World-Wide Extremes of Humidity with Temperatures between 85 and 120 deg. F

Abstract

Design of certain Air Force systems intended for world-wide usage requires knowledge of the possible joint extremes of high temperatures with high humidity. Previous studies have addressed themselves to this problem, but the statistics reported therein were not presented in terms of joint occurrence frequencies. This study presents joint values of temperature (to 120F) and dew point (to 93F) equalled or exceeded from 0.1 to 80% of the time (hours) in the world's severest joint high-temperature, high-humidity environment (Abadan, Iran). These values are compared with the joint high-temperature, high-humidity criteria presented in Military Specification MIL-E-38453A. This comparison indicates that the use of MIL-E-38453A can lead to overdesign at temperatures above 120F and to underdesign at lower temperatures.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA007676

Entities

People

  • Rene V. Cormier

Organizations

  • Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Conditioning
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Classification
  • Design Criteria
  • Dew Point
  • Environment
  • Frequency
  • High Humidity
  • High Temperature
  • Humidity
  • Specifications
  • Standards
  • Wet Bulb Temperature

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  • Climatology
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Mathematics or Statistics