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1 Atmospheric Moisture: Relative Humidity and Dew Point

2 RECAP Hydrological cycle: transport of water and energy. Humidity: the water content in the air. Absolute Humidity: the mass of water vapor in a fixed volume of air, i.e. the water vapor density. Specific Humidity: the mass of water vapor in a fixed total mass of air. Water mixing ratio: the mass of water vapor in a fixed mass of the remaining dry air. Actual vapor pressure: the amount of water vapor in terms of the amount of pressure exerted by the water vapor molecules alone. Dalton s law. Saturation vapor pressure: the pressure that the water vapor molecules would exert if the air were saturated, i.e. the maximal vapor pressure at a given temperature T.

3 Humidity Humidity: the amount of water in the air. Absolute humidity: the mass of water vapor in a unit volume of air. Specific AH = mass of water vapor volume of air humidity: the mass of the water vapor compared to the total mass of the air parcel. SH = mass of water vapor total mass of air Water (mass) mixing ratio: The mass of water vapor compared to the mass of the rest of the air parcel. mass of water vapor MR= mass of dry air

4 Saturation Vapor Pressure What is it? This is the partial pressure of H 2 O when the air is saturated. This is the maximum H 2 O partial pressure before the H 2 O molecules condense out. Supersaturation: P(H O)>P 2 s It is an unstable condition It occurs in the absence of condensation nuclei.

5 Saturation Vapor Pressure The saturation vapor pressure P s, depends on the temperature. It increases with temperature. P s over water is larger than it is over an ice surface at the same temperature. Supersaturated saturated unsaturated

6 Relative Humidity Description: how close the air is to being saturated. Definition: RH = water vapor content water vapor capacity RH = P H 2 O P s H 2 O 100 RH=100% :the air is saturated. (clouds, fog, rain) RH<100% :the air is not saturated. RH>100% :the air is supersaturated-clean air with no condensation nuclei (rare) If we add water vapor to the air, RH is increasing. If we remove water vapor from the air RH is decreasing. An increase in temperature results in a decrease of RH, and a decrease of T results in an increase in RH.

7 Relative Humidity and Temperature RH is usually maximum in the morning (low T) and minimum during the afternoon (high T). Watering the plants is more effective when RH is high: less evaporation from the ground (morning, evening hours). The air s total vapor content is ~ constant during the day RH = P H 2 O P s H 2 O 100

8 Variation of SH and RH with latitude. Specific Humidity (g/kg) SH SH = mass of water vapor total mass of air RH RH = P H 2 O P s H 2 O 100

9 Dew Point The temperature to which the air has to be cooled (with no change in the air pressure or water content) for saturation to occur. If the air is saturated How much is RH? What is the air T? The dew point is a measure of the water vapor content in the atmosphere. A high dew point temperature corresponds to high H 2 O content. Adding water vapor increases the dew point and removing water vapor decreases the Supersaturated saturated unsaturated

10 US Dew Point Map

11 Examples of Weather Conditions The Gulf area has high dew point but also high temperature => RH is not so high. High dew point does not mean high RH! Fog and precipitation are associated with high RH.

12 California / Florida Why is the weather in California much drier than the weather in Florida?

13 Humidity in Your Home Cold climate (winter in upstate NY). The water content is the same inside and outside the house.the RH inside is much lower than RH outside. The outside air is heated and as it enters the house T=-15 C T dew =-15 C RH=100% T = 20 C T dew =-15 C RH=8% Hot and humid climate (summer Florida). The air conditioner cools the air down, the air becomes saturated, the excess H 2 O vapor condenses in the cooling unit. As a result the air inside the house has lower water content (lower dew point). The relative humidity in the house decreases as the cooled saturated air from the cooling unit is mixed with the warm unsaturated air in the room. Hot and dry climate (summer in Arizona). Evaporative cooling systems: The hot dry air from outside flows across pads saturated with water. Water is evaporated, the air cools down because it provides the energy needed for the evaporation. As a result the air in the house becomes cooler, with higher dew point and RH.

14 How humid is VERY humid? The human body cools down through perspiration (evaporation of body liquids from the skin surface). If the relative humidity is high, the evaporation is inhibited and we cannot cool efficiently. The body temperature rises. Heat Index: shows what the air temperature feels like. It takes into account the humidity and the actual temperature of the air. Humans feel comfortable if HI<80 F. Heat index above 90 F is uncomfortable. HI>100 F is dangerous.

15 Heat Index

16 The weight of humid air Mean molecular mass of dry air: gas m % mass of the gas mixture N % 28x78/100+32x21/100=28.6 O % Mean molecular mass of wet air. gas m % mass of the gas mixture Dry air % 28.6x90/100+18x10/100=27.5 H 2 O 18 10% Moist air is lighter and less dense than dry air at the same temperature. Moist air rises more readily. Evaporation enhances convection in the atmosphere.

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