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José Alexandre Melo Demattê

José Alexandre Melo Demattê

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
57
Citations
12602
World Ranking
3425
National Ranking
16

Overview

José Alexandre Melo Demattê is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, contributing extensively to both fields.

The scientist has a strong presence in several subfields, including Environmental Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Soil Science, Plant Science, and Analytical Chemistry. Their work covers diverse topics such as Soil Geostatistics and Mapping, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses, Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Soil erosion and sediment transport, Mineral Processing and Grinding, and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics.

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "The influence of training sample size on the accuracy of deep learning models for the prediction of soil properties with near-infrared spectroscopy data" (2020), published in SOIL
  • "Soil variability and quantification based on Sentinel-2 and Landsat-8 bare soil images: A comparison" (2020), published in Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "Bare Earth's Surface Spectra as a Proxy for Soil Resource Monitoring" (2020), published in Scientific Reports
  • "Terrain Analysis in Google Earth Engine: A Method Adapted for High-Performance Global-Scale Analysis" (2020), published in ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
  • "Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy for estimating soil properties: A technology for the 21st century" (2022), published in European Journal of Soil Science

José Alexandre Melo Demattê collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including Raúl Roberto Poppiel, Nícolas Augusto Rosin, Danilo César de Mello, Nélida Elizabet Quiñonez Silvero, and Renan Falcioni. These collaborations have contributed to a large body of work over time.

Their work has been published frequently in several venues, with notable counts in Geoderma, Remote Sensing, CATENA, Geoderma Regional, and the Journal of South American Earth Sciences.

In addition to journal articles, José Alexandre Melo Demattê has authored multiple books published by RFB Editora eBooks and Home Editora eBooks. Titles include:

  • ESTRUTURA POPULACIONAL EM BANCOS DE GERMOPLASMAS: Contextualização Histórica e Perspectivas Futuras (2025)
  • SEQUENCIAMENTO GENÔMICO APLICADO À FISIOLOGIA DE PLANTAS CULTIVADAS: Contextualização Histórica e Perspectivas Futuras (2025)
  • DESENVOLVIMENTO DE NOVAS CULTIVARES UTILIZANDO FERRAMENTAS GENÔMICAS: Perspectivas em Fisiologia de Plantas Cultivadas (2025)
  • MARCADORES MOLECULARES APLICADOS AO MELHORAMENTO DE PLANTAS: Contextualização Histórica e Perspectivas Agronômicas (2025)
  • SELEÇÃO GENÔMICA RECORRENTE EM PLANTAS CULTIVADAS: Perspectivas integradas (2025)
  • SELEÇÃO ASSISTIDA POR MARCADORES MOLECULARES APLICADA AO MELHORAMENTO DE PLANTAS CULTIVADAS (2025)

Best Publications

  • A global spectral library to characterize the world’s soil

    R.A. Viscarra Rossel;T. Behrens;E. Ben-Dor;D.J. Brown

  • Using Imaging Spectroscopy to study soil properties

    E. Ben-Dor;S. Chabrillat;J.A.M. Demattê;G.R. Taylor

  • Soil Spectroscopy: An Alternative to Wet Chemistry for Soil Monitoring

    Marco Nocita;Antoine Stevens;Bas van Wesemael;Matt Aitkenhead

  • Spectral Reflectance Methodology in Comparison to Traditional Soil Analysis

    Marcos Rafael Nanni;José Alexandre M. Demattê

  • Visible-NIR reflectance: a new approach on soil evaluation

    José A.M Demattê;Rogério C Campos;Marcelo C Alves;Peterson R Fiorio

  • Geospatial Soil Sensing System (GEOS3): a powerful data mining procedure to retrieve soil spectral reflectance from satellite images.

    José Alexandre Melo Demattê;Caio Troula Fongaro;Rodnei Rizzo;José Lucas Safanelli

  • Spectral libraries for quantitative analyses of tropical Brazilian soils: Comparing vis–NIR and mid-IR reflectance data

    Fabrício S. Terra;José A.M. Demattê;Raphael A. Viscarra Rossel

  • Alteration of Soil Properties through a Weathering Sequence as Evaluated by Spectral Reflectance

    José Alexandre M. Demattê;Gilberto J. Garcia

  • The spectrum-based learner: A new local approach for modeling soil vis–NIR spectra of complex datasets

    Leonardo Ramirez-Lopez;Leonardo Ramirez-Lopez;Thosten Behrens;Karsten Schmidt;Antoine Stevens

  • Imaging Spectrometry for Soil Applications

    E. Ben‐Dor;R.G. Taylor;J. Hill;J.A.M. Demattê

  • The influence of training sample size on the accuracy of deep learning models for the prediction of soil properties with near-infrared spectroscopy data

    Wartini Ng;Budiman Minasny;Wanderson de Sousa Mendes;José Alexandre Melo Demattê

  • Improving the prediction performance of a large tropical vis-NIR spectroscopic soil library from Brazil by clustering into smaller subsets or use of data mining calibration techniques

    S. R. Araújo;J. Wetterlind;J. A. M. Demattê;B. Stenberg

  • Soil spectral library and its use in soil classification

    Henrique Bellinaso;José Alexandre Melo Demattê;Suzana Araújo Romeiro

  • Spectral pedology: A new perspective on evaluation of soils along pedogenetic alterations

    José A.M. Demattê;Fabrício da Silva Terra

  • The Brazilian Soil Spectral Library (BSSL): A general view, application and challenges

    José A.M. Demattê;André Carnieletto Dotto;Ariane F.S. Paiva;Marcus V. Sato

  • Soil classification using visible/near-infrared diffuse reflectance spectra from multiple depths

    G.M. Vasques;J.A.M. Demattê;Raphael A. Viscarra Rossel;L. Ramírez-López;L. Ramírez-López;L. Ramírez-López

  • Sampling optimal calibration sets in soil infrared spectroscopy

    Leonardo Ramirez-Lopez;Leonardo Ramirez-Lopez;Leonardo Ramirez-Lopez;Karsten Schmidt;Thorsten Behrens;Bas van Wesemael

  • Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy for estimating soil properties: A technology for the 21st century

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  • Soil variability and quantification based on Sentinel-2 and Landsat-8 bare soil images: A comparison

    Nélida Elizabet Quiñonez Silvero;José Alexandre Melo Demattê;Merilyn Taynara Accorsi Amorim;Natasha Valadares dos Santos

  • Bare Earth's Surface Spectra as a Proxy for Soil Resource Monitoring

    José A M Demattê;José Lucas Safanelli;Raul Roberto Poppiel;Rodnei Rizzo

  • Determining soil water status and other soil characteristics by spectral proximal sensing

    J.A.M. Demattê;Antonio A. Sousa;Marcelo C. Alves;Marcos R. Nanni

  • Optimum size in grid soil sampling for variable rate application in site-specific management

    Marcos Rafael Nanni;Fabrício Pinheiro Povh;José Alexandre Melo Demattê;Roney Berti de Oliveira

  • Multi-Temporal Satellite Images on Topsoil Attribute Quantification and the Relationship with Soil Classes and Geology

    Bruna Cristina Gallo;Jose Alexandre Melo Demattê;Rodnei Rizzo;José Lucas Safanelli

Frequent Co-Authors

Eyal Ben-Dor
Eyal Ben-Dor Tel Aviv University
Nilton Curi
Nilton Curi Federal University of Lavras
Shamsollah Ayoubi
Shamsollah Ayoubi Isfahan University of Technology
Carlos Eduardo Pellegrino Cerri
Carlos Eduardo Pellegrino Cerri Universidade de São Paulo
Thorsten Behrens
Thorsten Behrens University of Tübingen
R. A. Viscarra Rossel
R. A. Viscarra Rossel Curtin University
Karsten Schmidt
Karsten Schmidt University of Tübingen
Harm Bartholomeus
Harm Bartholomeus Wageningen University & Research
Bas van Wesemael
Bas van Wesemael Université Catholique de Louvain
Luís Reynaldo Ferracciú Alleoni
Luís Reynaldo Ferracciú Alleoni Universidade de São Paulo

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