HUMAN THERMAL ENVIRONS
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: CRC
Published: October 27, 1993
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 359
ISBN-13: 9780748400416
Subjects: Environmental factors; Ergonomics; Occupational / industrial health & safety; Physiology; Physiological effect; Industrial Health & Safety; Science; Technology & Industrial Arts; Temperature; Science/Mathematics; Engineering - General; Life Sciences - Human Anatomy & Physiology; Technology / Industrial Health & Safety; Human engineering; Life Sciences - Anatomy & Physiology; Environmental engineering
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).
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