Diagnosis and analysis of the daily evolution of urban heat islands in mid sized cities, in tropical and temperate climates

• Grant number: 15/50439-4
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: June 01, 2016
• End date: May 31, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Geosciences
• Agreement: CNRS
• Mobility Program: SPRINT - Projetos de pesquisa - Mobilidade
• Principal Investigator: Margarete Cristiane de Costa Trindade Amorim
• Grantee: Margarete Cristiane de Costa Trindade Amorim
• Principal researcher abroad: Vincent Dubreuil
• Institution abroad: Université Rennes 2, Rennes, France
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (FCT). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Presidente Prudente. Presidente Prudente , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 14/16350-3 - Diagnosis and analysis of the daily evolution of urban heat islands in mid-sized cities, in tropical and temperate climates, AP.R

Abstract

This research aims to develop a methodology to diagnose and analyze the daily evolution of the magnitude and intensity of urban heat islands in mid-sized cities in tropical and temperate climates. Hence, this, automatic temperature and humidity recorders, and thermal images of Landsat 8 will be used in two mid-sized cities, with different climatic characteristic: Presidente Prudente (Brazil) and Rennes (France). Based on these maps and field work, a database with geo-environmental urban characteristics of the areas with the highest and lowest temperatures, diagnosed in the thermal letters, which will be the basis for the installation of temperature and air humidity sensors will be elaborated. This procedure will be carried out in Presidente Prudente, because in Rennes there are 20 weather stations already installed and a characterization of the areas will be undertaken. The temperature and humidity elements will be registered in Presidente Prudente and Rennes and statistical analyses will be performed, to verify the evolution and maintenance of atmospheric heat islands in tropical and temperate environments, according to the active weather systems. The development of this research will allow us to deepen theoretical and methodological knowledge, to consolidate proposals for the improvement of urban environmental quality and guide researches in undergraduate and graduate levels, on this topic. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

DE COSTA TRINDADE AMORIM, MARGARETE CRISTIANE. Daily evolution of urban heat islands in a Brazilian tropical continental climate during dry and rainy periods. URBAN CLIMATE, v. 34, DEC 2020. (15/50439-4, 14/16350-3)

AMORIM, MARGARETE CRISTIANE DE COSTA TRINDADE; DUBREUIL, VINCENT; AMORIM, AMANDA TRINDADE. Day and night surface and atmospheric heat islands in a continental and temperate tropical environment. URBAN CLIMATE, v. 38, JUL 2021. (15/50439-4, 14/16350-3)

FRASCA TEIXEIRA, DANIELLE CARDOZO; DE COSTA TRINDADE AMORIM, MARGARETE CRISTIANE. Multicriteria Spatial Modeling: Methodological Contribution to the Analysis of Atmospheric and Surface Heat Islands in Presidente Prudente, Brazil. CLIMATE, v. 10, n. 4, p. 15-pg., 2022-04-01. (15/50439-4, 14/16350-3)

DE COSTA TRINDADE AMORIM, MARGARETE CRISTIANE; DUBREUIL, VINCENT. Intensity of Urban Heat Islands in Tropical and Temperate Climates. CLIMATE, v. 5, n. 4, DEC 2017. (14/16350-3, 15/50439-4)