Significant positive trends are found in the evolution of daily rainfall extremes in the city of
São Paulo (Brazil) from 1933 to 2010. Climatic indices including ENSO, PDO, NAO and the …

Southeastern Brazil, the most populous and developed region of the country, faces various
environmental problems associated with the growth of its population in urban areas. It is the …

This study evaluates the influence of the Urban Heat Island (UHI) on warm season
precipitation for several US cities by using contemporary high-resolution observations …

The common idea that the sea breeze is a phenomenon that is always beneficial to the
thermal from point of view is questioned in this study, since the sea breeze front (SBF) …

In this work, convective parameters are applied, based on numerical simulations made with
Brazilian Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (BRAMS) model, to a severe weather …

This paper presents a simple methodology to identify sea breeze frontal passage in the city
of São Paulo, Brazil, based in hourly wind direction data. Fifty‐year time series of annual …

The goal of this chapter is to present a bibliographic review of the impacts of urbanization on
precipitation, highlighting the causes and consequences. Several studies in the past …

This work evaluates the performance of four turbulence parameterization schemes available
in the BRAMS model during the simulation of a Squall Line occurrence in the Metropolitan …

Ciências)–Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas, Universidade de São
Paulo, São Paulo, 2017. As tempestades severas frequentemente manifestam …

A Região Metropolitana de São Paulo (RMSP) conta com mais de 20 milhões de habitantes
em 7958 km², o que a caracteriza como uma megacidade. Este fato ocasiona o efeito de …