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Sensible heat is potential energy
Potential energy

Potential energy can be thought of as energy stored within a physical system. It is called potential energy because it has the potential to be converted into other forms of energy, such as kinetic energy, and to do Mechanical work in the process....
 in the form of thermal energy or heat
Heat

In physics and thermodynamics, heat is any transfer of energy from one body or thermodynamic system to another due to a difference in temperature....
. The thermal body must have a temperature
Temperature

In physics, temperature is a physical property of a Physical system that underlies the common notions of hot and cold; something that feels hotter generally has the greater temperature....
 higher than its surroundings (see also latent heat
Latent heat

In thermochemistry, latent heat is the amount of energy in the form of heat released or absorbed by a chemical substance during a change of state of matter , or a phase transition....
). The thermal energy can be transported via conduction
Heat conduction

Heat conduction or thermal conduction is the spontaneous heat transfer through matter, from a region of higher temperature to a region of lower temperature, and acts to equalize temperature differences....
, convection
Convection

Convection in the most general terms refers to the movement of molecules within fluids . Convection is one of the major modes of heat transfer and mass transfer....
, radiation
Radiation

In physics, radiation describes any process in which energy emitted by one body travels through a medium or through space, ultimately to be absorbed by another body....
 or by a combination thereof. The quantity or magnitude of sensible heat is the product of the body's mass, its specific heat capacity
Specific heat capacity

Specific heat capacity, also known simply as specific heat, is the measure of the energy required to increase the temperature of a of a substance by a certain Celsius#Temperatures_and_intervals....
 and its temperature above a reference temperature. In many cases the reference temperature is inferred from common knowledge, i.e.






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Sensible heat is potential energy
Potential energy

Potential energy can be thought of as energy stored within a physical system. It is called potential energy because it has the potential to be converted into other forms of energy, such as kinetic energy, and to do Mechanical work in the process....
 in the form of thermal energy or heat
Heat

In physics and thermodynamics, heat is any transfer of energy from one body or thermodynamic system to another due to a difference in temperature....
. The thermal body must have a temperature
Temperature

In physics, temperature is a physical property of a Physical system that underlies the common notions of hot and cold; something that feels hotter generally has the greater temperature....
 higher than its surroundings (see also latent heat
Latent heat

In thermochemistry, latent heat is the amount of energy in the form of heat released or absorbed by a chemical substance during a change of state of matter , or a phase transition....
). The thermal energy can be transported via conduction
Heat conduction

Heat conduction or thermal conduction is the spontaneous heat transfer through matter, from a region of higher temperature to a region of lower temperature, and acts to equalize temperature differences....
, convection
Convection

Convection in the most general terms refers to the movement of molecules within fluids . Convection is one of the major modes of heat transfer and mass transfer....
, radiation
Radiation

In physics, radiation describes any process in which energy emitted by one body travels through a medium or through space, ultimately to be absorbed by another body....
 or by a combination thereof. The quantity or magnitude of sensible heat is the product of the body's mass, its specific heat capacity
Specific heat capacity

Specific heat capacity, also known simply as specific heat, is the measure of the energy required to increase the temperature of a of a substance by a certain Celsius#Temperatures_and_intervals....
 and its temperature above a reference temperature. In many cases the reference temperature is inferred from common knowledge, i.e. "room temperature".

To make the meaning more explicit, it is the heat given to a body, when the body is in such a state that the heat gained by it doesn't convert to latent heat, or the energy supplied is not used up to change the state of the system (as in latent heat).

In the atmosphere
Earth's atmosphere

The Earth's atmosphere is a layer of gases surrounding the planet Earth that is retained by the Earth's gravity. Dry air contains roughly 78.08% nitrogen, 20.95% oxygen, 0.93% argon, 0.038% Carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere, and trace amounts of other gases....
, large-scale transport of heat from the tropics
Tropics

The Tropics, seated in the equatorial regions of the world, are limited in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the northern hemisphere at approximately 23?26' N latitude, and the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere at 23?26' S latitude....
 to the poles
Polar region

Earth polar regions are the areas of the globe surrounding the geographical pole also known as Geographical zone. The North Pole and South Pole being the centers, these regions are dominated by the polar ice caps, resting respectively on the Arctic Ocean and the continent of Antarctica....
 is affected by sensible heat
Sensible heat

Sensible heat is potential energy in the form of thermal energy or heat. The thermal body must have a temperature higher than its surroundings ....
 in the form of warm air moving toward the poles, and by latent heat
Latent heat

In thermochemistry, latent heat is the amount of energy in the form of heat released or absorbed by a chemical substance during a change of state of matter , or a phase transition....
 as cold air moving toward the equator
Equator

The equator is the intersection of the Earth's surface with the Plane perpendicular to the Earth's rotation and containing the Earth's center of mass....
. This motion is primarily driven by the cyclonic
Cyclone

In meteorology, a cyclone refers to an area of closed, circular fluid motion rotating in the same direction as the Earth's rotation. This is usually characterized by inward spiraling winds that rotate counter clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere of the Earth....
 mixing taking place in the Ferrel cell in the mid-latitudes, the latter of which is associated with the phase changes of atmospheric water vapor
Water vapor

Water vapor or water vapour , also aqueous vapor, is the gas phase of water . Water vapor is one Phase of the water cycle within the hydrosphere....
, mostly vaporization
Vaporization

Vaporization of an element or compound is a phase transition from the liquid phase to gas phase. There are two types of vaporization: evaporation and boiling....
 and condensation
Condensation

Condensation is the change of the physical state of aggregation of matter from gaseous phase into liquid phase. When the transition happens from the gaseous phase into the solid phase directly, bypassing the liquid phase the change is called Deposition , which is the opposite of sublimation....
.

The amount of heat added or removed can be measured by a change of temperature of a fluid substance in a calorimeter
Calorimetry

Calorimetry is the science of measuring the heat of chemical...
.

The heat required to change the temperature of a substance is called as sensible heat.

See also

  • Thermodynamic databases for pure substances
    Thermodynamic databases for pure substances

    Thermodynamics databases contain information about List of thermodynamic properties for substances, the most important being enthalpy, entropy, and Gibbs free energy....