The transformation of forest into pastures in the Brazilian Amazon leads to significant
consequences to climate at local scale. In the region of Alta Floresta (Mato Grosso, Brazil) …

Supporters of open data believe that free and complete access to research data is beneficial
for science, public policy, and society. In environmental science and policy, open data …

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) has been used in several
remote sensing studies, including land, ocean, and atmospheric applications. The …

The territory organization of the Brazilian Amazon, understood as a socioeconomic network
of municipalities, reflects the diversity of human settlements and their potentials for …

Résumé La télédétection permet de suivre dans le temps et de quantifier l'ampleur des
défrichements en Amazonie brésilienne. La diversité des capteurs permet aussi une …

Automating the systematic monitoring of deforestation in the Brazilian biomes has become
imperative. In this sense, a promising research field lies upon the exploitation of orbital …

Over the last decade, the use of geographic information system (GIS) technology has been
increasingly depicted by scholars and policy-makers as being able to reduce or even stop …

Esse capítulo vê os sistemas de monitoramento da Amazônia como um sistema de
segurança, e avalia as capacidades e limitações destes para a garantia da segurança …

RESUMO O objetivo desse trabalho foi analisar o uso de imagens R99-SAR/SIPAM no
programa de monitoramento da floresta Amazônica, assim como avaliar o uso destas …

L'hypothèse de recherche principale de ce travail consiste à considérer le Mato Grosso
comme une région laboratoire pour l'étude des interactions climat/sociétés actuelles et …