Use of remote sensing in monitoring suspended solids in the reservoir of a hydroelectric plant in the Cerrado-Amazônia transition zone

Authors

  • Juliana Simões Companhia Energética de Sinop https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1530-2787
  • Frederico Terra de Almeida Federal University of Mato Grosso - UFMT Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso - UFMT - Campus de Sinop - CUS Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais - http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1055-5766
  • Eduardo Uliana FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO
  • Laurimar Vendrusculo Embrapa Informática Agropecuária: Campinas, SP, BR https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3729-3455

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22478/ufpb.1981-1268.2021v15n3.57559

Abstract

The use of remote sensing in monitoring suspended solids in the reservoir of a hydroelectric plant (UHE) in the Cerrado-Amazônia transition is justified due to the need to monitor the sediment deposition in the dam structures. Thus, this study uses the Normalized Water Difference Index (NDWI) in monitoring the concentrations of suspended sediments (Css) in the Sinop HPP reservoir. The data were obtained through field collection, performed quarterly, and application of the NDWI index on satellite images in the Arcgis 10.1 software. To verify data performance, tests were run in an R programming environment, using the mean absolute error, root of the mean square error, bias, Willmott’s concordance index and Nash-Sutcliffe efficiency index (ENS). The coefficient of determination showed a value of R² 0.66 for station Amount 01 and 0.70 for the station Jusante Barramento. Regarding the efficiency of the data estimated by the NDWI index, the model was deemed “satisfactory”. However, it is concluded that this geoprocessing tool does not currently stand as a substitute for traditional collections, but as a support for continuous tracking and alert of possible changes, allowing for better assessments and possibly more realistic decision making.

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Author Biographies

Juliana Simões, Companhia Energética de Sinop

Graduated in Forest Engineering from the Federal University of Mato Grosso - UFMT (2013), Master's in Environmental Sciences from the Federal University of Mato Grosso - UFMT (2020), postgraduate in Health and Safety Engineering at Fasipe (2015) and also in Management, Audit and Environmental Expertise at Fasipe Faculty (2014). He is currently an Environmental Analyst at Companhia Energética Sinop. In the area of vegetation suppression, seedling production, recovery of degraded areas, environmental licensing and forest resources, acting on the following topics: phytosociology, forest formations and experience in hydroelectric projects (reservoir and transmission line).

Frederico Terra de Almeida, Federal University of Mato Grosso - UFMT Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso - UFMT - Campus de Sinop - CUS Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais -

Admitido em 27/03/2006, é hoje Professor Associado III da Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso - Campus de Sinop - Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais - UFMT - CUS - ICAA, atuando na graduação na área de Engenharias - Recursos Hídricos e Hidrologia, e na pós-graduação na área de Recursos Hídricos e Hidrossedimentologia.

Eduardo Uliana, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO

Adjunct Professor III at the Federal University of Mato Grosso (UFMT), campus of Sinop - MT. Permanent professor of the Postgraduate Program in Water Resources (PPGRH) at UFMT - Campus de Cuiabá. Graduated in Environmental Engineering (2010), Master in Plant Production (2012) and Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering (2016). He has experience in the field of Environmental Engineering, working mainly on the following topics: hydrology, hydraulics, hydrological modeling, quality of the environmental environment, water and soil engineering and geoprocessing.

Laurimar Vendrusculo, Embrapa Informática Agropecuária: Campinas, SP, BR

She obtained his Ph.D. at Iowa State University (2014) with a double degree in Agriculture and Biosystem Engineering Department and in the Environmental Science program, a master's degree in Agricultural Engineering from the State University of Campinas (2001) and a degree in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (1988). He is currently researcher A at the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation. He has experience in Computer Science, with an emphasis on Computer Systems, acting on the following subjects: Database, Datamining, Geostatistics, Web Applications, Information Technologies and Spatial Variability.

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Published

2021-11-11

How to Cite

SIMÕES, J.; ALMEIDA, F. T. de; ULIANA, E.; VENDRUSCULO, L. Use of remote sensing in monitoring suspended solids in the reservoir of a hydroelectric plant in the Cerrado-Amazônia transition zone. Gaia Scientia, [S. l.], v. 15, n. 3, 2021. DOI: 10.22478/ufpb.1981-1268.2021v15n3.57559. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufpb.br/ojs/index.php/gaia/article/view/57559. Acesso em: 18 jul. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 3 (2021)

Section

Ciências Ambientais

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