Consider two locations on earth with identical temperature and relative humidity. Location on is at sea level pressure and location two is at high altitude where the pressure is 0.8 atmospheres. How does the specific humidity of the sea level location compare with that of the high altitude location?

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Consider two locations on earth with identical temperature and relative humidity. Location on is at sea level pressure and location two is at high altitude where the pressure is 0.8 atmospheres. How does the specific humidity of the sea level location compare with that of the high altitude location?

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Humidity expresses the amount of water droplets suspended in the air in the form of vapor. Humidity is affected by temperature.  As the temperature increases, more water vapor is loaded into the air.  If the air holds the largest possible amount of water vapor, then it becomes saturated with water droplets.  What is called the degree of saturation.

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