Vapor Pressure
•
Vapor pressure (e)- partial
pressure of water vapor
–
Absolute measure of water
content in atmosphere
•
Saturation vapor pressure (e
s
)-
saturation vapor pressure
–
Maximum amount of water vapor
atmosphere can hold for given
temperature
Mt. Fuji
(m)
3776
1000
0
e:(mb)
3.3
11
14.5