Wow,you really did some research on this one,didn't you! I stand corrected. Sean At 07:51 PM 3/18/99 -0800, you wrote: > >i gathered a few chips of "official" information about the "wind chill >factor" (see below). it seems there is no "sweaty body model" involved, not >even exposed skin :) if the plastic cylinders they used for the >experiments were closed, evaporation is also not a substancial contributor >(in any case it doesn't contribute to the calculation) -- to the official >numbers. it of course contributes to the heat (or cold) perception... > [SNIP] | | Sean Breheny | Amateur Radio Callsign: KA3YXM | Electrical Engineering Student \--------------=---------------- Save lives, please look at http://www.all.org Personal page: http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/shb7 mailto:shb7@cornell.edu ICQ #: 3329174