Prh p, Pp p ppm – Vaisala HMP155 User Manual

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Appendix A ______________________________________________________ Calculation Formulas

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where:

b0 = 0.13914993 * 101

b1 = -0.48640239 * 10-1

b2 = 0.41764768 * 10-4

b3 = -0.14452093 * 10-7

b4 = 0.65459673 * 101

a

i

=

Coefficients over ice

a-1 = -0.56745359*

104

a0 = 0.63925247*

101

a1 = -0.96778430*

10-2

a2 = 0.62215701*

10-6

a3 = 0.20747825*

10-8

a4 = -0.94840240*

10-12

a6 = 0.41635019*

101

The water vapor pressure is calculated using:

100

ws

w

P

RH

P

(9)

Parts per million by volume is calculated using:

w

w

v

P

p

P

ppm

6

10

(10)

Symbols:

T

d

=

dew point temperature (°C)

P

w

=

water vapor pressure (hPa)

P

ws

=

water vapor saturation pressure (hPa)

RH = relative

humidity

(%)

x

=

mixing ratio (g/kg)

p

=

atmospheric pressure (hPa)

A

=

absolute humidity (g/m3)

T

= temperature

(K)

h

= enthalpy

(kJ/kg)

= virtual

temperature

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