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Re:Wet-Bulb Temperature by jazzyjackson on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @12:37PM (#30530090)
Check out the wind catchers or wind-towers (burj al hawwa) of Iran [0], as well as Qatar [1] <- some helpful diagrams

Jaali is the latticework that at first glance is merely decorative but is in fact functional, see this paper [2]: "Different names- Takhrima in Yemen, Shanashil or Roshan in Iraq and Saudi Arabia, with differences in design, materials, etc., calls them but the function remained the same as a climate control tool in the harsh deserts."

[0] https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20180926-an-ancient-engin...

[1] https://www.iloveqatar.net/guide/places/traditional-air-cond...

[2] https://ijseas.com/volume2/v2i2/ijseas20160211.pdf

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