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#<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">The amount by which the [[water vapor]] in the air must be increased to achieve [[saturation]] without changing the environmental [[temperature]] and [[pressure]].</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">The saturation deficit may be expressed in terms of a [[vapor pressure]] deficit, an [[absolute humidity]] deficit, or a [[relative humidity]] deficit.</div><br/> </div> | #<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">The amount by which the [[water vapor]] in the air must be increased to achieve [[saturation]] without changing the environmental [[temperature]] and [[pressure]].</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">The saturation deficit may be expressed in terms of a [[vapor pressure]] deficit, an [[absolute humidity]] deficit, or a [[relative humidity]] deficit.</div><br/> </div> | ||
#<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">The physiological saturation deficit: | #<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">The physiological saturation deficit: "The difference between the amount of [[vapor]] actually present in the air (i.e., the [[absolute humidity]]) and amount that saturated air at body [[temperature]] contains (viz., about 45 gm per cubic m)."</div><br/> </div><div class="reference">Kendrew, W. G. 1930. Climate. p. 189. </div><br/> | ||
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saturation deficit
- The amount by which the water vapor in the air must be increased to achieve saturation without changing the environmental temperature and pressure.
The saturation deficit may be expressed in terms of a vapor pressure deficit, an absolute humidity deficit, or a relative humidity deficit.
- The physiological saturation deficit: "The difference between the amount of vapor actually present in the air (i.e., the absolute humidity) and amount that saturated air at body temperature contains (viz., about 45 gm per cubic m)."
Kendrew, W. G. 1930. Climate. p. 189.
