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can place windbkak io reduce heai loss in homes, io
ayoid damage in carasiropliir winds, and iri sreer ihe
Winds re weil-plaeed Wind machines
All! ll.I
ELATIONSNIP BEIWEEN BRIGGS AND PUTNA
NDEX 16) AND ANNUAL MEAN WIND SPEED M l
secs
win/m.) mph
4.: (7.5
3.342 757 9.5
4.3'5 9.6-".5
52-52 “Er"
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6A
TEMPERATURE EFFECTS
EVAPORATION causes hear loss loeaily and
CONDENSATION causes hear gain loeally. ladih elleeis
may Ix- used lo heai or eool air m surlures The USDA's
Yearbook iil Agrieiilruie an Tiees H949) lias nus in say
ahoui ihe eyaporariye elleels 0! lines, An ordinary elm,
ui muimm sues will gei rid oi lsmli pounds oi waier
on a clear dry hm day and -Ey.poiranspiraiioii (In a an
inch rainlalli is generally nor less iluaii ls inehes per
year.
Thus, ilie evapriraiion by day on trees edols air in hor
wearher, whlle um riiglii eondensalion ol aimuspliene
waier warms ilie suriounding air Molsmr! Will nor
condense unless ii linds a surlaee lo eondense an
Leayes pruyide ihis surlare, as well as runracl soolnig.
Lear suilaees are likely |u be (mlzr man other ohms or
evening due io ihe eyaporaiion lrnin lear siomara liy
days As air is also rising over irees, some renical lili
eooling occurs, the mo coinuining io condense
irinisruse on ihe ioiesr We lind ihai leaves are nova
waier, ihus haying rwice ilie specilic hear ol soil,
remaining rooler Lhaii ihe soil by day and warmer ll
nighi Plan's geneially may be ISC or w warmer lhari
ihe surrounding air ieinperaiuie
sinall open wakr slurages oi ha clumps upwind ol
a house have a pleasani moderanng elieer Air passing
over open mm is rooled in summer H is warmed and
has moisrure added even in Winien Only ware.
eaprnred by rim, however, hasa DEHUMIDIFYING
ellecl in hoi and humid riopicel areas, as rrees are
capable ol reducing humidiry by diiecr ahsorpiion
ereepr in lhe mosi exhane cundlridns
Reddlsh<ulomvd leaves, such is are developed in
some Vines and shrubs. ielleci chieny red Iighl rays.
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sharp decreases in leinperaiure may resuli by
inierposing reddish roliage beiween a rhermoiuerer and
me sun. up lo mic (MH lower ihan Willi green
prgmenied plum lDaubeiiniiie, lmi. wniiish planis
such is Wormwood and uiieh may reflect sssr ol rne
conung lighl, whereas lhe dark leaves oi shade plans
may relies: as le as 2% H lollows rhai wlme or
red-eoloured roof Vines om iiles may elleriiiiely lower
summer leinperalures wrrhin buildings or in iiellis
sysieens. AddmnnaI cooling is eiieeied oy iirring irne
waier sprays and damp mnkh sysieins under iiellis,
inus nearing a cool area ol dense air by eyaporannn.
this eduei is oi gieai use in modeiaiing suriirner lieui in
buildings and lor pmvldmg ml air sounes io draw
lioiri by indueed myenulilarion.
6.5
TREES AND PRECIPITATION
Trees have helped in rreaie how our soils and
aimospheie. The hrsi oy mechanical ireoi piessurei and
eheiuieal lhuinie .cidi bmakdown oi Mk adding liie
processzs as humus and myriad decomposers The
seeond by gaseous erehange, esiaolishing and
mainiaining an uxygennfzd annospheie and an aeiiye
waiereyapour cycle essenrial lo lile
The mmpdsiiion 01 iiie armosphcre rs ihe resulr 0!
meme pieeesses, and linens may be doing dbmn m
0! use work, wliii ilie resr due ro oreanie or auuaiic
exehange. Many dries, and mosi deioresoed aieas such
as Gm, no longer produce ihe arygen rhey use
The basis elieeis oi rrees on warer harm-Ir and
wrudsrruanis are
. Compression or sireariiliiies. and induced
iuioulence in air flaws,
- Condensailon phennmena, especially ar riiglii,
Rehumidiliearion uy ihe cycling 0! waier m an,
- Snow and inelrwnler eiteeis; and
. vauon olriucleii lor rain.
We can deal wrih eaeh oi ihese in him liealieing iliai
may also inieraeri.
coMpxixloN ANDTURBULENCE swans
windsrieanis now aeioss a loiesi The snearnlines rhai
iiripinge on ihe ioiesi edge are parrly delleered nve'! ihe
loiesi ialrnoer was ul ihe airl and parily absorbed inio
tn: lies labour 4m. ol me sir). wiihin llm ni 13.30“
leeil ihe aii enrering ihe luresi, whh iis ionriages ol
waier and dusi, is inoughr lo a siandsrill. rlie (ms! has
swallowed lheso grear energies, and lhe resulr is an
almosi impenepiiole warming ol ihe air Wiihin ihe
Iorest, a generaily increased humidiiy in ilie lues
laveraging 15w! riigherrlian iheamhienrairi, and air
in whiehnodusr isdeleeialile
Under ihe ioiesi canopy, negarive ions produeed by
lile pioresses eause dusr pariicles isel io elump or
adhm eaeh ru me olher, and a lallmi ul dispersed