Avaliação quantitativa do conforto térmico de uma cidade em área de transição climática: Feira de Santana-Bahia, Brasil

Abstract

This article is an attempt to quantifying the thermal comfort of a city located in a transition area between the coastal humid climate and the semi-arid region of the northeastern Brazil. For this the Temperature Effective Index (TE) by Thom (1959) was used. The methodology is based on a discussion, followed by an analysis of the more important theories about thermal comfort in a geographic climatologic perspective and the Dry and Humid Bulb climatic data application for the index elaboration. Amongst the theories used it was distinguished the Monteiro (1976), Thom (1959), and the Windchill Index (TW). In the results, periods of higher (TE) index, that is higher thermal comfort taxes, and the periods of lower index that is lower thermal comfort taxes occur in the same year period, in the spring months.