Table 1 Climatic conditions outdoors and within the armored vehicle.
From: Negligible heat strain in armored vehicle officers wearing personal body armor
Outdoor | Armored vehicle | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | t | p | ||
Average * | |||||||
Temperature (°C) | 26.9 | 1.6 | 21.7 | 1.0 | 6.551 | < 0.001 | |
Humidity (%) | 66.7 | 6.3 | 53.1 | 7.2 | 3.487 | 0.006 | |
WBGT (°C) | 28.4 | 1.6 | 21.7 | 1.3 | 7.597 | < 0.001 | |
Average maximum € | |||||||
Temperature (°C) | 29.5 | 1.5 | 24.6 | 1.0 | 6.194 | < 0.001 | |
Humidity (%) | 88.6 | 3.8 | 64.2 | 8.2 | 7.003 | < 0.001 | |
WBGT(°C) | 30.1 | 1.8 | 24.6 | 1.3 | 5.694 | < 0.001 | |
Maximum ¥ | |||||||
Temperature (°C) | 31.2 | 26.2 | |||||
Humidity (%) | 93.0 | 74.5 | |||||
WBGT (°C) | 33.1 | 26.1 | |||||