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
Examples
>>> from metpy.calc import relative_humidity_from_dewpoint >>> from metpy.units import units >>> relative_humidity_from_dewpoint(25 * units.degC, 12 * units.degC).to('percent') <Quantity(44.2484765, 'percent')>
See also
Notes
\[rh = \frac{e(T_d)}{e_s(T)}\]Changed in version 1.0: Renamed
dewpt
parameter todewpoint
Examples using metpy.calc.relative_humidity_from_dewpoint
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Hydrostatic Thickness