Index
Prandtl number, 100
Pressure potential, see Water
potential
Psychrometer constant, 44
equation, 44
Radiant emittance, 150, 162, 163
of blackbody, 149, 162, 163
Radiant flux, definition, 149
Radiation
absorbed by animals, 160
attenuation of, 157, 158
blackbody, 159
budgets, 165
diffuse, 167
directional relations, 140
exchange, 4
frequency of, 147
long-wave atmospheric, 161
in nature, 150
in plant canopies, 248
spectral distribution, 159-162
Rayleigh scattering, 161
Reflectivity, 157, 172, 177
definition, 152
of soils and vegetation, 172
Relative humidity, 42, 43
Resistance
to convective heat transfer,
101, 105
to convective mass transfer,
101, 105
thermal, of animal coats and
tissue, 186-1 88
Reynolds number, 100
Roughness parameters, 61,68
Schmidt number, 100
Scintillation, 19
Sensible heat flux, 5
Short-wave radiation, see
Radiation
Soil
diurnal damping depth, 25, 115
heat flux equations, 113, 114
heat flux at surface, 115
heat storage, 1 13
temperature, 113-1 18
water potential, 129
Solar declination, 168, 169
Solar elevation angle, 168
Solar radiation, see Radiation
Speed of light, 281
Stefan-Boltzman equation, 162
Sunlit leaf area, 258,259
Survival
in cold, 211-213
in heat, 215-219
Sweat rate, 216, 217
Temperature
of air, 15-23
of exhaled air, 191
fluctuations, 18
of soil, 15,23
Temperature profile
equation, 20
diabatic correction, 96
Thermal diffusivity,
of soil, 114
Thermal resistance
of clothing, 196
effect of wind on, 196
Tierra del Fuego, 212
Transient state, 201,202
Transmissivity, 152
Transpiration, 23 1-234
Transport
convective, 99-105
diffusive, 88-90
laws, 77,78
radiative, 147-150
turbulent, 63-67,93,94
Turbulence
characteristic, 69
kinetic energy of, 96
mechanical, 65
production of, 64
scales of, 64
thermal, 64
Turbulent transport, see
Transport, turbulent
Prandtl number, 100
Pressure potential, see Water
potential
Psychrometer constant, 44
equation, 44
Radiant emittance, 150, 162, 163
of blackbody, 149, 162, 163
Radiant flux, definition, 149
Radiation
absorbed by animals, 160
attenuation of, 157, 158
blackbody, 159
budgets, 165
diffuse, 167
directional relations, 140
exchange, 4
frequency of, 147
long-wave atmospheric, 161
in nature, 150
in plant canopies, 248
spectral distribution, 159-162
Rayleigh scattering, 161
Reflectivity, 157, 172, 177
definition, 152
of soils and vegetation, 172
Relative humidity, 42, 43
Resistance
to convective heat transfer,
101, 105
to convective mass transfer,
101, 105
thermal, of animal coats and
tissue, 186-1 88
Reynolds number, 100
Roughness parameters, 61,68
Schmidt number, 100
Scintillation, 19
Sensible heat flux, 5
Short-wave radiation, see
Radiation
Soil
diurnal damping depth, 25, 115
heat flux equations, 113, 114
heat flux at surface, 115
heat storage, 1 13
temperature, 113-1 18
water potential, 129
Solar declination, 168, 169
Solar elevation angle, 168
Solar radiation, see Radiation
Speed of light, 281
Stefan-Boltzman equation, 162
Sunlit leaf area, 258,259
Survival
in cold, 211-213
in heat, 215-219
Sweat rate, 216, 217
Temperature
of air, 15-23
of exhaled air, 191
fluctuations, 18
of soil, 15,23
Temperature profile
equation, 20
diabatic correction, 96
Thermal diffusivity,
of soil, 114
Thermal resistance
of clothing, 196
effect of wind on, 196
Tierra del Fuego, 212
Transient state, 201,202
Transmissivity, 152
Transpiration, 23 1-234
Transport
convective, 99-105
diffusive, 88-90
laws, 77,78
radiative, 147-150
turbulent, 63-67,93,94
Turbulence
characteristic, 69
kinetic energy of, 96
mechanical, 65
production of, 64
scales of, 64
thermal, 64
Turbulent transport, see
Transport, turbulent