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Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications

Product ID: 99691
Supplementary Print
Undergraduate
High School

Temperature-Humidity Indices (UMAP)

Author: William W. Bosch and L. Glen Cobb


A unit that studies and compares a number of indices of discomfort that take into account both temperature and humidity.

Table of Contents:

INTRODUCTION

SOME COMMON TEMPERATURE-HUMIDITY INDICES

THE SUMMER SIMMER INDEX

THE APPARENT TEMPERATURE

FURTHER ANALYSIS AND COMPARISON OF INDICES

ANSWERS TO EXERCISES

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

REFERENCES

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

©1989 by COMAP, Inc.
UMAP Module
20 pages

Mathematics Topics:

Precalculus & Trigonometry

Application Areas:

Physical Sciences , Meteorology

Prerequisites:

High school algebra

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