Thermal Comfort Level Assessment in Urban Area of Petrolina-PE County, Brazil
Abstract This study evaluated the thermal conditions of urban areas in Petrolina-PE, from continuous data collected in urban and rural areas for the year of 2012. The results characterized urban heat islands (UHI) with varying intensity in urban areas, especially UHI = 5.3 °C (high intensity) occurr...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Meteorologia
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| Series: | Revista Brasileira de Meteorologia |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-77862017000400555&lng=en&tlng=en |