Remote sensing for integrated analysis of the vegetation with elements of the physical environment and distribution of phytomass in contact areas of the forest and open countryside in Roraima

• Grant number: 97/00943-8
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: November 01, 1997
• End date: October 31, 1998
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Forestry Resources and Forestry Engineering
• Principal Investigator: João Roberto dos Santos
• Grantee: João Roberto dos Santos
• Host Institution: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE). Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (Brasil). São José dos Campos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Amazonia, suffering the impact of accelerated occupation in these last decades, plays an important role in the global climate system, in addition to figuring as a scientific priority in the scenario of global changes. Remote sensing at orbital level, as an auxiliary tool of acquisition of information, has permitted a continuous monitoring of the region. In the context of methodological advances, the present research has the general objective, making use of images from optical sensors and from radar, to establish an integrated analysis of the vegetation with elements of the physical environment and to ascertain the spatial distribution of the phytomass, taking as its area of study the contact areas of forest and open country in Roraima. (AU)