wet-bulb temperature

1. Isobaric wet-bulb temperature, that is, the temperature an air parcel would have if cooled adiabatically to saturation at constant pressure by evaporation of water into it, all latent heat being supplied by the parcel. 2. The temperature read from the wet-bulb thermometer; for practical purposes, the temperature so obtained is identified with the isobaric wet-bulb temperature.

Related terms:

• wet-bulb depression
• equivalent temperature
• condensation temperature
• true air temperature
• grass temperature
• temperature-humidity index
• free-air temperature
• air temperature
• partial potential temperature
• mean temperature