Database_Nova Lima_Remote Sensing

Data collection was carried out through the acquisition of images from the Landsat 8 satellite obtained from the Earth Explorer platform, from the United States Geological Survey (USGS, 2023). The images were obtained for the years 2013, 2018 and 2023, for the purpose of evaluating the temporal evolution of vegetation and land use and occupation in the study area considering a period of 10 years. One image was selected for each year, corresponding to the dry period, totaling three images. As pointed out by Pereira et al., (2020), precipitation can influence responses to vegetation indices. Therefore, the choice to analyze images from the same period aims to eliminate interpretations of changes in indices due to different climatic conditions.