ANALYSIS OF GEOURBAN INFLUENCES ON THE URBAN CLIMATE OF THE CITY OF IPORÁ/GO: CASE STUDY IN A SMALL CITY

• Grant number: 12/10450-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: September 01, 2012
• End date: May 31, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Geosciences - Physical Geography
• Principal Investigator: Francisco Arthur Silva Vecchia
• Grantee: Elis Dener Lima Alves
• Host Institution: Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 12/20598-5 - Analysis of spatial and temporal variability of air temperature: study of heat islands in Lisbon, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

Nowadays the transformations imposed by human action have been changing the climate elements and characteristics on a local scale. Urban climate studies in small cities size (local scale) can help answer questions which persist in the urban climatology: from what size or hierarchical level does a Brazilian city starts offering conditions to generate an urban climate? What are the relationships among the geourban attributes according to this definition? In this way the research's objective will be to analyse the influences of geourban characteristics on the urban climate configuration of the city of Iporá-Goiás, to identify the temporal (intra-day and seasonal) and spatial variability of heat islands, as well as to propose suggestions for the urban territorial development of Iporá. For this purpose, a cartographic basis concerning geourban and termohigrometric characteristics of the urban climate using transects with termohigrometers and GPS will be drawn up. The spatial variability will be measured through transects and the heat islands temporal variability will be observed through automatic weather stations. With that we hope this research can contribute to the understanding of some inquiries concerning urban climatology.

Scientific publications

(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)

LIMA ALVES, ELIS DENER. Quantifying the effect of waterways and green areas on the surface temperature. ACTA SCIENTIARUM-TECHNOLOGY, v. 39, n. 1, p. 89-96, JAN-MAR 2017. (12/10450-0)

LIMA ALVES, ELIS DENER; LOPES, ANTONIO. The Urban Heat Island Effect and the Role of Vegetation to Address the Negative Impacts of Local Climate Changes in a Small Brazilian City. ATMOSPHERE, v. 8, n. 2, FEB 2017. (12/10450-0)

LIMA ALVES, ELIS DENER. Seasonal and Spatial Variation of Surface Urban Heat Island Intensity in a Small Urban Agglomerate in Brazil. CLIMATE, v. 4, n. 4, DEC 2016. (12/10450-0)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

ALVES, Elis Dener Lima. Geourban influences analysis on Iporá - Goiás urban climate. 2016. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC/SBD) São Carlos.