CARACTERIZA O DO CLIMA URBANO EM TEODORO SAMPAIO/SP: UMA INTRODU O

The aim of this study was to investigate the temperature and the relative humidity characteristics fromthe intra-urban and rural areas around Teodoro Sampaio, SP, a small town located at 22° 53' 25" S and52° 16' 75" W, in the most western part of the Sao Paulo state, Brazil. Small meteorological shelterswere used to collect data. These shelters were supplied with psychrometers and distributed over sevenlocals, six in the urban area and one in the rural area, and data collection were made at 7 h, 9 h, 15 he 21 h, during some typical days of January 2005 (summer) and July 2005 (winter). It was concludedthat Teodoro Sampaio, a sixteen thousand inhabitants small town, has already a specific urban climateas a result of the land occupation and urban functionalities which created heat and coolness islands inthe town.