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2026

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Earth Science

D-Index
45
Citations
6225
World Ranking
4554
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Portugal Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Portugal Leader Award

Overview

Óscar Ferreira is affiliated with the University of Algarve in Portugal and has contributed extensively to research in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their scientific work focuses on several key areas including Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, and Oceanography.

The main topics investigated by Ferreira cover Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics, Aeolian Processes and Effects, Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing, and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

Ferreira's recent publications include:

  • Improved estimates of extreme wave conditions in coastal areas from calibrated global reanalyses (2023), Communications Earth & Environment
  • Storm impacts on a coupled human-natural coastal system: Resilience of developed coasts (2021), The Science of The Total Environment
  • Place attachment, risk perception, and preparedness in a population exposed to coastal hazards: A case study in Faro Beach, southern Portugal (2021), International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
  • Exploring foredune growth capacity in a coarse sandy beach (2020), Geomorphology
  • Satellite Derived Shorelines at an Exposed Meso-tidal Beach (2020), Journal of Coastal Research

They frequently collaborate with several co-authors including Susana Costas, Juan L. Garzón, Carlos Loureiro, Theocharis A. Plomaritis, and C. J. E. M. Fortes.

Ferreira's work appears often in journals such as the Journal of Coastal Research, Scientific Reports, Coastal Engineering Proceedings, The Science of The Total Environment, and the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction.

In addition to articles, Ferreira has contributed to book publications, authoring at least one volume with the publisher Ellipses eBooks titled "Histoire de la construction de l'État," published in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Retrieval of nearshore bathymetry from Landsat 8 images: A tool for coastal monitoring in shallow waters

    André Pacheco;João Horta;Carlos Loureiro;Óscar Ferreira

  • An integrated method for the determination of set-back lines for coastal erosion hazards on sandy shores

    Óscar Ferreira;Tiago Garcia;Ana Matias;Rui Taborda

  • Beach erosion and recovery during consecutive storms at a steep‐sloping, meso‐tidal beach

    Michalis I. Vousdoukas;Luis Pedro M. Almeida;Óscar Ferreira

  • Classification of washover dynamics in barrier islands

    Ana Matias;Óscar Ferreira;Ana Vila-Concejo;Tiago Garcia

  • Toward reliable storm-hazard forecasts: XBeach calibration and its potential application in an operational early-warning system

    Michalis I. Vousdoukas;Óscar Ferreira;Luís P. Almeida;André Pacheco

  • Introduction to RISC-KIT: Resilience-increasing strategies for coasts

    Ap van Dongeren;Paolo Ciavola;Grit Martinez;Christophe Viavattene

  • Predicting coastal hazards for sandy coasts with a Bayesian Network

    Laurens Poelhekke;Wiebke S. Jäger;Ap van Dongeren;Theocharis A. Plomaritis

  • Extreme erosion on high-energy embayed beaches: Influence of megarips and storm grouping

    Carlos Loureiro;Óscar Ferreira;J. Andrew G. Cooper

  • Tidal and river discharge forcing upon water and sediment circulation at a rock-bound estuary (Guadiana estuary, Portugal)

    E. Garel;L. Pinto;A. Santos;Ó. Ferreira

  • Thresholds for storm impacts on an exposed sandy coastal area in southern Portugal

    L.P. Almeida;M.V. Vousdoukas;Ó. Ferreira;B.A. Rodrigues

  • Coastal lagoons and rising sea level: A review

    A.R. Carrasco;Ó. Ferreira;D. Roelvink;D. Roelvink

  • Hydrodynamics and equilibrium of a multiple-inlet system

    A. Pacheco;Ó. Ferreira;J.J. Williams;E. Garel

  • Field measurements of longshore sand transport and control processes on a steep meso-tidal beach in Portugal

    Paolo Ciavola;Rui Taborda;Oscar Ferreira;Joao Alveirinho Dias

  • Geologically constrained morphological variability and boundary effects on embayed beaches

    Carlos Loureiro;Óscar Ferreira;J. Andrew G. Cooper

  • Field observations of sand-mixing depths on steep beaches

    Paolo Ciavola;Rui Taborda;Óscar Ferreira;Joa˜o Alveirinho Dias

  • Morphodynamics of structurally controlled headland-bay beaches in southeastern Brazil: A review

    Antonio H.F. Klein;Óscar Ferreira;Joao M.A. Dias;Moyses G. Tessler

  • Implications of Sea-Level Rise for Continental Portugal

    Óscar Ferreira;João A. Dias;Rui Taborda

  • Overwash threshold for gravel barriers

    Ana Matias;Jon J. Williams;Gerhard Masselink;Óscar Ferreira

  • Storm impacts along European coastlines. Part 2: lessons learned from the MICORE project

    Paolo Ciavola;Oscar Ferreira;Piet Haerens;Mark Van Koningsveld

  • Selecting coastal hotspots to storm impacts at the regional scale: a Coastal Risk Assessment Framework

    C. Viavattene;J.A. Jiménez;O. Ferreira;S. Priest

  • Storm impacts along European coastlines. Part 1: The joint effort of the MICORE and ConHaz Projects

    Paolo Ciavola;Oscar Ferreira;Piet Haerens;Mark Van Koningsveld

Frequent Co-Authors

João Alveirinho Dias
João Alveirinho Dias University of Algarve
Paolo Ciavola
Paolo Ciavola University of Ferrara
Ap van Dongeren
Ap van Dongeren IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Gerhard Masselink
Gerhard Masselink Plymouth University
José A. Jiménez
José A. Jiménez Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Ian L. Turner
Ian L. Turner University of New South Wales
Till J J Hanebuth
Till J J Hanebuth Coastal Carolina University
Tom Spencer
Tom Spencer University of Cambridge
Xavier Bertin
Xavier Bertin University of La Rochelle
David A. Huntley
David A. Huntley Plymouth University

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