Table 3.

Potential Core Temperature Rise per 5 min^a

Activity Velocity	Clothing and Equipment Configuration	Cluster, °C (Mean ± SD)
		Hot-Dry	Warm-Humid
0.3 m·s−1	Shorts	0.23 ± 0.02	0.25 ± 0.02
	Shells	0.28 ± 0.02	0.29 ± 0.02
	Full	0.28 ± 0.03	0.30 ± 0.01
0.7 m·s−1	Shorts	0.13 ± 0.04	0.16 ± 0.03
	Shells	0.22 ± 0.03	0.24 ± 0.02
	Full	0.24 ± 0.02	0.26 ± 0.02

^aAssuming 2.5-m² body surface area, maximum potential heat loss assumed for heat loss, 8 metabolic equivalents, activity velocities of 0.3 or 0.7 m·s⁻¹, and fully warmed up with a skin wettedness of 1.0, at a 32.3°C wet-bulb globe temperature.