transmissivity

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transmissivity

(ˌtrænzmɪˈsɪvɪtɪ)

(General Physics) physics a measure of the ability of a material to transmit radiation, equal to the internal transmittance of the material under conditions in which the path of the radiation has unit length

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The SR transmissivity varies as a function time use of plastic, changing the energy balance within the environments.

Cherry tomato yield in greenhouses with different plastic covers/Producao de tomate cereja em ambientes protegidos com diferentes coberturas plasticas

and T is the transmissivity, S is the dimensionless storage coefficient, Ker and Kei are the zero-order Kelvin functions, [r.

Coupling mechanism of volume strain and water level in the Fuxin well located in a geothermal area before and after the 2011 [M.sub.W] 9.1 Tohoku earthquake

14] that under certain conditions, the transmissivity of UV light due to liquid droplet scattering and absorption can be assumed to be almost identical to the transmissivity of visible light wavelength ([[lambda].

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However, direct solar radiation on the inside envelope surfaces is influenced by many factors that are not considered in the physical model, involving the window orientation, area, and glass transmissivity.

Simplified Building Thermal Model Used for Optimal Control of Radiant Cooling System

The clear-sky transmissivity and cloud transmittance parameters, and a parameter used to convert observed cloud-cover fraction to sunshine fraction, were calibrated using radiation data obtained from the Bureau of Meteorology.

Derivation of terrain covariates for digital soil mapping in Australia

For FT-IR spectra of IS, the transmissivity of the peaks at 3850 [cm.

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1988) summarized 67 pump tests in mainland Nova Scotia from the Nova Scotia Department of Environment pump test data base in these rock types, which provided a similar average low transmissivity of 4.

The geology and hydrogeology of faults on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada: an overview

Hydraulic conductivities (K) of the shallow bedrock aquifers of the streams were estimated from transmissivity (T) calculations by use of the Thiem equation (Bear 1979), and divided by the estimated aquifer saturated thickness (b) estimated from well logs.

Revised predictive model for successful introduction of native Ohio brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) in select streams in Geauga and Lake counties, Ohio

The rate at which a material absorbs IR radiant heat is characterized by three properties: absorptivity, transmissivity and reflectivity.

Radiation or conduction? Heat transfer options for plastics joining: comparing and contrasting 'non-contact' infrared welding and 'contact' hot-plate welding

Parameter Unit Lambda [micro]m Transmissivity %/100

ERA-CLIM: historical surface and upper-air data for future reanalyses: newly digitized surface and upper-air data are useful to analyze climate and weather events in the first half of the twentieth century and may help to improve future reanalyses

Unlike the transmissivity, the reflective properties of a gas remain independent of path length and is an ever present property which cannot be ignored.

Blackbody radiation in optically thick gases?

On the determination of transmissivity and storage coefficients from pumping test data.

Estimacion de los parametros hidrogeologicos (S,T) a partir de ensayos de bombeo en regimen variable resolviendo un sistema no-lineal de ecuaciones (SNE)