02488nam a2200373 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000210006024501440008126001550022530000160038050000150039652012600041165000160167165000190168765000140170665000160172065300210173665300300175765300220178765300340180965300190184365300160186265300250187865300220190365300320192565300240195770000210198170000230200270000220202570000200204770000240206770000230209112564942020-01-31       2009    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d1 aROMANI, L. A. S.  aComputational framework to analyze agrometeorological, climate and remote sensing databchallenges and perspectives.h[electronic resource]  aIn: CONGRESSO DA SOCIEDADE BRASILEIRA DE COMPUTAÇÃO, 29., 2009, Bento Gonçalves. Anais... Rio Grande do SUL: Instituto de Informática UFRGS.c2009  ap. 323-337.  aCSBC 2009.  aIn the past few years, improvements in the data acquisition technology have decreased the time interval of data gathering. Consequently, institutions have stored huge amounts of data such as climate time series and remote sensing images. Computational models to filter, transform, merge and analyze data from many different areas are complex and challenging. The complexity increases even more when combining several knowledge domains. Examples are research in climatic changes, biofuel production and environmental problems. A possible solution to the problem is the association of several computational techniques. Accordingly, this paper presents a framework to analyze, monitor and visualize climate and remote sensing data by employing methods based on fractal theory, data mining and visualization techniques. Initial experiments showed that the information and knowledge discovered from this framework can be employed to monitor sugar cane crops, helping agricultural entrepreneurs to make decisions in order to become more productive. Sugar cane is the main source to ethanol production in Brazil, and has a strategic importance for the country economy and to guarantee the Brazilian self-sufficiency in this important, renewable source of energy.  aAgriculture  aRemote sensing  aSugarcane  aAgricultura  aCana-de-açúcar  aDados agrometeorológicos  aDados climáticos  aDados de sensoriamento remoto  aDados massivos  aData mining  aMineração de dados  aSéries temporais  aTécnicas de visualização  aTeoria dos fractais1 aTRAINA, A. J. M.1 aSOUSA, E. P. M. de1 aZULLO JÚNIOR, J.1 aAVILA, A. M. H.1 aRODRIGUES JR. J. F.1 aTRAINA JÚNIOR. C.