[NARCCAP-discuss] definition of specific humidity
Ethan Bodnaruk
ebodnaruk at gmail.com
Tue Jan 22 19:09:05 MST 2013
Dear NARCCAP staff/users,
I am trying to figure out how to calculate the dewpoint from surface
specific humidity and other data (temp, pressure) but I see two conflicting
definitions of specific humidity:
1) mass of water in air / dry mass of air
2) mass of water in air / total mass of air
Which of these two definitions accurately describes the huss (surface
specific humidity) variable?
Thanks so much for your clarification!
Best,
Ethan
--
Ethan Bodnaruk
M.S. Nuclear Engineering
Ph.D. Student, Ecological Engineering
SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry
1 Forestry Drive
Syracuse, NY 13210
More information about the narccap-discuss
mailing list