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Earth and Space Sciences · 术语表

什么是 Saturation; relative humidity?

又称: saturation · relative humidity

Definition 4.1 High School Earth and Space Sciences · 第 4 章 — Why Clouds Form

Air is saturated when it contains the largest mass of water vapour it can hold at its temperature, its saturation content; any extra vapour condenses into droplets. The relative humidity of air is its content of water vapour divided by its saturation content at the same temperature and pressure, expressed as a percentage.

The largest mass of water vapour that a kilogram of air can hold, against temperature, at sea-level pressure (over liquid water; computed from the international standard for water). Air at 28 C holding 11.4\, g/ kg (dot) is far from saturation; cooled without losing water, it becomes saturated at 16 C (circle).
The largest mass of water vapour that a kilogram of air can hold, against temperature, at sea-level pressure (over liquid water; computed from the international standard for water). Air at 28∘C28{}^{\circ}\mathrm{C} holding 11.4 g/kg11.4\,\mathrm{g}/\mathrm{kg} (dot) is far from saturation; cooled without losing water, it becomes saturated at 16∘C16{}^{\circ}\mathrm{C} (circle).

示例

Example 4.4 (A summer morning)

At 20∘C20{}^{\circ}\mathrm{C} the air contains 11.4 g/kg11.4\,\mathrm{g}/\mathrm{kg}. The saturation content at 20∘C20{}^{\circ}\mathrm{C} is 14.7 g/kg14.7\,\mathrm{g}/\mathrm{kg}, so the relative humidity is 11.4/14.7≈78 %11.4/14.7 \approx 78\,\%. The saturation content is 11.4 g/kg11.4\,\mathrm{g}/\mathrm{kg} at 16∘C16{}^{\circ}\mathrm{C}: that is the dew point. In the afternoon, the same air warmed to 28∘C28{}^{\circ}\mathrm{C} (saturation content 24.1 g/kg24.1\,\mathrm{g}/\mathrm{kg}) has a relative humidity of only 47 %47\,\% — with exactly the same water in it.

Example 4.9 (An afternoon cumulus)

In the afternoon of Example 4.4, the air at the ground is at 28∘C28{}^{\circ}\mathrm{C} with a dew point of 16∘C16{}^{\circ}\mathrm{C}. Rising bubbles become saturated at 125×12=1500 m125 \times 12 = 1500\,\mathrm{m}: the cumulus have their flat bases about 1.5 km1.5\,\mathrm{km} up. In the morning, at 20∘C20{}^{\circ}\mathrm{C}, the same air would have condensed at only 125×4=500 m125 \times 4 = 500\,\mathrm{m}: cloud bases rise through the day as the ground warms.

Example 4.13 (The warm dry wind of the lee side)

Air at sea level at 20∘C20{}^{\circ}\mathrm{C}, with a dew point of 12∘C12{}^{\circ}\mathrm{C}, is driven over a ridge 2500 m2500\,\mathrm{m} high. It becomes saturated at 125×8=1000 m125 \times 8 = 1000\,\mathrm{m}, at about 10∘C10{}^{\circ}\mathrm{C}. From there to the crest it cools at the saturated rate, to about 2∘C2{}^{\circ}\mathrm{C}, and loses as rain about a third of its water (from 8.78.7 to 6.0 g/kg6.0\,\mathrm{g}/\mathrm{kg}). Coming down the other side it warms at the dry rate over 2.5 km2.5\,\mathrm{km}: it reaches the plain at about 27∘C27{}^{\circ}\mathrm{C}, seven degrees warmer than it started, with a relative humidity of about 27 %27\,\%. Such warm, dry winds blow in the lee of many mountain ranges.

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