ON THE COMPUTATION OF SATURATION VAPOR PRESSURE.

Abstract

Some problems involved in the computation of saturation vapor pressure of water for meteorological applications are discussed. Two formulations for saturation vapor pressure in the pure phase over a plane surface of water or ice are considered; namely, the Gpff-Gratch formulation, which is the internationally accepted standard, and the Tetens formulation, which is widely used because of its simplicity. It is concluded that the Tetens formulation gives results sufficiently close to those of the Goff-Gratch formulation for most meteorological applications. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0637612

Entities

People

  • F. W. Murray

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computations
  • Saturation
  • Standards
  • Vapor Pressure

Readers

  • Climatology
  • Surface Coatings Technology.
  • Systems Analysis and Design