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: Air Density and Saturation Pressure of Water Vapor


ehjorten
Jul 2nd, 04, 7:32 PM
I have a question about calculating air density. When measuring air pressure with a barometer, is the reading showing only dry air pressure or does it also include the vapor pressure? The reason I ask is because I am trying to calculate the air density from barometric pressure, relative humidity (or dew point - whichever is available at the time), and temperature). The equation that I have at hand is calculating air density as a product of dry air pressure + water vapor pressure.