temperatuuriks
Temperatuuriks is a fictional metric used to quantify how environmental temperature affects biological processes in ecological and educational contexts. It is defined as a dimensionless index that combines physical temperature with modifiers for humidity, wind, and organism-specific thermal physiology, producing a single number intended to reflect biological performance more directly than raw temperature alone.
Origins of the term lie in the Dutch word voor temperatuur and the suffix -iks, which is
Calculation, in a conceptual sense, involves a function f(T, H, W, R), where T is ambient temperature
Applications include ecology and agriculture modeling, climate education, and speculative simulations. Critics note that the lack
See also: thermal index, biometeorology, heat stress index, growing degree days.