AIR TEMPERATURE EXTREMES IN BELO HORIZONTE: VARIABILITY NATURAL AND INFLUENCE OF URBAN CLIMATE

Authors

  • Carlos Henrique Jardim Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
  • Marina Rozendo Silva Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/rdg.v0ispe.118036

Keywords:

Land use, Air temperature, Trend analysis, Urban climate.

Abstract

Changes in land use and occupation introduced into the environment (agriculture and urbanization, mostly) change the energy balance, interfering with variations of climatic elements. In order to check the temporal dimension of these changes in climate, the maximum and minimum temperature data were analyzed in the cities of Belo Horizonte and Ibirité (Minas Gerais, Brazil), for the period 1961-2014. The analysis procedures included using descriptive statistics and trend analysis and correlation and microclimate analysis techniques and urban climate. The results indicated natural tendency to increase in the maximum and minimum temperature and evidence of human influence on the temporal variation of this climatic element.

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Author Biography

  • Carlos Henrique Jardim, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
    Instituto de Geociências - Departamento de Geografia. Área de investigação em Climatologia (Geografia Física).

Published

2016-10-24

How to Cite

Jardim, C. H., & Silva, M. R. (2016). AIR TEMPERATURE EXTREMES IN BELO HORIZONTE: VARIABILITY NATURAL AND INFLUENCE OF URBAN CLIMATE. Revista Do Departamento De Geografia, spe, 83-97. https://doi.org/10.11606/rdg.v0ispe.118036