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Heat-index from DHT library
/*!
* @brief Converts Celcius to Fahrenheit
* @param c
* value in Celcius
* @return float value in Fahrenheit
*/
float convertCtoF(float c) { return c * 1.8 + 32; }
/*!
* @brief Converts Fahrenheit to Celcius
* @param f
* value in Fahrenheit
* @return float value in Celcius
*/
float convertFtoC(float f) { return (f - 32) * 0.55555; }
/*!
* @brief Compute Heat Index
* Using both Rothfusz and Steadman's equations
* (http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/html/heatindex_equation.shtml)
* @param temperature
* temperature in selected scale
* @param percentHumidity
* humidity in percent
* @param isFahrenheit
* true if fahrenheit, false if celcius
* @return float heat index
*/
float computeHeatIndex(float temperature, float percentHumidity,
bool isFahrenheit) {
float hi;
if (!isFahrenheit)
temperature = convertCtoF(temperature);
hi = 0.5 * (temperature + 61.0 + ((temperature - 68.0) * 1.2) +
(percentHumidity * 0.094));
if (hi > 79) {
hi = -42.379 + 2.04901523 * temperature + 10.14333127 * percentHumidity +
-0.22475541 * temperature * percentHumidity +
-0.00683783 * pow(temperature, 2) +
-0.05481717 * pow(percentHumidity, 2) +
0.00122874 * pow(temperature, 2) * percentHumidity +
0.00085282 * temperature * pow(percentHumidity, 2) +
-0.00000199 * pow(temperature, 2) * pow(percentHumidity, 2);
if ((percentHumidity < 13) && (temperature >= 80.0) &&
(temperature <= 112.0))
hi -= ((13.0 - percentHumidity) * 0.25) *
sqrt((17.0 - abs(temperature - 95.0)) * 0.05882);
else if ((percentHumidity > 85.0) && (temperature >= 80.0) &&
(temperature <= 87.0))
hi += ((percentHumidity - 85.0) * 0.1) * ((87.0 - temperature) * 0.2);
}
return isFahrenheit ? hi : convertFtoC(hi);
}
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