Dictionary definition: absolute humidity

Article: Review of test methods for measuring water vapour ...
Cellular Polymers;  May 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT The water vapour transport characteristics of fabrics ... test methods available for measuring water vapour transport properties of fabrics ... precisely characterize the dynamic water vapour transport of layered fabrics in terms ...

Article: Water vapour permeability of clay bricks.
Construction and Building Materials;  June 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Abstract The water vapour permeability of clay bricks has been ... additives. The correlations between water vapour permeability and the main compositional ... reasonable precision and reliability, the water vapour permeability on the basis of open ...

Article: Porous structure and water vapour sorption of ...
Construction and Building Materials;  June 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... investigations are based on porous structure and water vapour sorption studies that provide both hygric ... mercury porosimetry and is computed from water vapour sorption with BJH model. The results ... micropores. This result is in line with the water vapour sorption isotherms measured ...

Article: Water vapour resistance of knitted fabrics in the ...
Annals of DAAAM & Proceedings;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... 12, 14 and 20 tex and elastane. The water vapour (sweat) resistance of fabrics has ... important factors that increase the water vapour resistance are the structural density ... the structure of fabric. Key words: water vapour resistance, permeability index, sweating ...

Article: Calibration of the Purple Crow Lidar vibrational Raman ...
Canadian Journal of Physics;  February 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Raman-shifted backscatter from water vapour and nitrogen molecules allows height profiles of the water-vapour mixing ratio to be measured from ... A comparison of the PCL-derived water-vapour concentration and temperature profiles ...

Dictionary definition: water vapour
A Dictionary of Earth Sciences;      384 words ...water vapour The gaseous form of water, present ... intermediate stage in the hydrological cycle . Water vapour in the atmosphere represents 0.01 ... Earth's surface. The concentration of water vapour decreases with increasing altitude up ...

Article: Scientists unravel secret behind Saturn's moon's mysterious ...
The Hindustan Times;  February 24, 2008 ;     628 words ... ... formation of the enormous plume of dust and water vapour that spurts violently into space from ... the plume emerge more slowly than the water vapour escaping from the moon's icy crust ... produce active eruptions of dust and water vapour. Moreover, aside from the Earth ...