Analysis of future climate scenarios for northeastern Brazil and implications for human thermal comfort

Abstract A thermal comfort index for the Northeast of Brazil was analyzed for two scenarios of climatic changes, A1B and A2, for 2021-2080, and compared with the reference period 1961-1990. A technique of regionalization was applied to rainfall, maximum and minimum temperature data from meteorologic...

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Main Authors: RAFAELA L. COSTA, GUSTAVO M.M. BAPTISTA, HELIOFÁBIO B. GOMES, FABRÍCIO D.S. SILVA, RODRIGO L. DA ROCHA JÚNIOR, ANDERSON S. NEDEL
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2021-02-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/pdf/aabc/v93n1/0001-3765-aabc-93-01-e20190651.pdf