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  2. Dew point - Wikipedia

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    The dew point of a given body of air is the temperature to which it must be cooled to become saturated with water vapor. This temperature depends on the pressure and water content of the air. When the air is cooled below the dew point, its moisture capacity is reduced and airborne water vapor will condense to form liquid water known as dew. [1]

  3. Wet-bulb temperature - Wikipedia

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    The wet-bulb temperature is the lowest temperature that may be achieved by evaporative cooling of a water-wetted, ventilated surface.. By contrast, the dew point is the temperature to which the ambient air must be cooled to reach 100% relative humidity assuming there is no further evaporation into the air; it is the temperature where condensation (dew) and clouds would form.

  4. Psychrometrics - Wikipedia

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    Xchanger Inc, webpage Calculator for humidity, dew point, mass flows & heat flux for variable pressure systems with compressors, blowers, vacuum pumps and heat exchangers. Corwin's Calculators Calculator for humidity, dew point. How to read and use a psychrometric chart; Free Online Interactive Psychrometric Chart

  5. Wet-bulb globe temperature - Wikipedia

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    Electronic WBGT meter Analog WBGT meter consisting of three thermometers and a slide rule to compute WBGT. The wet-bulb globe temperature (WBGT) is a measure of environmental heat as it affects humans.

  6. Lifting condensation level - Wikipedia

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    The LCL can be either computed or determined graphically using standard thermodynamic diagrams such as the skew-T log-P diagram or the tephigram.Nearly all of these formulations make use of the relationship between the LCL and the dew point, which is the temperature to which an air parcel needs to be cooled isobarically until its RH just reaches 100%.

  7. Convective condensation level - Wikipedia

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    The CCL is determined by plotting the dew point (100%RH) versus altitude and locating the intersection with the actual measured temperature sounding. It marks where the cloud base begins when air is heated from below to the convective temperature , without mechanical lift.

  8. Saturation vapor density - Wikipedia

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    The saturation vapor density (SVD) is the maximum density of water vapor in air at a given temperature. [1] The concept is related to saturation vapor pressure (SVP). It can be used to calculate exact quantity of water vapor in the air from a relative humidity (RH = % local air humidity measured / local total air humidity possible ) Given an RH percentage, the density of water in the air is ...

  9. Thermodynamic diagrams - Wikipedia

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    Consider a gas in cylinder with a free floating piston resting on top of a volume of gas V 1 at a temperature T 1. If the gas is heated so that the temperature of the gas goes up to T 2 while the piston is allowed to rise to V 2 as in Figure 1, then the pressure is kept the same in this process due to the free floating piston being allowed to ...