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Calculate RH from temperature and dewpoint

Usage

get.rh(T, Td)

Arguments

T

air temperature, Kelvin

Td

dewpoint, Kelvin

Value

Relative Humidity numeric vector

Details

Based on equation 12 in Lawrence 2005, The Relationship between Relative Humidity and the Dewpoint Temperature in Moist Air A Simple Conversion and Applications. BAMS https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-86-2-225 R = 461.5 K-1 kg-1 gas constant H2O L enthalpy of vaporization linear dependence on T (p 226, following eq 9)

Author

David LeBauer