relative_humidity_from_dewpoint¶
- metpy.calc.relative_humidity_from_dewpoint(temperature, dewpoint)¶
Calculate the relative humidity.
Uses temperature and dewpoint to calculate relative humidity as the ratio of vapor pressure to saturation vapor pressures.
- Parameters
temperature (
pint.Quantity
) – Air temperaturedewpoint (
pint.Quantity
) – Dewpoint temperature
- Returns
pint.Quantity
– Relative humidity
See also
Notes
\[rh = \frac{e(T_d)}{e_s(T)}\]Changed in version 1.0: Renamed
dewpt
parameter todewpoint