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  2. Dew point - Wikipedia

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    When the moisture content remains constant and temperature increases, relative humidity decreases, but the dew point remains constant. [10] General aviation pilots use dew point data to calculate the likelihood of carburetor icing and fog, and to estimate the height of a cumuliform cloud base. Increasing the barometric pressure raises the dew ...

  3. Convective condensation level - Wikipedia

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    The convective condensation level (CCL) represents the height (or pressure) where an air parcel becomes saturated when heated from below and lifted adiabatically due to buoyancy. In the atmosphere, assuming a constant water vapor mixing ratio, the dew point temperature (the temperature where the relative humidity is 100%) decreases with ...

  4. Lifting condensation level - Wikipedia

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    His equation makes use of the relationship between the LCL and dew point temperature discussed above. In the Earth's atmosphere near the surface, the lapse rate for dry adiabatic lifting is about 9.8 K/km, and the lapse rate of the dew point is about 1.8 K/km (it varies from about 1.6-1.9 K/km). This gives the slopes of the curves shown in the ...

  5. 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

  6. Vapour-pressure deficit - Wikipedia

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    To compute the VPD, [2] we need the ambient (greenhouse) air temperature, the relative humidity and, if possible, the canopy air temperature. We must then compute the saturation pressure. Saturation pressure can be looked up in a psychrometric chart or derived from the Arrhenius equation; a way to compute it directly from temperature is

  7. 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.

  8. Dew point depression - Wikipedia

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    A lower dew point depression indicates that the air is more moist at a given temperature. [1]: 83 For a constant temperature, the smaller the difference, the more moisture there is, and the higher the relative humidity.

  9. Water activity - Wikipedia

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    The definition of a w is where p is the partial water vapor pressure in equilibrium with the solution, and p* is the (partial) vapor pressure of pure water at the same temperature. An alternate definition can be a w ≡ l w x w {\displaystyle a_{w}\equiv l_{w}x_{w}} where l w is the activity coefficient of water and x w is the mole fraction of ...