Wind Chill Index {ThermIndex}

Wind Chill Index

Description

Calculates the Wind Chill index based on the NOAA's equation. Notice that this is an index to calculate how cold air feels on human skin. It is only effective for Wind Velocity values higher than 1.3 m/s and temperatures lower than 10 celsius

Usage

wc(temp,vv)

Arguments

temp

Numerical Vector of Mean Air Temperature values in celsius

vv

Numerical vector of Wind velocity values in m/s

Value

Numerical vectors containing the Wind Chill Index in Celsius

Author(s)

Francisco Jablinski Castelhano - Laboclima/Universidade Federal do Paraná

References

NOAA, Wind Chill Temperature Index, Available at <http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/cold/resources/wind-chill-brochure.pdf>, Acess date: Jul 14,2017

See Also

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/cold/wind_chill.shtml

Examples

##----Calculating the Wind Chill Index
wc(temp= 8,vv= 3.5)