Index
Absorptivity
D
definition, 152
of enimal coats, 177, 178
Albedo, see Reflectivity
Airmass number, 158
Air temperature
avareging time for mean, 18
fluctuations, 19
profile, 16
Annual damping depth, 115
Atmospheric stability, 96, 97
Atmospheric temperature, 15, 16
Beer's law, see Bouguer's law
Body area
general formula, 209
Body temperature of humans, 210
Bouguer's law, 157, 158
Buoyancy, 64,96
Carbon dioxide, 37,235
Climate space, 200-201
Comfort, 220,221
Conduction
definition, 3 , 4
of heat in animal coats, 194-197
Convection, 99-101
combined forced and free, 105
definition, 3 , 4
Conversion factors, 281
Damping depth, 25, 1 15
Darwin, Charles, 212
Dew point temperature, 42
Diabatic influence function, 97
Diabatic profile correction, 96
Diffusion
coefficients, 88
molecular, 88-90
in soil, 114
through stomates, 90
Dimensionless groups, 100
DuBois formula, 209
Eddy correlation, 93
Eddy diffusivity, 94
Eddy size, 105
Eddy viscosity, 94
Einstein, Albert, 8
Emissivity
definition, 152
of natural surfaces, 163
Energy budget
application, 200
concept, 185, 186
Energy budget equation, 185,200
with sweating, 197, 198
Energy exchange, 3
Equivalent blackbody temperature,
198-200
Evapotranspiration, 225,233,234