Olfaction as a soldier-- a review of the physiology and its present and future use in the military

Table 1 Some examples of biomes and their environmental features which would influence olfaction

Biomes	Humidity	Atmospheric pressure	Temperature	Airflow (Wind Speed)
Siberian Tundra	Extremely Low	High	Extremely Low	High
Sahara Desert	Extremely Low	High	High	High
Mount Everest	Low	Low	Low	High
Argentinian Grassland	Moderate	High	Moderate	Variable
Alaskan Forest (Taiga)	High*	High	Low	Variable
Tropical Borneo Rainforests	High	High	High	Low

The data [116–118] used are a general interpretation of the climate of these regions, which averages out the weather patterns covering a group of areas over a significant period of time. The values High, Moderate, Low and Extremely Low are all relative to each other. The environments here were selected to provide a basis to illustrate examples of places with differing humidity, atmospheric pressure, temperature and airflow. Relative Humidity here is highly variable, as changes in temperature can affect the carrying capacity of the air, affecting its relative humidity. * Low evaporation rates and low temperatures lead to high relative humidity

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