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Old December 14th 07, 04:46 PM posted to sci.geo.meteorology
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Default Help with understanding humidity and dew point

On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:10:26 -0600,
Bill Habr , in
wrote:

+ Relative humidity is the ratio of the vapor pressure to the +
+ equalization vapor pressure at a given temperature with respect to
+ water, usually expressed as a percentage. If you are from the 18th
+ century or before you can replace the word 'equalization' with the
+ word 'saturation' ;-).


Um, "saturation" is proper nomenclature.

But yes, for a given temperature and pressure, relative humidity is
indeed given as

RH (%) = V/Vs * 100%

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