Urban heat islands (UHIs) in large cities and different climatic regions have been thoroughly studied; however, their effects are becoming a common concern in smaller cities as well. We assessed UHIs in three tropical ...

Land use and land cover characteristics of urban areas are diverse, and the urban thermal environment varies not only in its rural surroundings but also within the urban area. Therefore, understanding the causes of this ...

Although urban heat islands (UHIs) have been widely studied, a recent climate-based classification of urban and rural landscapes provides a new framework for UHI researchers. Based on the Local Climate Zone (LCZ) system, ...

Higher educational institutions are transitioning from a predominantly traditional mode of educating to more flexible approaches. Mobile education is being pursued as a viably effective option. Even in the face of educational ...

Path planning is an essential task in autonomous mobile robotics that demands to navigate following a minimum-cost path, which involves partitioning the landscape in nodes and the use of combinatorial optimization methods ...

Path planning is an essential task in autonomous mobile robotics that demands to navigate following a minimum-cost path, which involves partitioning the landscape in nodes and the use of combinatorial optimization methods ...

Mobile mapping systems (MMS) integrate sensors and methods to deliver an accurate spatial position of details on or near the topographic surface. This means an expensive hardware configuration where CCD cameras, GPS ...

Considering that the intense urbanization is directly related to changes in the urban microclimate, and that there is still a gap in the study of these influences, especially in cities located in equatorial regions. In ...

The ability of vehicles to traverse soft soils is an important aspect of their performance. The geological, climate and topography diversity originated, in Rio Grande do Sul, extensive areas of hydromorphic clay soils, ...