Meteorology

• Humidity is the amount of water vapors or

moisture in volume of air.
• Meteorologists used air parcel to describe a
particular volume of air.
• The process by which liquid water is converted
into vapor is called evaporation.
• Water vapor in the gas phase of water and is
invisible.
• Humidity indicates the likelihood of precipitation.
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• Vapor pressure(e): is the partial pressure extracted by water vapor in
a mass of atmospheric air

• High vapor pressure = lots of water vapor in air

• Low vapor pressure= little water vapor in air.

• Example: if the surface pressure is 100 millibar:
78% is Nitrogen – 78 millibar
21% is Oxygen – 21 millibar
 1% is water vapor – 1 millibar
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• Saturation Vapor pressure(es): is the pressure extracted by vapor in a
saturated space and it is the maximum vapor pressure possible at a
given temperature.

• Since warm air has a graeter capacity fpr wter vapor:

It takes more water vapor to saturate warm air.
This means warm air has a higher Saturation Vapor pressure
• Saturation deficit (Twb): is the difference between the saturation and actual
vapor pressure at its existing temperature. 𝑒𝑠 − 𝑒
• Relative pressure(f): is the percentage ratio of actual to saturated
vapor at its existing temperature.

𝑒
𝑓 = ∗ 100
𝑒𝑠
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Dew point temperature(Td): is the temperature at which space becomes
saturated when air is cooled under constant pressure and with constant
water vapor content.

• Or the temperature at which the air would have to be cooled to for

saturation to occur.
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