rh2sh: Relative humidity to specific humidity

Description Usage Arguments Value Author(s) References See Also Examples

Description

Computes specific humidity from given relative humidity, temperature and pressure.

Usage

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rh2sh(Temp, Pz, RH)

Arguments

Temp

Air Temperature[C]

Pz

Pressure in [hPa]

RH

Relative humidity [%]

Value

Specific humidity (kg/kg).

Author(s)

Ricardo Ochoa, Ilse Avalos

References

Bolton (1980): The computation of Equivalent Potential Temperature. http://www.eol.ucar.edu/projects/ceop/dm/documents/refdata_report/eqns.html

See Also

RH, sh2rh

Examples

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plot(x = 10:30,y = rh2sh(10:30, 1013, 50), xlab="Temperature [C]", 
ylab="Specific humidity", main="Specific humidity for RH=0.5 and varying temperature")

Iavalos/Comfort documentation built on May 8, 2019, 10:59 a.m.