15 Questions
What is the recommended minimum period of climate data required for architectural purposes?
10 years
What is measured to specify the climate of a specific location or region?
Climatic elements
Where are temperature readings taken from?
Stevenson screen
What parameter is inversely proportional to relative humidity?
Temperature
What is the definition of absolute humidity?
The amount of water vapor present in a unit volume of air, usually expressed in grams of water vapor per cubic meter
What does relative humidity measure?
How is mean annual temperature derived?
From the mean monthly temperatures
Which unit is used to express absolute humidity?
What is precipitation?
How is relative humidity calculated?
By dividing the actual water vapor pressure by the saturation water vapor pressure at the current temperature and multiplying by 100 to get a percentage
What does solar radiation measure?
What is not included in precipitation?
What does absolute humidity measure?
What does precipitation refer to?
What is relative humidity?
This quiz covers the climatic elements and the significance of climate data for architectural purposes. It includes topics such as weather station data, location details, temperature, relative humidity, and more.
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