@InProceedings{RodriguesSLPNMSPOCPS:2019:SpTeCh,
               author = "Rodrigues, Julia Abrantes and Silva, Patr{\'{\i}}cia Santos and 
                         Libonati, Renata and Pereira, Allan Arantes and Nogueira, Joana 
                         Messias Pereira and Martins, Guilherme and Santos, Filippe Lemos 
                         Mais and Peres, Leonardo de Faria and Oom, Duarte and Camara, 
                         Carlos da and Pereira, Jos{\'e} Miguel Cardoso and Setzer, 
                         Alberto Waingort",
          affiliation = "{Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)} and {Universidade 
                         de Lisboa} and {Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)} and 
                         Instituto Federal de Educa{\c{c}}{\~a}o, Ci{\^e}ncia e 
                         Tecnologia do Sul de Minas Gerais (IFMG) and {Instituto Nacional 
                         de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto Nacional de 
                         Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Universidade Federal do Rio de 
                         Janeiro (UFRJ)} and {Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 
                         (UFRJ)} and {European Commission} and {Universidade de Lisboa} and 
                         {Universidade de Lisboa} and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas 
                         Espaciais (INPE)}",
                title = "Spatial and temporal characteristics of fire patterns in the 
                         Cerrado using 18 years of satellite observations",
            booktitle = "Anais...",
                 year = "2019",
         organization = "International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress, 
                         7.",
             keywords = "Remote sensing, Cerrado, burned area, MODIS MCD64A1, fire 
                         patterns.",
             abstract = "The Brazilian Cerrado vegetation has been increasingly threatened 
                         over the last decades and the significant loss of ~50% in its 
                         native cover is also related in part to the absence of a 
                         consistent fire policy in the region. Although the Cerrado is 
                         adapted to natural fires the significant changes in fire regimes 
                         might alter this biome irreparably. With future projections of a 
                         drier and warmer climate, it is thus crucial to understand how 
                         fire regimes are evolving to allow a better management and 
                         allocation of resources. Satellite technology currently provides a 
                         tool to effectively study fire regimes through the identification 
                         of active fires and burned areas (BA). Here we use the MODIS 
                         MCD64A1 Collection 6 product to evaluate BA patterns in Cerrado 
                         over the last 18 years (2001-2018). Intra and inter-annual 
                         variabilities are assessed along with spatial analysis, with 
                         special focus on the existing Conservation Units; the existence of 
                         significant trends and shifts are also investigated. Results show 
                         that the dry period from August to October accounts for around 60% 
                         of the total BA. Fire extent varies considerably from year to year 
                         showing a strong dependence on climatic conditions, which are 
                         responsible for more than 2/3 of the interannual variability of 
                         burned area for the last two decades. Very distinct patterns for 
                         its South-western and North-eastern and regions are seen, with 
                         negative and positive trends, respectively. The latter region is 
                         the new agricultural frontier with extensive and mechanized farms, 
                         whereas the former has mostly been cleared of native vegetation 
                         and is now dominated by grasslands and small-scale croplands. 
                         Conservations units near by the Arc of Deforestation and the new 
                         agriculture frontiers of MATOPIBA present the higher amount of 
                         burned area.",
  conference-location = "Bras{\'{\i}}lia, DF",
      conference-year = "2019",
                  doi = "10.37002/biodiversidadebrasileira.v9i1.1218",
                  url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.37002/biodiversidadebrasileira.v9i1.1218",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "1218-Texto do Artigo-6028-1-10-20191030.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "2024, May 05"
}