It’s called the “wet bulb globe temperature.” This is a cousin of the heat index, or the “feels like” temperature. But although both are temperature metrics that determine heat risk to ...

Unlike better-known metrics such as the heat index, wet-bulb globe temperature illustrates how sun and wind also affect people’s ability to stay cool. Most metrics assess only temperature and ...

Special report We humans have gorged ourselves on fossil fuels for well over a century, and the bill for that delicious, ...

Despite the complicated name, the wet bulb globe temperature simply measures the stress of heat in direct sunlight. Unlike the heat index, which factors in humidity with the air temperature ...

Guidelines for the Wet Bulb Globe Temperature Index Heat stress levels will be assessed by measuring the Wet Bulb Globe Temperature Index (WBGT) which takes into account environmental factors such as ...

It tested the 35 °C (95 °F) wet bulb survivability threshold using young, healthy subjects in a laboratory environment. It aimed to determine an accurate critical temperature at which heat ...

How is the temperature measured? It’s measured by Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT), and not “regular” temperature or heat index. The WBGT is a more involved measurement, which takes into ...