Influência da variabilidade climática na dinâmica da vegetação na região da Mata Atlântica Paulista
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2018-06-04
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Carvalho, Suzana Maria Inácio de
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Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
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Alterações no clima causam impactos significativos sobre a estrutura e distribuição dos ecossistemas afetando a biodiversidade terrestre. O objetivo da pesquisa foi descrever os padrões da dinâmica da vegetação natural da Mata Atlântica Paulista na região da bacia hidrográfica do rio Paraíba do Sul (UGRHI 2) e identificar a relação que se estabelece entre a variabilidade climática e a vegetação. Dados de imagens de séries temporais de índices de vegetação como o EVI (Índice de Vegetação Melhorado), LSWI (Índice de umidade da vegetação) e LAI (Índice de Área Foliar) derivados de produtos de Sensoriamento Remoto (SR), foram adquiridos do sensor MODIS, pois são poderosas ferramentas indicadoras do desenvolvimento da vegetação. Dados de precipitação pluvial adquiridas por estações pluviométricas disponibilizadas pela ANA foram aplicados para cálculo dos índices climáticos como o SPI (Índice de Precipitação Padronizado) e RAI (Índice de Anomalia de chuva). Os índices conseguiram detectar a variação entre anos extremamente úmidos e anos extremamente secos. Destacaram-se os anos 2009 e 2014, sendo que o ano de 2009 representou um ano de anomalia positiva, com precipitação acima da média climatológica. Já em 2014, foi possível detectar uma condição de anomalia negativa, com condições mais severas com precipitação pluvial abaixo da média climatológica. Com a finalidade de avaliar como essa dinâmica climática influencia na dinâmica da vegetação, os índices EVI, LSWI e LAI foram analisados e mostraram que o comportamento da dinâmica da vegetação natural das regiões da Mata Atlântica Paulista acompanha a variabilidade do clima, já que foram observados padrões de maior produtividade no período da estação chuvosa, época em que a condição hídrica é mais intensa e favorece o verdejamento das folhas, o oposto foi observado quando há o déficit hídrico, que ocorre principalmente na estação seca onde nota-se o declínio dos valores dos índices, ou seja, indicando a queda foliar. Os índices capturaram o padrão esperado, vale destacar que o índice LSWI apresentou maior sensibilidade à condição hídrica, o que era esperado devido às bandas que compõe este índice, sendo possível verificar o potencial das imagens do sensor MODIS em capturar a resposta da floresta e consequentemente contribuir de forma significativa para estudos de mudanças climáticas.
Climate change causes significant impacts on the structure and distribution of ecosystems affecting terrestrial biodiversity. The objective of the research was to describe the patterns of the dynamics of the natural vegetation of the Atlantic forest in the region of the watershed of Rio Paraíba do Sul (UGRHI 2) and to identify the relationship that is established between climatic variability and vegetation. Image data from temporal series of vegetation indices as the improved Vegetation Index (EVI), Vegetation Humidity Index (LSWI) and foliar area index (LAI) derived from remote sensing products (SR), were acquired from the MODIS sensor, as they are Powerful tools indicating the development of vegetation. Rainfall precipitation data acquired by precipitation stations provided by the National Water Agency (ANA) were applied for calculating climatic indexes such as the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) and Rain Anomaly Index (RAI). The indexes were able to detect the variation between extremely humid years and extremely dry years. The years 2009 and 2014 were highlighted, and the year 2009 represented a year of positive anomaly, with precipitation above the average climatological. In 2014, it was possible to detect a negative anomaly condition, with harsher conditions with rainfall precipitation below the climatological average. For the purpose of evaluating how this climate dynamics influences the dynamics of vegetation, the indices EVI, LSWI and LAI were analyzed and showed that the behavior of the dynamics of the natural vegetation of the Regions of Atlantic Forest Paulista accompanies the Climate variability, since there were observed higher productivity patterns during the rainy season, when the water condition is more intense and favors the greenishing of the leaves, the opposite was observed when there is the water deficit, which occurs Mainly in the dry season where it is noted the decline of the values of the indices, that is, indicating the foliage fall. The indexes captured the expected pattern, it is worth noting that the LSWI index presented greater sensitivity to the water condition, which was expected due to the bands that make up this index, it is possible to verify the potential of the images of the MODIS sensor in capturing the Forest response and consequently contribute significantly to climate change studies.
Climate change causes significant impacts on the structure and distribution of ecosystems affecting terrestrial biodiversity. The objective of the research was to describe the patterns of the dynamics of the natural vegetation of the Atlantic forest in the region of the watershed of Rio Paraíba do Sul (UGRHI 2) and to identify the relationship that is established between climatic variability and vegetation. Image data from temporal series of vegetation indices as the improved Vegetation Index (EVI), Vegetation Humidity Index (LSWI) and foliar area index (LAI) derived from remote sensing products (SR), were acquired from the MODIS sensor, as they are Powerful tools indicating the development of vegetation. Rainfall precipitation data acquired by precipitation stations provided by the National Water Agency (ANA) were applied for calculating climatic indexes such as the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) and Rain Anomaly Index (RAI). The indexes were able to detect the variation between extremely humid years and extremely dry years. The years 2009 and 2014 were highlighted, and the year 2009 represented a year of positive anomaly, with precipitation above the average climatological. In 2014, it was possible to detect a negative anomaly condition, with harsher conditions with rainfall precipitation below the climatological average. For the purpose of evaluating how this climate dynamics influences the dynamics of vegetation, the indices EVI, LSWI and LAI were analyzed and showed that the behavior of the dynamics of the natural vegetation of the Regions of Atlantic Forest Paulista accompanies the Climate variability, since there were observed higher productivity patterns during the rainy season, when the water condition is more intense and favors the greenishing of the leaves, the opposite was observed when there is the water deficit, which occurs Mainly in the dry season where it is noted the decline of the values of the indices, that is, indicating the foliage fall. The indexes captured the expected pattern, it is worth noting that the LSWI index presented greater sensitivity to the water condition, which was expected due to the bands that make up this index, it is possible to verify the potential of the images of the MODIS sensor in capturing the Forest response and consequently contribute significantly to climate change studies.
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Clima, Índices de vegetação, Índices climáticos, Ecossistema, Climate, Vegetation indexes, Climate indices, Ecosystem