Abstract

BARBOSA, Hiago  and  SANTOS, Flaviane. Episódio de onda de frio em cidade de clima tropical: estudo de caso de Presidente Prudente, São Paulo (Brasil). GOT [online]. 2014, n.6, pp.23-43. ISSN 2182-1267.  https://doi.org/10.17127/got/2014.6.004.

Presidente Prudente is located in the west of São Paulo State (southeastern Brazil), region of confrontation between the tropical and extratropical weather systems. The city is known as one of the hottest of the São Paulo State, due to record high temperatures in much of the year. The aim of this paper was to analyze an episode of cold wave who took place between 12-18 July in the year 2000 and brought many consequences for prudentina population, in other words, those days with low temperatures propitiated impacts on agriculture, commerce and people’s health.

Keywords : cold wave; tropical climate; territorial planning; Presidente Prudente.

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