Cataloging of satellite images from the cloud cover and fluviometric level of the Upper Parana River

Abstract

Orbital images have been used in projects by researchers of GEMA (Studies Multidisciplinary Group of  Environment) and Nupélia (Center for Research in Limnology, Aquaculture and Ictologia) close to Porto Rico city for than more one decade in the Upper Parana River. The use of remote sensing products in several conditions of hydrological periods is a fundamental piece for development in ecologic and geomorphologic studies. The purpose of this work was to realize the cataloging of satellite images of Landsat 5, TM sensor, path/row 223/076 available in databases of INPE (National Institute for Space Research) and GLOVIS (The USGS Global Visualization Viewer), according to current cloud cover about fluvial plain of  the Upper Parana River and related to their fluviometric quota of each date of the scene recorded by fluviometric station of Porto São José. It was performed to search of images in INPE and GLOVIS webpages with images available of TM sensor and fluviometric data in ANA webpage (Waters Agency National). With this information resulted in the classification of images available at each site according with cloud cover over the fluvial plain from the Sergio Motta Hydroelectric, until the mount Baía River, relating the hydrological data with date of imaging, allowing the users to choose the images of work in accordance with regime condition of Parana River.