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Wet Bulb Temperature

The wet-bulb temperature is the lowest temperature that can be reached by evaporating water into the air (at constant pressure). It is measured with a thermometer whose glass bulb is covered with a moist cloth over which the ambient air is drawn. The heat required to evaporate water from the moist cloth to saturate the ambient air is supplied by the air as it comes into contact with the cloth. 

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* All information on this site has come from lecture notes and the associated course text books: 'Atmospheric Science: An introductory survey, 2nd edition, J. M. Hobbs and P. V. Wallace' and 'Meteorology Today: An Introduction to Weather, Climate and the Environment, 10th edition (International), C. D. Ahrens.' Some sections may have been rephrased and altered slightly but all content came from the above mentioned sources unless otherwise stated. 

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