Human Thermal Environments
Subtitle: The Effects of Hot, Moderate, and Cold Environments on Human Health, Comfort and Performance, Second Edition
Publisher: CRC
Published: July 1, 2001
Language: eng
Number of pages: 560
ISBN-13: 9780415237925
First sentence: The sun, at a temperature of around 5500C, provides heat to the earth at the top of the atmosphere at a rate of around 1370 W m-2 (the Solar Constant - the exact value depending upon the orbit of the earth around the sun).