{"id":367,"date":"2026-08-04T12:21:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T11:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/?p=367"},"modified":"2026-08-04T12:21:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T11:21:49","slug":"student-projects-how-convective-airflow-influences-heat-storage-in-extreme-hot-humid-environments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/2026\/08\/04\/student-projects-how-convective-airflow-influences-heat-storage-in-extreme-hot-humid-environments\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Projects: How convective airflow influences heat storage in extreme hot &amp; humid environments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>MSc students Maia Minson and Romany Tune worked together with PhD student Lee Ager to explore the impact of convective airflow on heat balance during exercise in extreme heat (40\u00b0C) under dry (30% RH) and humid (50% RH) conditions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/files\/2026\/08\/maia-romany-pic-crop-1024x416.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/files\/2026\/08\/maia-romany-pic-crop-1024x416.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/files\/2026\/08\/maia-romany-pic-crop-300x122.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/files\/2026\/08\/maia-romany-pic-crop-768x312.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/files\/2026\/08\/maia-romany-pic-crop-1536x624.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/files\/2026\/08\/maia-romany-pic-crop.jpeg 2008w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As environmental humidity increases, the water vapour pressure gradient between the skin and the environment is reduced, thereby limiting the potential for evaporative heat loss. Under such conditions, Maia and Romany investigated, as part of Lee&#8217;s PhD studies, the effect of convective airflow (15 km\u00b7h\u207b\u00b9) on body heat storage when ambient temperature exceeds skin temperature. What is currently unknown is how heat storage will be affected when airflow can theoretically increase convective heat gain while enhancing evaporative heat dissipation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/files\/2026\/08\/IMG_4459-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/files\/2026\/08\/IMG_4459-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/files\/2026\/08\/IMG_4459-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/files\/2026\/08\/IMG_4459-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/files\/2026\/08\/IMG_4459-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/files\/2026\/08\/IMG_4459.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MSc students Maia Minson and Romany Tune worked together with PhD student Lee Ager to explore the impact of convective airflow on heat balance during exercise in extreme heat (40\u00b0C) under dry (30% RH) and humid (50% RH) conditions. As environmental humidity increases, the water vapour pressure gradient between the skin and the environment is &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/2026\/08\/04\/student-projects-how-convective-airflow-influences-heat-storage-in-extreme-hot-humid-environments\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Student Projects: How convective airflow influences heat storage in extreme hot &amp; humid environments&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7674,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7674"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":374,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367\/revisions\/374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/extremeenvironments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}