Mahmudur Rahman
ID. 2001019
Reg: 4762
Effects of Humidity on Livestock production
Humidity is the amount of moisture or water vapour or water molecules present in the atmospheric
gas. The more water in the vapour, the higher the humidity. Humidity arises from water evaporating
from places like lakes and oceans. Warm water evaporates quickly. That’s why, you may find the
most humid regions near to warm water bodies in places like the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf, and
Miami. Here, we will learn about the humidity and its types.
Types of Humidity:
1. Relative humidity
2. Specific humidity
3. Absolute humidity
[Link] Humidity
The relative humidity is a comparison of the amount of moisture present in the air to the amount of
moisture air can hold. The amount of moisture the atmosphere can hold totally depends on the
temperature.
The formula for the relative humidity is:
Actual amount of water in the air
Relative Humidity =
saturated amount of moisture in
the air can hold at that temperature .
The relative humidity is the function of both water content (moisture) and the temperature. Point to
Remember the relative humidity is 100% when the air is saturated with water vapour and 0% when no
vapour is present in the atmosphere. Relative Humidity Explained think of the atmosphere as a
sponge and it is capable of absorbing a fixed amount of water, i.e., a mug of water. Now, think of a
rise in temperature as an increase in the sponge size. When the sponge has no water, it means the
relative humidity is zero. Now, pour a half bucket of water on the sponge, the relative humidity
reaches 50%. We know that a sponge saturated with a half mug of water has 50% humidity, on
increasing the size of the sponge (increasing the temperature) without adding water further, the
relative humidity decreases because the sponge becomes bigger and is capable to take on water
vapour; however, the amount of water remains the same. Soaking a sponge (atmosphere) with water
more than the capacity it can hold can lead to dripping; however, it doesn’t symbolize rainfall. So,
how does rainfall occur? Rainfall occurs when the rising air cannot hold enough water molecules that
are gathered in the form of clouds in the sky.
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We define specific humidity as the mass of water vapour present in a given unit mass of moist air.
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Mahmudur Rahman
ID. 2001019
Reg: 4762
Specific humidity is equal to the ratio of water vapour mass and the air parcel’s total (including dry)
air mass. Specific humidity is also known as the humidity ratio. It does not change with the expansion
or compression of an air [Link] usually express specific heat as grams of vapour per kg of air, or
in air conditioning as grains per pound. The specific humidity has great usage in meteorology
[Link] Humidity:
We define the absolute humidity in the two following sentences: Absolute humidity is equal to the
mass of water vapour per unit of volume of air, i.e., grams of water/cm3 of air.
The formula for the absolute humidity is:
Absolute humidity = Mass of water/volume in cm3.
Absolute humidity does not take temperature into [Link] humidity in the atmosphere
is between zero and approximately 30 gm/m3 when the air is saturated at 300C. Dew point is
frequently cited as a more accurate way of evaluating the humidity and comfort of the air than relative
humidity because it is an absolute measurement, unlike relative [Link] the dewpoint and
temperature are the same, the relative humidity is 100 percent. Condensation will occur if the
temperature falls lower, and liquid water will [Link] the relative humidity is 100 percent, which
means the dew point temperature and absolute air temperature are both the same, precipitation is
unlikely. It simply indicates that the maximum amount of moisture in the air is present at the current
temperature. Fog on the surface and clouds in the sky, which are made up of microscopic water
droplets suspended in the air, can develop from [Link] dew point provides a quick
indication of air moisture content, relative humidity does not since humidity is proportional to air
temperature. It can be put another way. One can calculate relative humidity based on the dew point.
Also, the actual air temperature must be known in that [Link] actual saturation vapour pressure
ratio is also known as relative humidity, where the real vapour pressure is a measurement of the
amount of water vapour in a volume of air that rises with the amount of water [Link] any given
temperature, saturated vapour pressure is the greatest Vapor Pressure that can [Link] vapour,
whose VP is its SVP at the given temperature, exists in the air with relative humidity (RH) of 100
percent. This is equivalent to air in a state of equilibrium with liquid water. RH is the percentage
representation of the VP/SVP ratio. 'dry' air will contain water vapour at the given temperature with a
VP smaller than the SVP.
★What Method is Used to Determine Humidity?
A hygrometer is mainly used to measure relative humidity. The basic hygrometer is a sling
psychrometer consisting of two thermometers connected by a chain and a handle. A single
thermometer is standard. The other is a wet-bulb thermometer, a cotton wick over its bulb. The
temperature of the air is measured with a dry bulb [Link] the other hand, the wet-bulb
thermometer has a moist cloth at the tip. As water molecules evaporate from the wet bulb's surface,
they carry heat with them, decreasing the thermometer's reading. The vapour pressure, or the amount
of water vapour in the air, determines the evaporation rate. No water will evaporate from the wet bulb
at 100 percent relative humidity, and the readings on both thermometers will be the same. In a graph,
comparing the two temperatures yields relative humidity results.