Evaluating the urban climate of a typically tropical city of northeastern Brazil

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 161, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 45-59

  Da Silva, Vicente De Paulo Rodrigues ^a   De Azevedo, Pedro Vieira ^a   Brito, Robson Souto ^a   Da Cunha Campos, João Hugo Baracuy ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Climatic variables; Discomfort index; Heat island; Mann Kendal test; Urban area

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATIONS; BIOCLIMATE; CAMPBELL; CLASS-A PAN; CLIMATE DATA; CLIMATIC VARIABLES; DATA LOGGER; DISCOMFORT LEVEL; DRY SEASONS; HEAT ISLAND; MANN-KENDALL; MANN-KENDALL TEST; NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL; RAINY SEASONS; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; SUBURBAN AREAS; URBAN AREAS; URBAN CLIMATES; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; HEAT FLUX; MOISTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL TESTS; TIME SERIES;

WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; HEAT ISLAND; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SUBURBAN AREA; SUMMER; TIME SERIES; TREND ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; URBAN CLIMATE; WINTER;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVAPORATION; HUMIDITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUBURBAN AREA; TROPIC CLIMATE; URBAN AREA;

BRAZIL; CITIES; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

BRAZIL; CAMPINA GRANDE; PARAIBA;

EID: 74349130726     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0726-3     Document Type: Article

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