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... > Science Keywords > EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE INDICES > HEATING DEGREE DAYS

PREFERRED TERM

HEATING DEGREE DAYS  

DEFINITION

  • Generally, a measure of the departure of the mean daily temperature from a given standard: one degree-day for each degree (°C or °F) of departure above (or below) the standard during one day.

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CHANGE NOTE

  • 2013-09-04 15:56:33.0 [epneff] Insert Concept add broader relation (HEATING DEGREE DAYS [349b4322-26ff-4b3c-90fb-b3b1afd20755,105825] - ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE INDICES [25d73bcf-c8d4-4c0e-ac98-8f3e98677e73,105815]);
  • 2013-10-11 18:10:58.0 [saritz] added new definition insert Definition (id: null text: Generally, a measure of the departure of the mean daily temperature from a given standard: one degree-day for each degree (°C or °F) of departure above (or below) the standard during one day. language code: en);

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