WINDCHILL NOMOGRAM, ENVIROMETER (FRIGORIMETER) T-W-P-R FACTOR AND HUMIDITY IN BOUNDARY-LAYER ARCTIC METEOROLOGY.

Abstract

A windchill nomogram is presented as a short method of boundary-layer temperature versus wind-speed measurement. This nomogram correlates well, but it is not as definitive as the Envirometer (Frigorimeter) T-W-P-R* factor at simultaneous time-place data for personnel survival in difficult arctic polar environments. Analogous humidity and weather data also agree with the windchill nomogram. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0678486

Entities

People

  • Emily C. Taylor-ellis

Organizations

  • United States Army Communications-Electronics Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biological Phenomena
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Climate
  • Ecological And Environmental Phenomena
  • Environment
  • Humidity
  • Layers
  • Measurement
  • Meteorological Phenomena
  • Meteorology
  • Survival
  • Weather
  • Wet Bulb Temperature

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

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