Rachid Omira
Profile
Research Group: RG4 – Continental margins and the deep ocean frontier
Position at IDL: Researcher
Job: Assistant Researcher
Email: raomira@fc.ul.pt
Telephone Number: (352) 91-245-1108
Extension: 21105
Room: 1.1.05
Academic Degree and field of specialization:
PhD in Geophysics 2010
Scientific Informations
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6198-7588
SCOPUS ID: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=34971883700
Researcher ID: https://publons.com/researcher/2582784/rachid-omira/publications/
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rachid_Omira
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xxIC41EAAAAJ&hl=en
Scientific Interests
Main Interests:
Natural hazards, Tsunami, Earthquake, Landslide
Top 10 Publications:
Omira R., Dogan, G. G., Hidayat, R., Husrin, S., Prasetya, G., Annunziato, A., … & Zaytsev, A. (2019). The September 28th, 2018, Tsunami In Palu-Sulawesi, Indonesia: A Post-Event Field Survey. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 176(4), 1379-1395. Doi: 10.1007/s00024-019-02145-z.
Ramalho I., Omira R., El Moussaoui S., Baptista M. A., & Zaghloul, M. N. (2018). Tsunami-induced morphological change–A model-based impact assessment of the 1755 tsunami in NE Atlantic from the Morocco coast. Geomorphology, 319: 78-91. Doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2018.07.013.
Grezio, A., Babeyko, A., Baptista, M. A., Behrens, J., ….Omira R., … & Harbitz, C. B. (2017). Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Analysis: Multiple Sources and Global Applications. Reviews of Geophysics, 55, 1158–1198. Doi: 10.1002/2017RG000579.
Omira R., Ramalho I.,Terrinha P., Baptista M.A. Batista L., & Zitellini, N. (2016). Deep-water seamounts, a potential source of tsunami generated by landslides? – The Hirondelle seamount, NE Atlantic. Marine Geology, 379: 267-280. Doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2016.06.010.
Omira R., Matias L., & Baptista M. A. (2016). Developing an event-tree probabilistic tsunami inundation model for NE Atlantic coasts: Application to a case study. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 173(12): 3775-3794. Doi:10.1007/s00024-016-1367-z.
Omira R., Baptista M. A., & Lisboa F. (2016). Tsunami Characteristics Along the Peru–Chile Trench: Analysis of the 2015 Mw8.3 Illapel, the 2014 Mw8.2 Iquique and the 2010 Mw8.8 Maule Tsunamis in the Near-field. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 173(4):1063-1077. Doi:10.1007/s00024- 016-1277-0
Omira R., Baptista M. A., & Matias L. (2015). Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard in the Northeast Atlantic from Near-and Far-Field Tectonic Sources. Pure Appl. Geophys., 172(3-4), 901-920. Doi: 10.1007/s00024-014-0949-x.
Miranda J. M., Baptista M. A., & Omira R. (2014) On the use of Green’s summation for tsunami waveform estimation: a case study. Geophys. J. Int. 199.1: 459-464.
Omira R., Baptista M. A., Miranda J. M., Toto E., Catita C., Catalão J. (2010): Tsunami vulnerability assessment of Casablanca-Morocco using numerical modelling and GIS tools. Natural Hazards, 54:75-95. Doi: 10.1007/s11069-009-9454-4.
Omira R., Baptista M.A., Matias L., Miranda J.M., Catita C., Carrilho F., Toto E. (2009): Design of a Sea-level Tsunami Detection Network for the Gulf of Cadiz. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 9: 1327–1338. Doi: 10.5194/nhess-9-1327-2009.
Projects (10 most relevant):
On-going Projects:
MAGICLAND – Marine Geo-hazards Induced by underwater Landslides in the SW Iberian Margin (PTDC/CTA-GEO/30381/2017).
Project duration: 01/01/2019 – 01/01/2022
Funding: FCT
Role: PI of the project.
FAST – Development of New Forecast Skills for Meteo-Tsunamis in the Iberian Shelf (PTDC/CTAMET/32004/2017).
Project duration: 01/10/2018 – 01/10/2021
Funding: FCT
Role: co-PI of the project.
AGITHAR – Accelerating Global Science in Tsunami Hazard and Risk analysis.
Project duration: 2019 – 2022
Funding: COST ACTION (EU)
Role: task leader.
UNTIeD – UNlocking the megaTsunamI Deadlock: using the near-source impacts to constrain tsunami generation by volcanic flank collapses
Project duration: 01/09/2018 – 01/09/2021
Funding: FCT
Role: task leader.
TAGUSGAS – Tsunami hazard assessment of the Lisbon city associated to the Tagus delta landslide (PTDC/CTA-GEO/31885/2017)
Project duration: 01/10/2018 – 01/10/2021
Funding: FCT
Role: task leader.
OnOff – Coupling onshore and offshore tsunami record: complementary tools for a broader perspective on tsunami events (PTDC/CTA-GEO/28941/2017).
Project duration: 01/09/2018 – 01/09/2021
Funding: FCT
Role: member of the research team.
Books & Chapters (up to 10):
Omira R., Neres M., Batista L. (2019). The Gloria Transform Fault—NE Atlantic: Seismogenic and Tsunamigenic Potential. In Transform Plate Boundaries and Fracture Zones (pp. 157-167). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-812064-4.00008-6.
Omira R., Quartau R., Ramalho I., Baptista M.A. Neil, M. (2016). The tsunami effects of a collapse of a volcanic island on a semi-enclosed basin: The Pico-São Jorge channel in the Azores archipelago. Plate Boundaries and Natural Hazards, ISBN: 978-1-119-05397-2, Ed. Duarte, J., and Schellart, W. American Geophysical Union (AGU), Published by John Wiley & Sons.
Mellas S., Leone F., Omira R., Gherardi M., Baptista M. A., Zourarah B., Peroche M., Lagache E. (2012). Le risque tsunamique au Maroc: Modélisation et évaluation au moyen d’un premier jeu d’indicateurs d’exposition du littoral Atlantique. Physio-Géo – Géographie Physique et Environnement, 2012, volume VI. P: 119-139.
Omira R., Baptista M. A., Mellas S., Leone F., Meschinet de Richemond N., Zourarah B., Cherel JP. (2012). The November, 1st, 1755 Tsunami in Morocco: Can Numerical Modeling Clarify the Uncertainties of Historical Reports?. Dr. Gloria I. López (Ed.), ISBN: 978 953-51-0865-8, InTech, DOI: 10.5772/51864.
Baptista M. A., Omira R., Matias L., Miranda J. M., Annunziato A., Carrilho F., Kaabouben F. (2011). On the Need for a Tsunami Warning System in the North East Atlantic Area (Gulf of Cadiz). The Tsunami Threat – Research and Technology, Nils-Axel Mörner (Ed.), ISBN: 978-953-307-552-5, InTech, DOI: 10.5772/14068.
Conferences (last 15 presentations):
>2019
Omira R., Baptista MA, Rabinovich AB, Maxial D.,Ramalho I., Monteiro M., Tudor M., Viterbo P. (2019). Developing forecast skills for meteotsunamis in the Iberian Shelf – An overview of the FAST project. In The First World Conference on Meteotsunamis, 8-11 May 2019, Split, Croatia.
Maxial D., Omira R., Baptista MA., Rabinovich AB, Viterbo P. (2019). Meteotsunamis in the instrumental records of the Iberian coast: Oceanic and atmospheric data analysis towards building a meteotsunami catalogue. In EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts.
Ramalho I., Omira R., Terrinha P., Ribeiro C. (2019). Tsunami hazard induced by a newly discovered landslide in the Tagus delta off Lisbon (Portugal). In EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts.
Rosas F., Omira R., Duarte J., Schellart W., Baptista M. A.; Terrinha P. (2019). Active thrustwrench tectonic interference offshore SW Iberia (Eurasia – Nubia plate boundary, NE Atlantic): potential seismogenic and tsunamigenic source of the 50 years old 1969 Mw 7.9 earthquake. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 21, EGU2019-5839. EGU General Assembly 2019.
Baptista M. A., Omira R., Ramalho I., Quartau R. (2019). Tsunami Hazard in Madeira Island from subaerial landslide: The 1930 event. JP05p-047, In 27th IUGG General Assembly Abstracts.
Wronna M., Hidayat R., Husrin S., Prasetya G., Annunziato A.,Guney G., Zaytsev A., Omira R., ……. Yalciner AC (2019). Insights in the UNESCO Post-Event Field Survey of the September 28th, 2018 Palu Tsunami. In EGU General Assembly Conference 2019.
>2018
Omira R., Baptista M. A., Quartau R., Ramalho I. (2018). Sector-Collapses inducing Tsunami Hazard in Madeira Island, NE Atlantic-Numerical Simulation of the 1930 Tsunami. In EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts (Vol. 20, p. 9220).
Omira R., C. Roque, P. P. Cunha, A. Piedade, M. Quinta-Ferreira, L. Lemos, I. Ramalho, M. Teixeira, C. Neves, G. Ercilla, P. Terrinha, M. A. Baptista (2018). Marine Geo-hazards Induced by underwater Landslides in the SW Iberian Margin – MagicLand Project. In MIA 2018 – IX Simpósio da Margem Ibérica Atlântic – Coimbra, Portugal.
Dourado F., Cezario A. P., Omira R., Baptista M. A. (2018). Mathematical modeling analysis of 1755 tsunami propagation in Pernambuco and Paraiba states coast-Brazil, for present days. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts.
Løvholt, F., Glimsdal, S., Harbitz, C. B., Romano, F., Lorito, S., …Omira R., … Babeyko, A. Y. (2018). New amplification factors for estimation of maximum tsunami inundation height and related uncertainty in probabilistic tsunami hazard analysis. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts.
Yalciner A. C., Hidayat R., Husrin S., Annunziato A., Dogan G. G., Zaytsev A., …Omira R., …… Wronna, M. (2018). Field Survey on the Coastal Impacts of the September 28, 2018 Palu, Indonesia Tsunami. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts.
>2017
Omira R., Ramalho R. S., Quartau R., Ramalho I., Madeira J., Baptista, M. A. (2017). The Fogo’s Collapse-triggered Megatsunami: Evidence-calibrated Numerical Simulations of Tsunamigenic Potential and Coastal Impact. In EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts (Vol. 19, p. 16431).
Omira R., Baptista M. A., Quartau R., Ramalho M. I. (2017). Landslide Tsunami Hazard in Madeira Island, NE Atlantic-Numerical Simulation of the 4 March 1930 Tsunami. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts.
El-Hussain, I., Omira R., Al-Bulushi, K., Deif, A., Al-Habsi, Z., Al-Rawas, G., … Baptista, M. A.
(2017). Tsunami hazard assessment along Diba-Oman and Diba-Al-Emirates coasts. In MATEC Web
of Conferences (Vol. 120, p. 06007). EDP Sciences.
Dourado, F., Costa P., Omira R., Cezario AP., Beltrão B., Elldorf B., Dias G. (2017). Transatlantic
tsunami records in Brazil. 5th International Tsunami Field Symposium. 10.13140/RG.2.2.31118.25924.