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LibraLogic
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Posted: Tue Jun 24th, 2008 01:49 pm |
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In an MEEB practice exam, Ive come across the following..
Which of the following locations would be a poor candidate for an evaporative cooling strategy? The answer....Houston.
I was wondering if that answer made sense to anybody else. As I understood evaporatiove cooling, is using a mist (per se) to decrease the sensible temperature (increase comfort) AND to provide an increase in relative humidity of the air....
As I understand Houston, it is in a Hot Arid climate, which would seem like a prime candidate to benefit from a little cooling, and moisture in the air....no?
Please share your thoughts...
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Posted: Tue Jun 24th, 2008 02:18 pm |
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i would think that Houston is "hot-humid".
i'm in a hot humid (South Louisiana) and Houston is only a four hour drive from here.
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LibraLogic
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Posted: Tue Jun 24th, 2008 02:23 pm |
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| Hmm...Well if this the case, than the answer would make sense. Guess I really need to study the lines on those climate type seperation charts....thanks.
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BlewBe
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Posted: Tue Jun 24th, 2008 05:08 pm |
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hmmm... kinda depends on what map you look at I guess. In MEEB, it shows Texas as Hot-Arid, which I agree would be a good candidate for evaporative cooling.
What were the other answers? Texas is sort of on the line of the Hot-Humid area, so if the rest were in *very* Hot-Arid locations (i.e. Arizona), maybe its a point of choose the best answer.
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BooRadley
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Posted: Wed Jun 25th, 2008 04:22 pm |
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Houston= Hot + Humid...very Humid.
For what its worth my 2008 Kaplan book refers to Houston as hot and humid as well.
Which can be misleading since most of the state is considered arid i.e. San Antonio, Austin, El Paso, Lubbock.... that's probably enough Texas geography for now...
Last edited on Wed Jun 25th, 2008 04:25 pm by BooRadley
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