Meteorological variables analyses in the urban climate of Ourinhos city - SP

• Grant number: 13/12333-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: October 01, 2013
• End date: July 31, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Geosciences - Physical Geography
• Principal Investigator: Jonas Teixeira Nery
• Grantee: Ana Claudia Bento
• Host Institution: Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Ourinhos. Ourinhos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The Urban Climatology has become very important in the development and planning of urban cities, as must happens integration between social and economic development, so that there is one uncontrolled exploitation of natural resources in cities, which are essential to people's lives. So, this project aims to understand, analyze, monitor and characterize the urban climate of Ourinhos city through meteorological variables and so understand how is the comfort / discomfort through the thermal influence on the thermal sensation of the population and relate to climatic factors, it is utmost importance to contribute to a better quality of life. Ourinhos is an inner city, in the southwest of the state of São Paulo, with the north edge of the state of Paraná. Your municipality focuses predominantly an economy in trade, cultivation of sugar cane, soybeans and corn. (AU).