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sensible heat




The air warms under a positive sensible heat flux. The air cools 
when the sensible heat flux is negative.

 

Sensible heat (H) is the heat used to change the temperature of the air. Sensible heat is conducted and convected between the surface and the air aloft. 

 

 

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