A NUMBERS challenge.

On her blog today Miss Zippy talked about how she wished there was a runner-adjusted version of the heat index.  It would include runner related variables such as pace, hydration, miles run, time of day, etc.  This would lead to the magical "Runner's Heat Index."  Read her post here.  So I'm taking the challenge.  A quick google search and wikipedia review of the heat index shows it is based on two papers by R.G. Steadman written in 1979 for the Journal of Applied Meteorology.  Lucky for me, a quick Google Scholar search turned up a pdf for each paper.  I scanned the first one quickly to familiarize myself with it, and was pleased to see that I had a solid understanding of the physics and thermodynamics outlined (like thermal and radiation resistance circuits, partial pressures, radiative, convective and evaporative heat transfer to name a few).  So, I've got a very geeky project to work on.  And who knows- this could be the beginnings of an actual article written for a peer-reviewed journal.  Put the PhD to use and such, you know.  Might as well make the most of it since I've got it.