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Created: 2025-01-24T14:50:48

Last modified: 2025-01-24T14:51:26

Change note: The preferred label in English for this concept changed from "heat budget (water bodies)" to "heat budget (water body)" on 24 January 2025.

heat budget (water body)  

Definition

  • Information The heat budget of a lake represents, in synthesis, the exchange of heat with the surrounding environment and also provides a picture of the specific incidence of individual components on the lake's hydrodynamics through their quantitative evaluation.

    Created: 8/8/22

    (en)

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Information

    Created: 2019-09-04T12:02:37

    heat gain (water bodies) (en)
  • Information

    Created: 2019-09-04T12:02:37

    heat loss (water bodies) (en)

Scope note

  • Use only for heat budget of water bodies and atmosphere. For studies in organisms use HEAT BALANCE (en)

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URI

http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_dafbb2ba

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