Heat Islands identification through remote sensing images and surface data: a case study of extreme events in the atypical summer 2013/2014 in Campinas-SP

The formation of heat islands in the city of Campinas is related to the intense process of urbanization that expands through vertical integration, and the inappropriate use of land, changing the surface and the local atmosphere, favoring the increased absorption of solar radiant flux. With these changes, the urban climate undergoes variations in temperature, humidity and wind. This research project used the techniques of remote sensing geoprocessing through images of the satellite Landsat 8, bands 10 and 11 (bands of thermal) to identify and analyze the heat island phenomenon, and its influence on the local climate in the atypical summer 2013/2014.