environments III, 10-13 September 2018, Berlin, Germany. Bellingham, WA: SPIE (Proceedings of SPIE ; 10793). , S. 107930I. DOI: 10.1117/12.2325324
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Cuásquer Jordán, José Elías; Paredes Paredes, Bélgica Estefanía; Paneluisa Tituaña, María José; de los Angeles Chillagana Toapanta, Maribel; Vilches Moreno, Richard Jachson; Mátyás, Bence; Álvarez Mendoza, César Iván; Ramírez Cando, Lenin Javier (2018): Numerical modelling to show variation in the amount of leachate in a solid waste column in the sanitary landfill sites of the Mejía and Ambato cantons. Preprint. DOI: 10.7287/peerj.preprints.26907v2
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Ramirez-Cando, Lenin Javier; Alvarez-Mendoza, Cesar Ivan; Gutierrez-Salazar, Patricia (2018): Verhulst-Pearl growth model versus Malthusian growth model for in vitro evaluation of lead removal in wastewater by Photobacterium sp [version 1; peer review: peer review discontinued]. Preprint. DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.14420.1
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2017
Teodoro, Ana C.; Alvarez, César I.; Tierra, Alfonso (2017): Evaluation of automatic cloud removal method for high elevation areas in Landsat 8 OLI images to improve environmental indexes computation. In: Ulrich Michel, Karsten Schulz, Konstantinos G. Nikolakopoulos, Daniel Civco (Hg.): Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing/GIS Applications VIII, 11-14 September 2017, Warsaw, Poland. Bellingham, WA: SPIE (Proceedings of SPIE ; 10428). , S. 1042809. DOI: 10.1117/12.2277844
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López, Adriana; Villarreal, Edwin; Álvarez, César Iván (2017): Migración de fuentes sísmicas a lo largo del cinturón de fuego del Pacífico. In: La Granja: Revista de Ciencias de la Vida 25 (1), S. 5-15. DOI: 10.17163/lgr.n25.2017.01
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