From: "WhiteRabbit" <whiterabbit_at_empowering.com> > Instead of wind chill the proper term is wet bulb depression. These are two very different phenomena. Wind chill refers to the transfer of heat from skin to air - the more air flow, the greater the heat removal. Wind chill temperatures are calibrated to show the equivalent temperature of still air. My analogy to the effect of water flow is reasonable. Wet bulb temperatures indicate the effect of evaporation on apparent temperature - this also is affected by relative humidity, I think. A number of folks have commented on evaporation and wind chill - I wonder if other regions/countries use a definition different than that used in Canada and the US? Mike *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Jul 07 2002 - 20:27:15 PDT
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