Intensidad y duración del estrés térmico en verano en el área urbana de Madrid
- 1 Universidad de Santiago. Santiago de Compostela. España
ISSN: 0210-8380, 2386-3021
Ano de publicación: 2021
Título do exemplar: Clima, sociedad y medio ambiente
Número: 73
Páxinas: 95-113
Tipo: Artigo
Outras publicacións en: Geographicalia
Resumo
This paper applies a new methodology to the study of hot nights, also known as “tropical” nights, in the metropolitan area of Madrid, in order to evaluate from a temporal and spatial perspective those nights in which the population may be affected by heat stress. The use of two indicators obtained through hourly data, together with the climatic information provided by the UrbClim model, has made it possible to know on a detailed scale the thermal characteristics of the nights of July between 2008 and 2017, thus being able to assess more accurately the risk to the wellbeing and health of the population. The results show a large inter-urban variability in the intensity and duration of heat stress, as well as a significant correlation between heat island intensities and excess heat indices. A close relationship between land use typologies and urban structures as defined in the Urban Atlas and night-time excess heat indices was also found.