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humidity slide rule [1 record]

Record 1 2010-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
DEF

The slide-rule based on the psychrometric formula from which the dew-point, vapour pressure, and relative humidity of an air sample may be obtained from readings of the dry- and wet-bulb hygrometer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
DEF

Règle à calcul adaptée aux mesures psychrométriques et qui permet, au moyen de la formule psychrométrique, de déduire des valeurs non mesurées à partir de valeurs déjà mesurées.

OBS

Information fournie par M. Daniel Harvey du Service d'observations météorologiques de Dorval.

Spanish

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