Heat flux — or thermal flux is a flow of energy per unit of area per unit of time. In SI units, it is measured in [W·m 2] . It has both a direction and a magnitude so it is a vectorial quantity. To define the heat flux at a certain point in space, one takes… … Wikipedia
Sensible heat flux — is a term that is used for the flux of energy per square metre (Js 1m 2) in heating a surface without evaporating a liquid from it.ee AlsoLatent heat fluxExternal Links* http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/geog101/textbook/energy/energy… … Wikipedia
Flux — This article is about the concept of flux in science and mathematics. For other uses of the word, see Flux (disambiguation). In the various subfields of physics, there exist two common usages of the term flux, both with rigorous mathematical… … Wikipedia
Heat transfer — is a discipline of thermal engineering that concerns the exchange of thermal energy from one physical system to another. Heat transfer is classified into various mechanisms, such as heat conduction, convection, thermal radiation, and phase change … Wikipedia
Heat — In physics, heat, symbolized by Q , is energy transferred from one body or system to another due to a difference in temperature. [cite book|author= Daintith, John |title=Oxford Dictionary of Physics|publisher=Oxford University… … Wikipedia
Heat pipe — A heat pipe is a heat transfer mechanism that can transport large quantities of heat with a very small difference in temperature between the hotter and colder interfaces. Inside a heat pipe, at the hot interface a fluid turns to vapour and the… … Wikipedia
History of heat — In the history of science, the history of heat traces its origins to the first hominids to make fire and to speculate on its operation and meaning to modern day particle physicists who study the sub atomic nature of heat. In short, the phenomenon … Wikipedia
Greenhouse effect — The Greenhouse effect refers to the change in the thermal equilibrium temperature of a planet or moon by the presence of an atmosphere containing gas that absorbs infrared radiation. [ [http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment report/ar4/syr/ar4 syr… … Wikipedia
climate change — Introduction periodic modification of Earth s climate brought about as a result of changes in the atmosphere as well as interactions between the atmosphere and various other geologic, chemical, biological, and geographic factors within the Earth … Universalium
Earth's energy budget — [ thumb|right|250px|A schematic representation of the energy exchanges between the EarthEarth s atmosphere, and outer space. Note that the total energy entering each level is equal to the energy leaving that level as should be expected for a… … Wikipedia
