Using of geographic information system for optimization of cropping dates: case of Brazilian Savanna and Pantanal region

Author

Assad, Eduardo D. ; Sano, Edson E. ; Soriano, Balbina ; Silva, Silvando C.

Author_Institution

EMBRAPA-CPAC, Planaltina, Brazil

Volume

2

fYear

1994

fDate

8-12 Aug. 1994

Firstpage

838

Abstract

The utilization of geographical informations systems (GIS) in agriculture has increased remarkably in the last 5 years. The information of soil, slope and land occupation are stored by vectorial format. Land use, vegetation and hydrography are stored by raster format as satellite images. However, to generate numerical information of a particular space, such as the two locations chosen for this study, one needs a terrain numerical model. This study provides spatial information of planting date based on water balance simulation in the state of Tocantins and of vectorial information of the city of Corumba, within the Pantanal Matogrossense region.

Keywords

agriculture; geographic information systems; geophysical techniques; geophysics computing; Brazil; Corumba; GIS; Pantanal; Pantanal Matogrossense; Savanna; Tocantins; agriculture; cropping date; geographic information system; land occupation; land surface; land use; optimization; planting date; terrain numerical model; vectorial information; vegetation; Agriculture; Cities and towns; Computer aided software engineering; Crops; Geographic Information Systems; Image generation; Information systems; Numerical models; Satellites; Soil; Vegetation mapping;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1994. IGARSS '94. Surface and Atmospheric Remote Sensing: Technologies, Data Analysis and Interpretation., International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1497-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1994.399279

Filename

399279