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Still-shade-temperature meter for use in assessing personnel cold stress

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A battery-operated meter to indicate the Burton still-shade temperature is described. It combines into one reading the effects on human heat loss of air temperature, wind and radiant exchange. A transistor and two diodes sense these parameters, producing voltages which are summed with appropriate weights by an operational amplifier to cause proportional deflection of a meter movement. Calibration data is given for the sensors.

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  1. Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine, 1133 Sheppard Avenue West, PO Box 2000, Downsview, Ontario, Canada

    L. MacHattie & L. Kuehn

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MacHattie, L., Kuehn, L. Still-shade-temperature meter for use in assessing personnel cold stress. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput. 18, 474–478 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02443320

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