Qevaporation {TrenchR} | R Documentation |
The function estimates heat loss associated with evaporative water loss for an amphibian (Spotila et al. 1992) or lizard. The lizard estimation is based on empirical measurements in Porter et al. (1973)).
Qevaporation(A, T_b, taxon, e_s = NA, e_a = NA, hp = NA, H = NA, r_i = NA)
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T_b |
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e_s |
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r_i |
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numeric
evaporative heat loss (W).
Porter WP, Mitchell JW, Bekman A, DeWitt CB (1973).
“Behavioral implications of mechanistic ecology: thermal and behavioral modeling of desert ectotherms and their microenvironments.”
Oecologia, 13, 1-54.
Spotila JR, Feder ME, Burggren WW (1992).
“Biophysics of Heat and Mass Transfer.”
Environmental Physiology of the Amphibians.
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/E/bo3636401.html.
Other biophysical models:
Grashof_number_Gates()
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Grashof_number()
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Nusselt_from_Grashof()
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Nusselt_from_Reynolds()
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Nusselt_number()
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Prandtl_number()
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Qconduction_animal()
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Qconduction_substrate()
,
Qconvection()
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Qemitted_thermal_radiation()
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Qmetabolism_from_mass_temp()
,
Qmetabolism_from_mass()
,
Qnet_Gates()
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Qradiation_absorbed()
,
Qthermal_radiation_absorbed()
,
Reynolds_number()
,
T_sky()
,
Tb_CampbellNorman()
,
Tb_Gates2()
,
Tb_Gates()
,
Tb_butterfly()
,
Tb_grasshopper()
,
Tb_limpetBH()
,
Tb_limpet()
,
Tb_lizard_Fei()
,
Tb_lizard()
,
Tb_mussel()
,
Tb_salamander_humid()
,
Tb_snail()
,
Tbed_mussel()
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Tsoil()
,
actual_vapor_pressure()
,
boundary_layer_resistance()
,
external_resistance_to_water_vapor_transfer()
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free_or_forced_convection()
,
heat_transfer_coefficient_approximation()
,
heat_transfer_coefficient_simple()
,
heat_transfer_coefficient()
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saturation_vapor_pressure()
,
saturation_water_vapor_pressure()
Qevaporation(A = 0.1,
T_b = 293,
taxon = "amphibian",
e_s = 0.003,
e_a = 0.002,
hp = 0.5,
H = 20,
r_i = 50)
Qevaporation(A = 0.1,
T_b = 293,
taxon = "lizard")