The vapour pressure of moist air is the partial pressure of its water vapour. Its mixing ratio is , the mass of water vapour per unit mass of dry air in the same volume, and its specific humidity is , the mass of vapour per unit mass of moist air. Both are usually given in grams per kilogram.
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Example 21.4 (The air at Norman)
At the ground the sounding gives , and a dew point of . The vapour pressure is the saturation vapour pressure at the dew point, (Proposition 21.5 below). Then , , and : this air is as light as dry air two and a half degrees warmer.