Ice-bulb temperature

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Term: Ice-bulb temperature
Definition: Same as the wet-bulb temperature when the latter is below 0C and the water on the thermometer is frozen. Note that in dry conditions the wet bulb of a psychrometer may freeze when the air temperature is appreciably above the freezing point.
Created 2022.03.08
Last Modified 2023.03.27
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