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  2. Wet-bulb temperature - Wikipedia

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    The wet-bulb temperature is the lowest temperature that may be achieved by evaporative cooling of a water-wetted, ventilated surface.. By contrast, the dew point is the temperature to which the ambient air must be cooled to reach 100% relative humidity assuming there is no further evaporation into the air; it is the temperature where condensation (dew) and clouds would form.

  3. Wet-bulb globe temperature - Wikipedia

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    The wet-bulb globe temperature (WBGT) is a measure of environmental heat as it affects humans. Unlike a simple temperature measurement, WBGT accounts for all four major environmental heat factors: air temperature, humidity, radiant heat (from sunlight or sources such as furnaces), and air movement (wind or ventilation). [ 1 ]

  4. What are ‘wet-bulb temperatures’ – and why are they so ...

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    ‘Wet-bulb temperature’ refers to temperatures taken with a thermometer covered in a wet cloth, which are normally slightly cooler than ‘dry-bulb’ temperatures. What are ‘wet-bulb ...

  5. Why is wet bulb globe temperature more useful than heat ... - AOL

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    Wet bulb globe temperature is a better indicator of the risk posed by outdoor conditions than either heat index or temperature, experts say.

  6. What is wet bulb globe temperature? The weather index that's ...

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    What wet bulb globe temperature tells you about the weather In hot temperatures, the human body typically creates sweat as a way to control body temperature through evaporative cooling.

  7. Wet-bulb potential temperature - Wikipedia

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    Wet-bulb potential temperature, sometimes referred to as pseudo wet-bulb potential temperature, is the temperature that a parcel of air at any level would have if, starting at the wet-bulb temperature, it were brought at the saturated adiabatic lapse rate to the standard pressure of 1,000 mbar.

  8. Explainer-How is climate change driving dangerous 'wet-bulb ...

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    A wet-bulb measurement is taken by covering a thermometer with a water-soaked cloth. The process of the water evaporating from the cloth, thus lowering the temperature, mirrors how the human body ...

  9. Psychrometrics - Wikipedia

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    The dry-bulb temperature is the temperature indicated by a thermometer exposed to the air in a place sheltered from direct solar radiation. The term dry-bulb is customarily added to temperature to distinguish it from wet-bulb and dew point temperature.