Evaluation of weather types in the City of Presidente Prudente, Brazil

• Grant number: 15/23955-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: February 01, 2016
• End date: December 31, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Geosciences - Physical Geography
• Principal Investigator: Antonio Jaschke Machado
• Grantee: Bruna Guldoni
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (FCT). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Presidente Prudente. Presidente Prudente , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The notion of kinds of weather still constitutes a significance obstacle in Climatology, specially the Brazilian’s, because there is no a clear definition. The objective is to make a theoretical discussion and to suggest a classification of kinds of weather present in the city Presidente Prudente - SP based on data obtained in ''Júlio de MesquitaFilho'' Estadual Paulista University's weather Station - College of Science and Technology of Presidente Prudente (FCT/UNESP), in the period between march 2013 and February 2014, looking for complementing the previous studies.