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Aluminum Pipe Is Defined by Its Internal Diameter (ID) or Bore Because It's Used
Aluminum Pipe Is Defined by Its Internal Diameter (ID) or Bore Because It's Used
Asphalt a mixture of dark bituminous pitch with sand or gravel, used for surfacing
roads, flooring, roofing, etc.
Chimney a vertical channel or pipe that conducts smoke and combustion gases up
from a fire or furnace and typically through the roof of a building.
Heat islands are urbanized areas that experience higher temperatures than outlying
areas. Structures such as buildings, roads, and other infrastructure absorb and re-
emit the sun's heat more than natural landscapes such as forests and water bodies.
Infrared thermometer is a thermometer which infers temperature from a portion of
the thermal radiation sometimes called black-body radiation emitted by the object
being measured.
Parameter a numerical or other measurable factor forming one of a set that defines
a system or sets the conditions of its operation.
Solar radiation is radiant energy emitted by the sun from a nuclear fusion reaction
that creates electromagnetic energy.
Turbulent flow, type of fluid (gas or liquid) flow in which the fluid undergoes
irregular fluctuations, or mixing, in contrast to laminar flow, in which the fluid
moves in smooth paths or layers. In turbulent flow the speed of the fluid at a point
is continuously undergoing changes in both magnitude and direction.
Variation of solar intensity The total energy coming from the Sun only varies by
about 0.1% over each 11-year cycle. For a long time scientists didn't notice it
either, which is why the Sun's intensity is called, ironically, the "solar constant."