Specific Humidity
Climate Change
The ratio of the mass of water vapor in a given parcel to the total mass of air in the parcel.
- — ARM Climate Research Glossary retrieved 2014-06-12
Specific humidity The mass of water vapor per unit mass of air, including the water vapor (usually expressed as grams of water vapor per kilogram of air).
Energy
Weather
In a system of moist air, the ratio of the mass of water vapor to the total mass of the system.