Cooling size

The cooling quantity is a bioclimatological measure for the cooling effect of wind, air temperature, humidity and solar radiation on a warm body, related to the human body temperature (37 ° C).

description

The amount of cooling indicates the amount of heat or energy (in joules) that is released or absorbed by one square centimeter of the body surface per second. The amount is a measure of the bioclimatic stimulus strength. To measure the serve Katathermometer or Frigorimeter .

According to Victor Conrad , the following climate types are distinguished:

• Air cooling:> 40 mg · cal · cm ^-2 · ^{s -1}
• attractive climate: 30–40
• mild climate: 20–30
• Gentle climate: 10–20
• Overheating climate: <10

See also

• Cool off , wind chill

Individual evidence

1. ^ Franz Sauberer: Weather, Climate and Life. Hollinek, 1948, p. 79 ( limited preview in Google book search).

literature

• H. Wierzejewski, Theoretical and Constructive Matters for Measuring the Cooling Size . In Theoretical and Applied Climatology Volume 2, Numbers 1-2 (1950), 65-85, doi : 10.1007 / BF02242720 .

Web links

• Joachim Blüthgen: General climate geography. Walter de Gruyter, 1980, ISBN 978-3-110-06561-9 , p. 171 ( limited preview in Google book search).