TRATAMENTO DOS DADOS DA MISSÃO SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION E COMPARAÇÃO COM MODELO DIGITAL DE TERRENO GERADO POR INTERPOLAÇÃO DE CARTAS TOPOGRÁFICAS

Amanda  Odelius Teixeira Pinto; Osmar  Abílio de Carvalho Junior; Renato  Fontes Guimarães; Roberto Arnaldo  Trancoso Gomes; Éder  de Souza Martins; Mário  Diniz de Araújo Neto

doi:10.26512/2236-56562004e39747

Authors

Amanda Odelius Teixeira Pinto UnB – Universidade de Brasília – Departamento de Geografia
Osmar Abílio de Carvalho Junior UnB – Universidade de Brasília – Departamento de Geografia
Renato Fontes Guimarães UnB – Universidade de Brasília – Departamento de Geografia
Roberto Arnaldo Trancoso Gomes UnB – Universidade de Brasília – Departamento de Geografia
Éder de Souza Martins EMBRAPA Cerrados
Mário Diniz de Araújo Neto UnB – Universidade de Brasília – Departamento de Geografia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26512/2236-56562004e39747

Keywords:

Digital Elevation Model, SRTM, terrain attributes

Abstract

The topography representation is an important parameter to understand the function geosystems and ecosystems. A digital elevation model (DEM) is a numerical representation of topography with so simple data structure and widespread availability that it becomes a popular tool for landscape characterization. Thus, the DEM is one of the most important parameter in the environmental modeling with GIS. The applications of DEMs are very diverse like hydrologic modeling, soil distribution analysis, climatic studies, and tectonic analysis, among others. Many of quantitative analysis of relationships between land surface and environmental variables have been in response to the way water moves through and over the landscape settlement water content and other hydrological features. The aim of this work is to establish a methodology for edition of the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) data for geomorphology studies considering to hydrologic features. The study area is located in the River São Bartolomeu basin, in the mid-west of Brazil. A characteristic feature of the unedited SRTM data is numerous data errors and voids originating from a number of factors such as shadowing, layover, or other radar-specific causes. The methodology can be subdivided in following steps: (a) contourlines extraction of the SRTM, (b) digitization of the major stream with the flow direction, and (c) interpolation using the ARC-INFO procedure TOPOGRID. After the new DEM is to compare with the original SRTM and a DEM generated by interpolation of the digital maps in 1:10,000 scale using TOPOGRID method. The DEMs spatial resolution is 90 meter. Results show that the MDT obtained from the SRTM, despite a few constraints, still present a great potential compared to the MDT elaborated from topographic maps in geomorphologic studies.

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