Apport des satellites géostationnaires GOES pour l'étude du climat du Mato Grosso, Brésil

Vincent Dubreuil (1) , Aline Lecamus (1) , Dominique Dagorne (2) , Gilda Maitelli (3)

1 LETG - Rennes - Littoral, Environnement, Télédétection, Géomatique
2 IRD
3 UFMT - Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso

Remotely sensed measurements from geostationnary satellites GOES are used for the study of a climatologicaly bad-known area : the state of Mato Grosso in western central Brazil. Datas from the visible channel give informations on the landcover and principaly on the progression of deforestation linked to one of the greatest pioneer front of the Amazonia. Infrared measurements are used for the estimation of monthly rainfall using passive microwave images (SSM/I) for validation.

Domaines: Géographie

Vincent Dubreuil, Aline Lecamus, Dominique Dagorne, Gilda Maitelli. Apport des satellites géostationnaires GOES pour l'étude du climat du Mato Grosso, Brésil. Climatologie, 2001, 13, pp.401-409. ⟨hal-00319171⟩