Impact of harbour activities on local air quality: A review

S Sorte, V Rodrigues, C Borrego, A Monteiro - Environmental Pollution, 2020 - Elsevier
Several harbour activities cause negative environmental impacts in the harbours'
surrounding areas, namely the degradation of air quality. This paper intends to …

Spatiotemporal climatic analysis in Pernambuco state, Northeast Brazil

AMRF Jardim, MV da Silva, AR Silva… - Journal of Atmospheric …, 2021 - Elsevier
The main factors responsible for the greatest natural disasters are related to extreme
weather events for which no country is really well-prepared, particularly in Latin America …

[HTML][HTML] Performance assessment of different precipitation databases (gridded analyses and reanalyses) for the new Brazilian agricultural frontier: SEALBA

EHL Silva, FDS Silva, RSS Junior, DDC Pinto… - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
Since the early 2000s, Brazil has been one of the world's leading grain producers, with
agribusiness accounting for around 28% of the Brazilian GDP in 2021. Substantial …

[HTML][HTML] Sea breeze front and outdoor thermal comfort during summer in northeastern Brazil

M Anjos, A Lopes, AJ Lucena, F Mendonça - Atmosphere, 2020 - mdpi.com
Characterizing the behaviour of the sea breeze phenomenon is the foremost factor in the
reduction in the heat stress and the achievement of the pleasant environment in coastal …

Method for the detection of functional outliers applied to quality monitoring samples in the vicinity of el musel seaport in the metropolitan area of gijón (northern spain)

LA Menéndez-García, PJ García-Nieto… - Mathematics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Air pollution affects human health and is one of the main problems in the world, including in
coastal cities with industrial seaports. In this sense, the city of Gijón (northern Spain) stands …

Detection of sea-breeze inland penetration in the coastal-urban region using geostationary satellite images

MR Ferdiansyah, A Inagaki, M Kanda - Urban Climate, 2020 - Elsevier
Sea breeze is closely related to the living environment in coastal-urban regions. Therefore,
the framework for sea-breeze detection is crucial. We proposed a framework to derive a two …

[HTML][HTML] Performance evaluation of LIDAR and SODAR wind profilers on the Brazilian equatorial margin

AR Torres Junior, NP Saraiva, AT Assireu, FLA Neto… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
This article seeks to compare the performance of a LIDAR Windcube V2, manufactured by
Leosphere, with that of a SODAR MFAS, manufactured by Scintec, in evaluating wind speed …

Unveiling the Thermo‐Hygrometric Influence of Summer Sea and Estuarine Breezes (SEBs) in Lisbon (Portugal)

C Reis, A Lopes, AS Nouri… - Advances in …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Local wind, such as sea breezes, play a crucial role in cooling coastal cities. This study
presents new insights about the thermo‐hygrometric influence of the Tagus and Atlantic …

Evaluation and comparison of MODIS aerosol optical depth retrieval algorithms over Brazil

AP Rudke, JA Martins, LD Martins, CLZ Vieira… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - Elsevier
Brazil experiences significant aerosol loads throughout the year, particularly during the
biomass-burning season in the Amazon. Thus, given the importance of aerosols for climate …

Sensible heat flux assessment in a complex coastal-mountain urban area in the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

RJ Sampaio, DA Rodriguez, C Von Randow… - Meteorology and …, 2021 - Springer
Obtaining accurate estimates of surface-atmosphere energy exchanges and improved
comprehension of the mechanisms generating turbulent fluxes over non-uniform landscapes …