TY - JOUR AU - Valin Júnior, Marcos de Oliveira AU - Ribeiro, Karyn Ferreira Antunes AU - Botelho, Victor André AU - Neves, Geraldo Aparecido Rodrigues AU - Santos, Flávia Maria de Moura AU - Noqueira, Marta Cristina de Jesus Albuquerque PY - 2016/05/31 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - ALTERNATIVE SHELTERS RATING THERMO-HYGROMETERS DUE TO COST, HANDLING AND PERFORMANCE OF THE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS JF - Ciência e Natura JA - CeN VL - 38 IS - 2 SE - Meteorology DO - 10.5902/2179460X19146 UR - https://periodicos.ufsm.br/cienciaenatura/article/view/19146 SP - 1086-1101 AB - The standardization of data collection instruments is critical to the quality of the microclimate studies. Due to financial constraints and specific needs many sensors, shelters and alternative systems the standards are developed, based on experience and creativity of researchers. The objective of this study is to provide subsidy to the urban climate studies, checking the influence of different types of alternative shelters thermo-hygrometers at fixed points, and were built five types of shelters and evaluated for performance, ease of implementation, materials and tools used, and the costs involved. Based on the performance of alternative shelters analyzed, it has the shelter of the vertical type and the ice cream pot does not demonstrate efficient to collect data at fixed points, especially if used during the day. It can also conclude that not only material used is linked to the performance, but also on its architecture. ER -