There are two types of air temperature measurements on aircraft,
Ram Air Temperature and Static Air Temperature. (slower aircraft
don't normally have RAT gages) Ram Air Temperature, sometimes known
as Total Air Temperature, is the air temperature outside the
aircraft increased by the heat resulting from the compressibility
of the air. The faster the aircraft, the more the rise in the
temperature. Static Air Temperature, also known as Outside Air
Temperature, is a temperature reading corrected for the
compressibility rise to give a true outside air temperature which
is used in all sorts of calculations relating to engine
performance, aircraft speed, etc.