Moisture Variables

• There are a number of ways one can specify the amount of moisture (referred to as humidity) in the air

• What are they?????

  • Absolute humidity
  • specific humidity
  • vapor pressure
  • saturation vapor pressure
  • relative humidity
  • mixing ratio
  • saturation mixing ratio
  • wet-bulb temperature
  • dew-point temperature

• Let's look at each of these more carefully....