ANÁLISE DE FOCOS DE QUEIMADAS NO PARQUE ESTADUAL DO MIRADOR UTILIZANDO UM SISTEMA DE INFORMAÇÃO GEOGRÁFICA – SIG, ESTADO DO MARANHÃO, BRASIL

Abstract

The present study presents the fire spots in the conservation area of the Mirador State Park, which is nestled in this region of the headwaters of the Rio Itapecuru which its waters supplying the capital of Maranhão State, among other municipalities.The study period is from 2002 to 2012, taking into consideration the fire spots available by INPE, using MODIS Aqua satellite and Earth.This work has as main objective the study of the focuses in PE Mirador as well as a spatial analysis of these foci in the park through Kernel method, and also, through an analysis of weather data available on BDMEP. It is very important to protect these areas, for this reason it is interesting to use various technologies to monitor these outbreaks, one of these is the remote sensing this tool that is becoming essential for environmental analysis.

Index Terms – Conservation Units; Spotlights Fires; Remote Sensing.