@InProceedings{OliveiraMoShBrArBe:2016:CoEvFo,
               author = "Oliveira, Gabriel de and Moraes, Elisabete Caria and Shimabukuro, 
                         Yosio Edemir and Brunsell, N. A. and Arag{\~a}o, Luiz Eduardo 
                         Oliveira e Cruz de and Bertani, Gabriel",
          affiliation = "{Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto 
                         Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto Nacional de 
                         Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {} and {Instituto Nacional de 
                         Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas 
                         Espaciais (INPE)}",
                title = "Comparison of evapotranspiration following fire in a primary 
                         amazonian forest based on MOD16 data",
                 year = "2016",
         organization = "AMS Annual Meeting, 96.",
             abstract = "Forest fires are ocurring in great number throughout the Amazon 
                         region, affecting the natural cycle of vegetation and ecosystem 
                         structure. They also can cause changes in the local and regional 
                         climate, and specifically in the surface energy flux patterns. The 
                         effects of fire on forest water cycling are not well understood, 
                         especially due to the difficulty of obtaining surface flux 
                         measurements in fire-affected areas with high temporal and spatial 
                         resolution. The present study aimed to evaluate, based on MODIS 
                         global evapotranspiration data (MOD16), the temporal behaviour of 
                         evapotranspiration in a primary Amazonian forest area affected by 
                         fire on September 12th, 2010 in the municipality of Cumaru do 
                         Norte, state of Para, Brazil. The forest area was mapped using a 
                         TM/Landsat 5 image acquired during the time of fire burning. The 
                         analysis of MOD16 data from the month before and from a month 
                         after the fire indicated a 27% decrease in evapotranspiration. The 
                         average value of evapotranspiration for the 3 years pre-fire was 
                         1436.0 mm yr-1. After the significant decrease was verified 
                         immediately post-fire, evapotranspiration values increased at an 
                         average annual rate of 20%. The highest increase rate (58%) was 
                         verified one year after the fire. The average value of 
                         evapotranspiration 3 years post-fire was 1382.6 mm yr-1, which is 
                         quite close to that average value verified prior to burning. 
                         Therefore we conclude that 3 years was enough time for this forest 
                         area to recover its original state in terms of water vapor fluxes. 
                         Regarding this result, it is important to note that a high 
                         severity fire can alter the canopy characteristcs more strongly 
                         than a low severity fire, which means that distinct disturbance 
                         regimes will affect the evapotranspiration fluxes after the fire 
                         in forested areas quite differently.",
  conference-location = "New Orleans, Louisiana",
      conference-year = "10-14 jan.",
        urlaccessdate = "27 abr. 2024"
}