Four decades of land-cover, land-use and hydroclimatology changes in the Itacaiúnas River watershed, southeastern Amazon

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 167, Issue , 2016, Pages 175-184

  Souza Filho, Pedro Walfir M ^a,b   de Souza, Everaldo B ^a,b   Silva Júnior, Renato O ^a,b   Nascimento, Wilson R ^b   Versiani de Mendonça, Breno R ^c   Guimarães, José Tasso F ^a,b   Dall'Agnol, Roberto ^a,b   Siqueira, José Oswaldo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO VALE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^c VALE S A   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Change detection; Deforestation impacts; Hydro climate change; Water discharge

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; LAND USE; RIVERS; TIME SERIES; TROPICS; WATERSHEDS;

BRAZIL; CHANGE DETECTION; DEFORESTATION IMPACT; FOREST COVER; HYDRO-CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROCLIMATOLOGY; LAND COVER; RIVER WATERSHEDS; TROPICAL FOREST; WATER DISCHARGES;

DEFORESTATION;

RIVER WATER;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOREST COVER; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; RIVER DISCHARGE; SAVANNA; TROPICAL FOREST; WATERSHED;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST FRAGMENTATION; HUMIDITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LAND USE; MINING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PASTURELAND; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER; SAVANNA; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; URBAN AREA; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; BOVINE; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; TROPIC CLIMATE;

AMAZON RIVER; BRAZIL; ITACAIUNAS BASIN;

BOS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; RIVERS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84949444025     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.11.039     Document Type: Article

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