The scientific grasp of the distribution and dynamics of land use and land cover (LULC)
changes in South America is still limited. This is especially true for the continent's hyperarid …

Currently, Brazil is the leading producer of sugarcane in the world, with self-sufficiency in the
use of ethanol as a biofuel, as well as being one of the largest suppliers of sugar to the …

Agricultural intensification practices have been adopted in the Brazilian savanna (Cerrado),
mainly in the transition between Cerrado and the Amazon Forest, to increase productivity …

In this work, we aim to evaluate the feasibility and operational limitations of using Sentinel-1
synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data to monitor water levels in the Poço da Cruz reservoir …

Methods for crop phenology detection using time series analysis have provided accurate
information for large agricultural areas in shorter processing times, which can be useful for …

The agricultural frontier expansion in the Cerrado biome made Brazil a leader in commodity
exports and is changing its landscape. Hence, efforts to accurate land use and land cover …

The Brazilian Savanna presents a complex agricultural dynamic and cloud cover issues;
therefore, there is a need for new strategies for more detailed agricultural monitoring. Using …

Abstract The Sentinel-2/MultiSpectral Instrument (S2/MSI) expands the frequency of satellite
observations, which is relevant to elaborate detailed and timely land use and land cover …

Earth Observation (EO) technologies have played an increasingly important role in
monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). These technologies often combined …

Many applications rely on spatial information retrieval, which involves costly computational
geometric algorithms to process spatial queries. Spatial approximations simplify the …