Reproductive success in loggerhead (Caretta caretta) sea turtles is strongly dependent on the effective placement and internal conditions of their nests. Embryos rely on optimal incubation conditions for proper development and growth, which determines how many hatchlings will emerge from the nest. The internal microclimate of each nest is delicately balanced and can be easily influenced by external environmental conditions. This study was designed to examine several environmental variables and determine their effects on sea turtle nesting numbers, hatching success, and incubation conditions in Broward County Florida. Over a span of 25 years (1991-2015), the Broward County Sea Turtle Conservation Program has collected data on each sea turtle nest laid in Broward County. This data was analyzed and plotted to visualize nesting and hatching trends, and regressions were fitted to make comparisons to historic air temperature, sea surface temperature, precipitation, and lunar illumination data. These regressions were tested for significance, and each environmental variable was found to have varying levels of impact on sea turtle nesting and hatching behavior. Of the environmental variables considered in this study, analyses suggest that sea turtles are most responsive to temperature, with sea surface temperature serving as the best proxy for predicting nesting behaviors. Air temperature over the incubation period was found to be the best indicator for hatch success percentage. Air temperature, sea surface temperature, and precipitation averages all significantly affected the length of the incubation period. The regression models created in this study could be used to examine the interactions between climatic variables, and to indicate what impacts can be expected by these various environmental factors. This information could be used to estimate the future effects of climate change on sea turtle reproduction, and to predict general reproductive success and future population trends.

De par ses caractéristiques, l’environnement urbain influe significativement sur le climat observé dans et à la périphérie des villes. Il est communément admis que le centre des villes présente fréquemment des températures d’air plus élevées que celles mesurées dans les zones rurales environnantes. Ce phénomène appelé îlot de chaleur urbain intéresse les enjeux relatifs à la santé publique, au confort urbain et à la demande énergétique. Ce travail de thèse propose de caractériser le phénomène d’îlot de chaleur à partir de l'association d'un zonage climatique et de mesures mobiles à haute résolution spatiale dans la canopée urbaine. Il repose sur une approche méthodologique en trois temps. Une classification climatique ("Local Climate Zones" (LCZ)) est tout d'abord appliquée à l'agglomération de Nancy. Ce découpage climatique du territoire sert de support à la réalisation de mesures embarquées effectuées en période estivale à l'aide d'un véhicule instrumenté. Celles-ci ont pour but d'observer in situ les spécificités climatiques des LCZ recensées dans l'agglomération. L'association d'une base de données de relevés météorologiques et de la classification LCZ permet de caractériser le comportement climatique du milieu urbain et de comparer le comportement de différentes typologies de quartiers en présence d'un îlot de chaleur urbain. Cette démarche propose également un cadre théorique pour le développement d'un modèle de diagnostic à partir d'indicateurs urbains et climatiques, avec la perspective de construction d'un outil de prise en compte de l'îlot de chaleur dans le processus de planification urbaine / Urban environment impacts significantly the climate observed within and around cities. In this context, city centers frequently present higher air temperatures than those measured in the rural areas nearby. This phenomenon called urban heat island impacts major issues such as public health, urban comfort and energy demand. This Ph.D. thesis proposes to characterize the urban heat island phenomenon based on the combination of a climatic zoning and high spatial density mobile measurements performed within the urban canopy layer. This study is divided into three steps. A climate classification ("Local Climate Zones" (LCZ)) is first applied to the conurbation of Nancy, France. This climatic zoning is used in order to perform mobile measurements thanks to an instrumented vehicle. These measurements target to observe the climatic patterns of the LCZ built in this conurbation. The combination of meteorological database and LCZ classification scheme allows to characterize the urban climate behavior and to compare the thermal behavior of different neighbourhood types. This approach provides a theoretical framework for the development of a diagnosis model based on urban and climatic indicators. It also brings outlooks regarding the building of a decision-support tool that aims to supply information about urban heat island adapted to the urban planners needs

O governo do Estado de São Paulo, na década de 60, realizou um programa de introdução de florestas do gênero Pinus para consolidar esta cultura no estado. Algumas destas florestas foram implantadas em áreas do Cerrado, que estavam degradadas devido à utilização para pastagens. Com a intenção de contribuir para um melhor entendimento das características hidrometeorológicas em uma floresta de P. elliotii, os objetivos desta pesquisa foram analisar a repartição da precipitação, o balanço de radiação acima do dossel, o perfil da temperatura do ar e comparar algumas características hidrometeorológicas desta floresta com as características em uma área aberta (gramado) e em uma área campestre de cerrado (pastagem). Na floresta foram instaladas estações meteorológicas automáticas no alto de uma torre e no interior. A repartição da precipitação resultou, pela medição manual, em uma precipitação interna de 75,2%, um escoamento pelo tronco de 0,5% e uma interceptação de 24,3% na floresta. Pela medição automática obteve-se uma precipitação interna de 78,7%. O albedo da floresta apresentou um valor médio de 12,8% e a radiação líquida variou de 6,0 MJm-2dia-1 a 14,2 MJm-2dia-1\'. A diferença da temperatura média do ar, no dossel e no interior da floresta, foi de 0,4ºC. Esta pesquisa apresenta uma grande contribuição para o cenário nacional na área de monitoramento hidrometeorológico de florestas. / The government of São Paulo State, Brazil, forty years ago, carried out a program of introduction of forest species with the main objective to consolidate the Pinus culture in the State. Some of these forests were implanted in areas of the Cerrado that were degraded due their use for grassland. The aim of the present work was to verify the hydrometeorologycal characteristics of Pinus elliottii forest, located in Cerrado, in the central region of São Paulo State, and to compare some characteristics among forest, grassland and lawn. In the forest were installed two automatic meteorological stations, one on the tower top and other inside of the forest. The partitionings of the precipitation by manual measurement were 75.2% for throughfall, 0.5% for stemflow and 24.3% for forest interception. By automatic measurement it was obtained 78.7% for throughfall. Forest\'s albedo presented an average value of 12.8% and net radiation ranged from 6.0 MJm-2day-1 to 14.2 MJm-2day-1. The diference of average air temperature between the canopy and the interior of the forest was 0.4ºC. This study presents a great contribuition to the national ambit of the hydrometeorologycal monitoring in forests.

The diploma thesis deals with CFD simulating the air flow inside the car using the numerical calculation program Star-CCM+. The aim of the thesis was to prepare 3D geometry, resp. realistic model of the real car, preparing boundary conditions including material properties, simulating the steady state of the environment and evaluating the speed and temperature of the car cabin. The paper presents the results of the temperature distribution and air velocities in the cabin during the winter, spring and summer conditions in HVAC on and HVAC off modes. The monitored air temperatures and surface temperatures of the car parts are compared with the measured data. The average difference between simulation and measurement was at air temperatures of 2.3 °C and surface temperatures of 3.4 °C.

This thesis discusses design and realization of air temperature, pressure and relative humidity measuring device, transmission of measured data over internet and their presentation on a web site. First chapter introduces reader into principles of measuring air temperature, pressure and relative humidity and various types of sensors used for measuring . Next, the conception of designed system is described. Designed system must accomplish tasks from reading raw data from the sensor up to thein graphical presentation to the internet user. Second and third chapter describes hardware and software design of air temperature, pressure and relative humidity measuring unit. In next part one can find description of software used to transmit measured data over internet and software for generating web pages which are shown to users. The work is revieved in the final part of this thesis.

The main theme of dissertation theses is systems of ventilation and air-condition used in buildings. Work consists of analyse of this systems and parameters of indoor clime whose are affected by them. It summarizes demands on the process of calculation the energy efficiency of the building services by actual legislative. On one chosen type of building is done the energy simulation of implemented systems of ventilation and air-condition by energy efficiency and their specific need of energy.

<p>Тема&nbsp; докторске&nbsp; дисертације&nbsp; је&nbsp; примена&nbsp; и&nbsp; процена&nbsp; класификационог&nbsp; система&nbsp; локалних климатских&nbsp; зона&nbsp; (ЛКЗ)&nbsp; помоћу&nbsp; аутоматизованог&nbsp; модела&nbsp; и&nbsp; биоклиматских&nbsp; анализа&nbsp; на примеру&nbsp; Новог&nbsp; Сада&nbsp; (Србија).&nbsp; Развијени&nbsp; ГИС&nbsp; модел&nbsp; се&nbsp; показао&nbsp; као&nbsp; адекватан&nbsp; за мапирање и дефинисање&nbsp; ЛКЗ у Новом Саду и његовој околини издвојивши чак 13 ЛКЗ употребом 7&nbsp; параметара градске површине.&nbsp; Осим тога,&nbsp; у&nbsp; оквиру дисертације је приказан и развијен нов модел за чишћење базе података. Добијени&nbsp; резултати&nbsp; су&nbsp; указали&nbsp; да&nbsp; се&nbsp; најизраженије&nbsp; разлике&nbsp; у&nbsp; средњој температури&nbsp; ваздуха&nbsp; (Т_ср)&nbsp; јављају&nbsp; између&nbsp; локалних&nbsp; климатских&nbsp; зона&nbsp; (ЛКЗ)&nbsp; ноћу&nbsp; током топлотног таласа и износе до 5,5 &deg;C (ЛКЗ_2-А, разлика између урбане збијене средњеградње и густе шуме изван града). На годишњем нивоу разлике у Т_ср износе 1,7 &deg;C између града и<br />природне&nbsp; околине,&nbsp; односно&nbsp; 0,7&nbsp; &deg;C&nbsp; унутар&nbsp; различитих&nbsp; градских&nbsp; ЛКЗ.&nbsp; Статистичком анализом&nbsp; средњих&nbsp; максималних&nbsp; и&nbsp; апсолутно&nbsp; максималних&nbsp; температура&nbsp; ваздуха&nbsp; на годишњем,&nbsp; сезонском&nbsp; и&nbsp; месечном&nbsp; нивоу&nbsp; нису&nbsp; уочене&nbsp; знатне&nbsp; разлике&nbsp; између&nbsp; ЛКЗ. Учесталост&nbsp; појаве&nbsp; температурних&nbsp; индекса&nbsp; је&nbsp; указала&nbsp; да&nbsp; тзв.&nbsp; &bdquo;хладни&nbsp; индекси&ldquo;&nbsp; (мразни дани,&nbsp; ледени&nbsp; дани)&nbsp; указују&nbsp; на&nbsp; температурне&nbsp; специфичности&nbsp; ЛКЗ&nbsp; у&nbsp; Новом&nbsp; Саду,&nbsp; док&nbsp; то није&nbsp; евидентно&nbsp; анализом&nbsp; тзв.&nbsp; &bdquo;топлих&nbsp; индекса&ldquo;&nbsp; (летњи&nbsp; дани,&nbsp; тропски&nbsp;&nbsp; дани),&nbsp; изузев тропских&nbsp; ноћи.&nbsp; Анализом&nbsp; релативне&nbsp; влажности&nbsp; ваздуха&nbsp; је&nbsp; уочено&nbsp; да&nbsp; постоје&nbsp; знатне разлике између изграђених и природних ЛКЗ, док то није случај између изг рађених ЛКЗ. У Новом Саду се јавља тзв. &bdquo;урбано&nbsp; острво сувоће&ldquo; ноћу током топлотног таласа када је збијена средњеградња (ЛКЗ 2)&nbsp; окарактерисана са максималним дефицитом влажности од око&nbsp; 33%&nbsp; у&nbsp; односу&nbsp; на&nbsp; природну&nbsp; ЛКЗ&nbsp; А&nbsp; изван&nbsp; града.&nbsp; Статистичка&nbsp; анализа&nbsp; вредности израчунатих&nbsp; биоклиматских&nbsp; индекса&nbsp; PET&nbsp; и&nbsp; UTCI&nbsp; је&nbsp; указала&nbsp; да&nbsp; се&nbsp; ЛКЗ&nbsp; разликују&nbsp; у&nbsp; условима&nbsp; спољњег&nbsp; термалног&nbsp; комфора&nbsp; човека&nbsp; на&nbsp; годишњем,&nbsp; сезонском&nbsp; и&nbsp; месечном нивоу,&nbsp; као&nbsp; и&nbsp; током&nbsp; топлотног&nbsp; и&nbsp; хладног&nbsp; таласа&nbsp; (до&nbsp; максималних&nbsp; 8-9&nbsp; &deg;C).&nbsp; Такође&nbsp; су резултати указали&nbsp; да је класификациони систем&nbsp; ЛКЗ адекватан за интер-урбану анализу градске климе (поређења између градова).</p> / <p>Tema&nbsp; doktorske&nbsp; disertacije&nbsp; je&nbsp; primena&nbsp; i&nbsp; procena&nbsp; klasifikacionog&nbsp; sistema&nbsp; lokalnih klimatskih&nbsp; zona&nbsp; (LKZ)&nbsp; pomoću&nbsp; automatizovanog&nbsp; modela&nbsp; i&nbsp; bioklimatskih&nbsp; analiza&nbsp; na primeru&nbsp; Novog&nbsp; Sada&nbsp; (Srbija).&nbsp; Razvijeni&nbsp; GIS&nbsp; model&nbsp; se&nbsp; pokazao&nbsp; kao&nbsp; adekvatan&nbsp; za mapiranje i definisanje&nbsp; LKZ u Novom Sadu i njegovoj okolini izdvojivši čak 13 LKZ upotrebom 7&nbsp; parametara gradske površine.&nbsp; Osim toga,&nbsp; u&nbsp; okviru disertacije je prikazan i razvijen nov model za čišćenje baze podataka. Dobijeni&nbsp; rezultati&nbsp; su&nbsp; ukazali&nbsp; da&nbsp; se&nbsp; najizraženije&nbsp; razlike&nbsp; u&nbsp; srednjoj temperaturi&nbsp; vazduha&nbsp; (T_sr)&nbsp; javljaju&nbsp; između&nbsp; lokalnih&nbsp; klimatskih&nbsp; zona&nbsp; (LKZ)&nbsp; noću&nbsp; tokom toplotnog talasa i iznose do 5,5 &deg;C (LKZ_2-A, razlika između urbane zbijene srednjegradnje i guste šume izvan grada). Na godišnjem nivou razlike u T_sr iznose 1,7 &deg;C između grada i<br />prirodne&nbsp; okoline,&nbsp; odnosno&nbsp; 0,7&nbsp; &deg;C&nbsp; unutar&nbsp; različitih&nbsp; gradskih&nbsp; LKZ.&nbsp; Statističkom analizom&nbsp; srednjih&nbsp; maksimalnih&nbsp; i&nbsp; apsolutno&nbsp; maksimalnih&nbsp; temperatura&nbsp; vazduha&nbsp; na godišnjem,&nbsp; sezonskom&nbsp; i&nbsp; mesečnom&nbsp; nivou&nbsp; nisu&nbsp; uočene&nbsp; znatne&nbsp; razlike&nbsp; između&nbsp; LKZ. Učestalost&nbsp; pojave&nbsp; temperaturnih&nbsp; indeksa&nbsp; je&nbsp; ukazala&nbsp; da&nbsp; tzv.&nbsp; &bdquo;hladni&nbsp; indeksi&ldquo;&nbsp; (mrazni dani,&nbsp; ledeni&nbsp; dani)&nbsp; ukazuju&nbsp; na&nbsp; temperaturne&nbsp; specifičnosti&nbsp; LKZ&nbsp; u&nbsp; Novom&nbsp; Sadu,&nbsp; dok&nbsp; to nije&nbsp; evidentno&nbsp; analizom&nbsp; tzv.&nbsp; &bdquo;toplih&nbsp; indeksa&ldquo;&nbsp; (letnji&nbsp; dani,&nbsp; tropski&nbsp;&nbsp; dani),&nbsp; izuzev tropskih&nbsp; noći.&nbsp; Analizom&nbsp; relativne&nbsp; vlažnosti&nbsp; vazduha&nbsp; je&nbsp; uočeno&nbsp; da&nbsp; postoje&nbsp; znatne razlike između izgrađenih i prirodnih LKZ, dok to nije slučaj između izg rađenih LKZ. U Novom Sadu se javlja tzv. &bdquo;urbano&nbsp; ostrvo suvoće&ldquo; noću tokom toplotnog talasa kada je zbijena srednjegradnja (LKZ 2)&nbsp; okarakterisana sa maksimalnim deficitom vlažnosti od oko&nbsp; 33%&nbsp; u&nbsp; odnosu&nbsp; na&nbsp; prirodnu&nbsp; LKZ&nbsp; A&nbsp; izvan&nbsp; grada.&nbsp; Statistička&nbsp; analiza&nbsp; vrednosti izračunatih&nbsp; bioklimatskih&nbsp; indeksa&nbsp; PET&nbsp; i&nbsp; UTCI&nbsp; je&nbsp; ukazala&nbsp; da&nbsp; se&nbsp; LKZ&nbsp; razlikuju&nbsp; u&nbsp; uslovima&nbsp; spoljnjeg&nbsp; termalnog&nbsp; komfora&nbsp; čoveka&nbsp; na&nbsp; godišnjem,&nbsp; sezonskom&nbsp; i&nbsp; mesečnom nivou,&nbsp; kao&nbsp; i&nbsp; tokom&nbsp; toplotnog&nbsp; i&nbsp; hladnog&nbsp; talasa&nbsp; (do&nbsp; maksimalnih&nbsp; 8-9&nbsp; &deg;C).&nbsp; Takođe&nbsp; su rezultati ukazali&nbsp; da je klasifikacioni sistem&nbsp; LKZ adekvatan za inter-urbanu analizu gradske klime (poređenja između gradova).</p> / <p>The&nbsp; topic&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; doctoral&nbsp; dissertation&nbsp; is&nbsp; the&nbsp; application&nbsp; and&nbsp; assessment&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; classification system of local climate zones (LCZ) using the automated model and bioclimatic analysis on the example of Novi Sad (Serbia). The developed GIS model proved to be adequate for&nbsp; mapping and defining LCZs&nbsp; in Novi Sad and its surroundings by&nbsp; delineating&nbsp; 13 LCZs&nbsp; using 7 parameters of the city surface. In addition, in the&nbsp; framework of the dissertation, is&nbsp; developed new&nbsp; model for cleaning the database. The&nbsp; obtained&nbsp; results&nbsp; indicated&nbsp; that&nbsp; the&nbsp; most&nbsp; pronounced&nbsp; differences&nbsp; in&nbsp; mean&nbsp; air temperature (T_sr) occur between LCZs at night during a heat wave and are up to 5.5 &deg; C (LCZ_2-A, the difference between urban compact midrise and dense forests). At annual level, the difference in&nbsp; T_sr&nbsp; is 1.7 &deg;C between the city and the&nbsp; natural environment, and 0.7 &deg;C within different city LCZs. Statistical analysis of mean maximum and absolute maximum air temperatures at&nbsp; annual, seasonal and monthly levels did not show significant differences between&nbsp; LCZs. The frequency of occurrence of temperature indexes indicated that the so-called &quot;cold indices&quot; (cold days, ice days) indicate the temperature specificity of&nbsp; LCZs&nbsp; in Novi&nbsp; Sad, while this is not evident from the&nbsp; analysis&nbsp; of&nbsp; so-called&nbsp; &quot;warm&nbsp; indices&quot;&nbsp; (summer&nbsp; days,&nbsp; tropical&nbsp; days),&nbsp; except&nbsp; for&nbsp; tropical nights.&nbsp; By&nbsp; analyzing&nbsp; the&nbsp; relative&nbsp; humidity&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; air&nbsp; it&nbsp; was&nbsp; noticed&nbsp; that&nbsp; there&nbsp; are&nbsp; significant differences between the built-up&nbsp; and natural&nbsp; LCZs, while this is not the case between built-up LCZs. In Novi Sad there is&nbsp; recognized so-called&nbsp; &quot;Urban dryness&nbsp; island&quot; at night during a heat wave period&nbsp; when a compact midrise LCZ 2&nbsp; is characterized with a maximum humidity deficit of about&nbsp; 33% compared to the natural&nbsp; LCZ&nbsp; A outside the city. Statistical analysis of the values of calculated bioclimatic indexes&nbsp; PET and UTCI indicated that&nbsp; LCZs&nbsp; differ in the conditions of the&nbsp; outdoor&nbsp; thermal&nbsp; comfort&nbsp; of&nbsp; population&nbsp; at&nbsp; annual,&nbsp; seasonal&nbsp; and&nbsp; monthly&nbsp; levels&nbsp; as&nbsp; well&nbsp; as during heat and cold waves (up to a maximum of 8-9 &deg; C differences). The results also indicated<br />that&nbsp; the&nbsp; LCZ&nbsp; classification&nbsp; system&nbsp; is&nbsp; adequate&nbsp; for&nbsp; inter-urban&nbsp; analysis&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; city&nbsp; climate (comparsions between cities).</p>

Electricity markets may become more sensitive to weather conditions because of higher penetration of renewable energy sources and climatic changes. Albania is 100% reliant on hydropower for its domestic energy generation, making this country compelling to investigate as it is highly sensitive to changing weather conditions. We use an ARMA-GARCH model to investigate whether weather and economic factors had a relationship with monthly hydroelectricity prices in the Albanian Energy Market in the period 2013-2018. We find that electricity price is affected by variations in weather and is not utterly robust to extreme hydrological changes. Generally, our dependent variable appears to be particularly influenced by air pressure followed by temperature and rainfall. We also perceive that there is a relationship between economic factors and hydroelectricity prices, where residual supply appears to have a significant negative relationship with our dependent variable. However, we were originally anticipating a higher dependency of electricity prices on weather conditions, due to the inflated hydro-power reliance for electricity production in the Albanian Energy Market. This effect is offset by several factors, where the state monopolized behaviour of the energy sector occupies a predominant influence on our results.

The thesis deals with evaluation of the environmental thermal state in closed rooms with people inside the room. The achievement of thermal comfort is related to thermal balance of human body. People are producing heat during their work, which has to be carried away from the body to surrounding area by radiation, convection, conduction, respiration and evaporation. The intensity of heat removal is influenced by environmental parameters, especially by air temperature, mean radiant temperature, air velocity and humidity. Personal factors as energy expenditure of human body and clothing resistance are influencing the intensity of heat removal as well. People are able to influence the thermal comfort by their behaviour in given environment, appropriate clothing and regulation of basic environmental parameters. CSN EN ISO 7730 standard states that environmental parameters should be estimated or measured. The operative temperature is than evaluated from collected data. This operative temperature is defined as the temperature of black enclosed area where the human body will be by convection and radiation sharing the same amount of heat as in real inconsistent environment. Nowadays on the market there is no cheap solution for sensor which is able to evaluate the operating temperature and could be used in buildings. There are a lot of professional sensors which have very high accuracy, but are very expensive. Therefore are mainly used only for research or for single and exceptional measurement of environmental thermal state in rooms. The thesis is therefore focused on proposal of suitable (compact) operative temperature sensor assembled according to valid regulations and standards. Emphasis is placed mainly on the sensor price together with guarantee of sufficient accuracy. The proposed sensor is providing information to control system which is than able to adjust the parameters of environment using appropriate way based on relevant requirements. Here is some space for energy savings due to possible continuous measurement and evaluation of environmental thermal state in different rooms. Therefore, during continuous measurement no unnecessary rooms overheating in winter as well as unreasonable cooling in summer should occur. This research and solution is than reflected in reduction of energy consumption used for building operation and subsequently reduction of the pollutants production. This issue is being watched with increasing interest. Another advantage is that whole system is able to work autonomously without human intervention. People no longer have to continuously adjust air temperature because the control system is able to evaluate the most appropriate adjustments based on objective data obtained from the sensor. The thesis includes subsequent verification of proposed sensor as well as the definition of sensor technical parameters including analysis of measurement uncertainties.

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