metpy.calc.
relative_humidity_from_mixing_ratio
Calculate the relative humidity from mixing ratio, temperature, and pressure.
pressure (pint.Quantity) – Total atmospheric pressure
pint.Quantity
temperature (pint.Quantity) – Air temperature
mixing_ratio (pint.Quantity) – Dimensionless mass mixing ratio
pint.Quantity – Relative humidity
Notes
Formula based on that from [Hobbs1977] pg. 74.
\(relative_humidity\) is relative humidity as a unitless ratio
\(w\) is mixing ratio
\(w_s\) is the saturation mixing ratio
Changed in version 1.0: Changed signature from (mixing_ratio, temperature, pressure)
(mixing_ratio, temperature, pressure)
See also
mixing_ratio_from_relative_humidity, saturation_mixing_ratio
mixing_ratio_from_relative_humidity
saturation_mixing_ratio