Moisture in the Atmosphere. Assignment 2. Due January 29


Purpose: to become familiar with how to obtain measures of moisture content in the atmosphere from a Skew-T/log-p diagram.

This assignment uses the sounding analyzed in Assignment 3 and the table of saturation vapor pressure as a function of temperature.

Determine the following variables at: the surface, 850 mb, 800 mb, 750 mb, 700 mb, 600 mb, 500 mb, 300 mb.
temperature(C)
dew point temperature(C)
vapor pressure with respect to water(mb)
saturation vapor pressure with respect to water (mb)
mixing ratio (g/kg)
saturation mixing ratio (g/kg)
relative humidity
virtual temperature (C)
estimate the frost point temperature (C)