Comments on 'Inconsistencies in the 'New' Windchill Chart at Low Wind Speeds'

摘要

Shitzer and de Dear (2006) used the regression equation that accompanies our 2001 windchill model (Bluestein and OsczeVski 2002) to calculate windchill equivalent temperatures (WCET) at low wind speeds. They were surprised to find that WCET was not equal to the air temperature when the air was "still," according to their definition of calm. They also found an abrupt transition in WCET above a minimum wind speed. To circumvent these inconsistencies, they proposed a correction; however, these inconsistencies do not exist. The problem is not in our model of windchill, but in their understanding of it.