Wet-bulb globe temperature (WBGT)—its history and its limitations
Volume: 11, Issue: 1, Pages: 20 - 32
Published: Jan 1, 2008
Abstract
Wet-bulb globe temperature (WBGT) is nowadays the most widely used index of heat stress, yet many users appear to be unaware of its history and its limitations. HISTORY OF WBGT: WBGT was invented and first used during the 1950s as one element in a successful campaign to control serious outbreaks of heat illness in training camps of the United States Army and Marine Corps. Control measures based on air temperature and humidity, and applied to all...
Paper Details
Title
Wet-bulb globe temperature (WBGT)—its history and its limitations
Published Date
Jan 1, 2008
Volume
11
Issue
1
Pages
20 - 32
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