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EA:  SIPLE_PASSEL_WIND_CHILL_INDEX

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 1264
Concept definition: A means of quantifying the combined effect of low <<AIR_TEMPERATURE>> and <<WIND_SPEED>> on the body <<TEMPERATURE>> of <HUMAN>s that may result in hypothermia, expressed as an equivalent <<AIR_TEMPERATURE>> in degrees Celsius given by the formula:
0,0817 · [(5,5488 · V0,5) + 5,81 + (0,5592 · V)] · [T - 33,0] + 33,0
where V is the <<WIND_SPEED>> in metres per second at a <<HEIGHT_AGL>> of 10 metres (approximately 33 feet) and T is the <<AIR_TEMPERATURE>> in degrees Celsius; Siple-Passel Wind Chill Index.
 
Attribute value type: REAL
Unit equivalence class label: THERMO_TEMPERATURE
 
Reference type: IR
Reference: [GMET, "wind-chill index"]
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