saturation_vapor_pressure¶
- metpy.calc.saturation_vapor_pressure(temperature)¶
Calculate the saturation water vapor (partial) pressure.
- Parameters
temperature (
pint.Quantity
) – Air temperature- Returns
pint.Quantity
– Saturation water vapor (partial) pressure
See also
Notes
Instead of temperature, dewpoint may be used in order to calculate the actual (ambient) water vapor (partial) pressure.
The formula used is that from [Bolton1980] for T in degrees Celsius:
\[6.112 e^\frac{17.67T}{T + 243.5}\]