Open AccessAnalysis of the Impact of Land Use and Occupation on the Biophysical Variables of the Cerrado Biome in Southwest Goiano, Brazil
Author(s) -
Victor Hugo Morães,
Pedro Rogério Giongo,
Márcio Mesquita,
Thomas Jefferson Cavalcante,
Matheus Vinícius Abadia Ventura,
Estevam Matheus Costa,
Bruno Henrique Tondato Arantes
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of agricultural science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1916-9760
pISSN - 1916-9752
DOI - 10.5539/jas.v11n1p399
Subject(s) - evapotranspiration , biome , moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer , vegetation (pathology) , environmental science , land use , agricultural land , geography , land use, land use change and forestry , normalized difference vegetation index , pasture , agriculture , forestry , physical geography , climate change , ecosystem , ecology , satellite , medicine , archaeology , pathology , engineering , biology , aerospace engineering
The change in the use of natural vegetation by annual or perennial crops, sugarcane and fast-growing forests causes changes in the biophysical variables, and these changes can be monitored by remote sensing. The objective of this work was to evaluate, on a temporal scale, the impacts of land use changes on biophysical variables in the county of Santa Helena de Goias-Goias/Brazil. Between the years of 2000 to 2015 areas were identified for agricultural crops 1 (annual crops), water, agricultural crops 2 (sugarcane), natural vegetation, pasture and urban areas. The MODIS (Moderate Resolution Spectroradiometer) sensor products were selected for study: MOD11A2-Surface temperature; MOD16A2-Real evapotranspiration, MOD13Q1-Enhanced Vegetation Index and rainfall data from TRMM (Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission). The geographic coordinates referring to the land uses were inserted in the LAPIG platform, searching the information of the biophysical variables referring to the selected pixel. The impact of land use change was evaluated by calculating the weighted average through the quantitative classification of the areas. It is concluded for the period of study that the index of average vegetation of the county had increase. There was an increase in the evapotranspiration volume of the county from 28% from 2000 to 2013 and the average surface temperature of the county showed a reduction of 2 °C in the period from 2000 to 2015.