Analysis of urban air temperature between industrial and

residential areas of Sintra/PT and Uberlândia/BR based on

computational simulation
Angela Arruda¹, António Lopes² , Érico Masiero³
1 Phd Student in Urban Engineering PPGEU/UFSCar, São Carlos, Brazil
2 Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning (IGOT-ULisboa), Center of Geographical Studies, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal; 2Associated TERRA Laboratory
3 Post Graduate Program in Urban Engineering (PPGEU/UFSCar), São Carlos, Brazil

1.Introduction 2. Main
Most studies on the increase in urban air temperature and its relationship with the formation of
- To verify the impact of applying a high albedo acrylic covering on roofs on the air
Heat Islands prioritize analyzes of central urban and densely populated areas, however, industrial
temperature of two cutouts, one industrial and the other residential, in Sintra/PT and
areas also have a high potential for the occurrence of this phenomenon, due to the use extensive
Uberlândia/BR;
use of building materials with high thermal absorption and the presence of large waterproofed
spaces, for example. - To infer which climate variables land surface temperature (LST), relative humidity (RH),
With increased solar reflection from urban surfaces, the flux of shortwave solar radiation increases, specific humidity (Ues), wind direction (WD) and speed (WS), Sky View Factor (SVF) and
less solar energy is absorbed leading to lower surface temperatures (Santamouris, Synnefa, Karlessi, Turbulence Kinetic Energy (TKE) are determinants in the study of industrial and residential
2011; Akbari, Mattheus, 2012; Dimoudi et al. 2014 ; Kolokotroni et al. 2018; Zheng, Darkwa, microclimates.
Calautit, 2022). According to Reed and Sol (2023), increasing the albedo from 0.5 to 0.8 for roofs
can reduce up to 0.64ºC during the night, helping to reduce the effects of the UHI.

3. Materials and Methods

Sintra and Udia UIs and albedo (a) Envi-met model Sin (b) AI Sin; (c) Image Landsat 8 Sintra; (d) Envi-met
model Udia (e) AI Udia; (f) Image Landsat 8 Udia.(Udia).

4. Results
Air temperature and albedo Multivariate Analysis

Theoretical albedo Measured albedo

Residential
Category AI Sin AI Udia AI Sin AI Udia - 0,18ºC
Vegetation 0.27* 0.27* 0.28 0.21

Roof 0.57** 0.57** 0.50 0.26

Paviment 0.50* 0.20* 0.30 0.15

Média 0.44 0.34 0.36 0.20

Desvio padrão 0.12 0.16 0.09 0.04

increasing the albedo of roofs with 90%

reflectivity acrylic paint
Visualization of principal component analysis for two clusters residential areas

Industrial
- 0,33 ºC

Visualization of principal component analysis for two clusters industrial areas

Tar AR (residential areas); AI (industrial areas)

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5. Concluding remarks:
• At 9 m, the air temperature in the industrial section during the incidence of solar radiation was 1.88ºC on average
higher than the residential one and that the proposed alteration in the covering of industrial roofs reduced by an
average of 0.33ºC;
• UR, WS and LST were the most important factors for the industrial microclimate study;
• Residential area: UR, Ues, WD, LST;
• Such results were promising, since the impact of changing the albedo (increasing the albedo by 90%) of the roofs and
the determination of the parameters that most influence each microclimate can help in decision-making and urban
planning, aiming at reducing Tar and mitigating the effects of UHIs.

Funding: This study was financed in part by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - Brasil (CAPES) -
Finance Code 001.