Evaluation of the thermal comfort in Cuiabá city

Authors

  • Mauro Sergio de França Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso e Instituto Federal de Mato Grosso
  • Silvana Maria Bertoldo de França Instituto Federal de Mato Grosso/IFMT campus Sorriso
  • Marta Cristina de Jesus Albuquerque Nogueira Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso/UFMT
  • José de Souza Nogueira Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso/UFMT

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18316/1981-8858.16.22

Keywords:

Urban Climate, Land Use, Environmental Comfort.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to estimate the thermal comfort in surrounding of two places with different land uses in the of city Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, through Temperature and Humidity Index (THI). Data was obtained on fixed weather stations in two representative months of regional seasonality, in 2011. The percentage of occupation and land use were evaluated with the use of Google Earth images and calculated in ArcGIS 9.3. The validation of the statistical analysis was through Bootstrap with a total of 5000 resamplings. The results showed the predominance of days "slightly uncomfortable" in March and, "extremely uncomfortable" in September, with strong correlation and determination of the air temperature and the index. It was concluded with the estimate of the predominance of thermal discomfort surrounding the places, not showing the influence of the differentiation of land use in best thermal comfort conditions in this period.

Author Biographies

Mauro Sergio de França, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso e Instituto Federal de Mato Grosso

Doutorando pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Física Ambiental pela Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso e Professor Mestre em Geografia no Instituto Federal de Mato Grosso/Campus Sorriso

Silvana Maria Bertoldo de França, Instituto Federal de Mato Grosso/IFMT campus Sorriso

Tecnóloga em Produção de Grãos pelo IFMT/Campus Sorriso

Marta Cristina de Jesus Albuquerque Nogueira, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso/UFMT

Profa. Dra. do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Física Ambiental/UFMT

José de Souza Nogueira, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso/UFMT

Coordenador do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Física Ambiental/UFMT

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Published

2016-06-30

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 1 (2016)

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