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Freddy Alejandro Saavedra Pimentel

Profesor asociado

Universidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias de la Educación

Valparaiso, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Remote Sensing; Hydrology; Landscape process

Educación

  •  Ciencias Agricolas, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO. Chile, 2000
  •  Produccion Agroambiental, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO. Chile, 2013
  •  Earth Sciences, COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY. Estados Unidos, 2016
  •  Agronomia, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO. Chile, 2000

Experiencia Académica

  •   Teaching Part Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO

    Agronomia

    Quillota, Chile

    2006 - 2010

  •   Profesor asistente Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE PLAYA ANCHA DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACION

    Ciencia naturales y exacta

    Valparaiso, Chile

    2017 - 2017

  •   Profesor asociado Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE PLAYA ANCHA DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACION

    Ciencias naturales y exacta

    Valparaiso, Chile

    2018 - 2022

  •   Profesor titular Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE PLAYA ANCHA DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACION

    Ciencias naturales y exacta

    Valparaíso, Chile

    2023 - A la fecha

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Head of field

    Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso

    Chile

    2003 - 2006

  •   Chief field engineer

    Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso

    Chile

    2007 - 2009

  •   Program Manager

    Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso

    Chile

    2009 - 2009

Formación de Capital Humano


2025 Hernandez, A. Landcover Changes Detection, Disturbance, Recovery and Its Causal Agents in Valparaíso Region. Ph.D. program Interdisciplinary Environmental Sciences. Universidad Playa Ancha.
2024 Munoz, G. Spatial and temporal variability of vegetation areas in Quilpue city. Valparaiso, Chile. Geography. Universidad de Playa Ancha.
2024 Caroca. P. Heatwave and eat island of surface temperature in Quilpue city, Valparaiso, Chile. Geography. Universidad de Chile (Co-advisor).
2023 Arancibia, P. Increase in the spatial and temporal resolution of satellite images in the upper zone of the Aconcagua basin. Geography. Universidad de Playa Ancha.
2021 Contreras, V. Reducing cloud presence in satellite images using spatial-temporal algorithms in the Aconcagua River Basin. Universidad de Playa Ancha.
2021 Ortis, M. Analysis of land cover change in the last 35 years of Colliguay. Geography. Universidad de Playa Ancha.
2021 Saud, F. Geography. Spatiotemporal evolution of the snow cover of the high watersheds mountain between 29° - 39° S through the use of satellite imagery and its influence on flow. Geology. Universidad Andres Bello.
2021 Conejero, J & Escobar, F. Analysis of land cover change in the last 35 years of Colliguay. Geography. Universidad de Playa Ancha.
2021 Tapia, P. Sediment Flow in The Land-Ocean Coupling in Central Chile: Río Maipo As a Case Study. Geography. Universidad de Playa Ancha.
2020 Madariaga, L. Determination of the spatial distribution of severity in forest fires and evaluation of the recovery of the affected vegetation, through time series of Landsat images. Geografia. Universidad de Playa Ancha.
2018 Cuevas, E., and González, D. Methodological Proposal for The Delimitation of The Urban Forest Interface Area in Valparaíso Amphitheatre, using The Use of Remote Sensing. Geografia. Universidad de Playa Ancha.


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Beca Igualdad de Oportunidades, BIO

    COMISION FULBRIGHT-CHILE

    Chile, 2009

    Beca para cursos programa de doctorado en EE.UU. incluyendo curso de ingles intensivo previo al programa.

  •   Tesis de interés regional

    Gobierno Regional Valparaiso

    Chile, 2000

    Pago de un incentivo para becas que tengan relevancia regional.


 

Article (13)

Effects of Drought and Fire Severity Interaction on Short-Term Post-Fire Recovery of the Mediterranean Forest of South America
Hydrological response of Andean catchments to recent glacier mass loss
Modeling the interannual variability in Maipo and Rapel river plumes off central Chile
Cambios en la cobertura de nieve y su relación con el caudal para la caracterización, monitoreo y gestión de las cuencas de montaña en los Andes extratropicales de Chile entre los 29° y 37°S utilizando teledetección
Climatology of Maipo and Rapel river plumes off Central Chile from numerical simulations
PEMIP: Post-fire erosion model inter-comparison project
Changes in Andes snow cover from MODIS data, 2000-2016
Global snow zone maps and trends in snow persistence 2001-2016
How Does Snow Persistence Relate to Annual Streamflow in Mountain Watersheds of the Western US With Wet Maritime and Dry Continental Climates?
A snow climatology of the Andes Mountains from MODIS snow cover data
Return on investment from fuel treatments to reduce severe wildfire and erosion in a watershed investment program in Colorado
Snow and albedo climate change impacts across the United States Northern Great Plains
Plant based indicators for irrigation scheduling in young cherry trees

Proyecto (13)

Consolidation of Satellite Snow Observatory
Satellite agriculture land of Valparaiso region
Annual snow coverage in the 101 basins of the national water bank.” Direccion General de Agua (DGA)
Satellite monitoring to planning and management of cities
Strengthening international exchange and linkage of research and human resource training for the study of landscape changes and their effects in mountain environments
A multi-scale drought observatory for Chile: an early warning system to mitigate agricultural and ecological impacts
Quantification of the spatiotemporal variability of the snow cover along the South American Andes, ANDESNOW
Remote sensing of areas of historical recurrence of forest fires in the Valparaíso Region
Satellite Snow Observatory
Atlas de incendios forestales en la Región de Valparaíso usando imágenes satelitales (1980-2018)
USE OF REMOTE SENSING DATA TO IMPROVE THE UNDERSTANDING OF SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS IN ANDES MOUNTAINS
Does wildfire risk reduction lead to downstream watershed service outcomes? An integrated wildfire-erosion-economic analysis of return on investment from fuel treatments in Colorado.
Threshold hydrologic change across the intermittent-persistent snow transition.
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Eduardo Salgado

Socio Ingeniero Agrícola

Ager Consultores SpA

Viña del Mar, Chile

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Jean Francois

Profesor Asociado

Departamento de Ciencias y Geografia

Universidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias de la Educación

Valparaiso, Chile

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Freddy Saavedra

Profesor asociado

Geografia

Universidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias de la Educación

Valparaiso, Chile

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Gonzalo Saldías

Profesor Asistente

Departamento de Física

Universidad del Bío-Bío

Concepción, Chile