"Temperature feel" and evaporation

[Ronny33344]

Is there a formula relating "temperature feel" to measured temperature and evaporation of water in an evaporation pan (in mm)?
I have data on:
*average temperature
*evaporation of water in an evaporation pan
*minimum temperature of water in an evaporation pan
*maximum temperature of water in an evaporation pan

I want to somehow calculate or approximate "temperature feel" for hot days, something like the temperature-humidity index. Is that possible from this data?

I'm a social scientist and I know absolutely nothing about this stuff, so please excuse me if this question is ridiculous.

 

[Ronny33344]

Also, why is my text so big compared to everyone else's?

 

[gneill]

Also, why is my text so big compared to everyone else's?

Your copy/pasted text included BBcode formatting tags. I've removed them for you

 

[russ_watters]

The question is not ridiculous, but it is not straightforward either. First you would need to define what "temperature feel" means because I've never heard of it before. There are, however, measures that attempt to reconcile weather conditions against what you feel, such as heat index and wbgt. You should probably google and read up on them and see if they meet your needs.

 

[Ronny33344]

Heat index and wbgt require relative humidity as an input. I don't have relative humidity in my data. :(

 

[Ronny33344]

Your copy/pasted text included BBcode formatting tags. I've removed them for you

Thanks.

 

[Tom.G]

Try these:

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https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=evaporation+rate+versus+humidity

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https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=wind+chill+factor+calculator

 

[russ_watters]

Sorry, missed the response...

Heat index and wbgt require relative humidity as an input. I don't have relative humidity in my data. :(

You should be able to calculate RH from your data for the heat index, but wbgt does not require RH -- you should be able to use your data directly.

 

[Elliot Svensson]

If you think of yourself as an instrument for measuring things, then what is "I feel cold" or "I feel hot" measuring? As an engineer, it seems to me that a person doesn't measure temperature but heat transfer, i.e. the passage of thermal energy from your skin and hair to the environment or vice versa.

To me this is confirmed by the experiment with the three cups of water, one cold, one hot, and one lukewarm... when you set your hands in the cold and hot cups for a while, and simultaneously put them both in the lukewarm cup, it seems that the lukewarm cup is either quite hot or quite cold--- but not lukewarm.

I think that this thought I have is also confirmed by how well the measurement of wind chill factor predicts the need for a coat, and that folks are advised to get out of the sun to relieve heatstroke. Both wind and sun don't change the air temperature immediately, but they do change a person's heat transfer.

 

[Elliot Svensson]

For relative humidity I would choose either your minimum or maximum temperature in the evaporating pan as equivalent to "wet bulb temperature". Having re-named your data this way, the equation for relative humidity is super-common, being a well-used calculation by weather people. You will also need barometric pressure, but you may find that assuming constant pressure doesn't really change your analysis.

Is the minimum a daily minimum or a measurement from a different sensor, i.e. perhaps at the bottom instead of the top of the pan?