earthkit.meteo.thermo.array.specific_humidity_from_vapour_pressure

earthkit.meteo.thermo.array.specific_humidity_from_vapour_pressure(e, p, eps=0.0001)

Compute the specific humidity from vapour pressure.

Parameters:

• e (number or array-like) – Vapour pressure (Pa)

• p (number or array-like) – Pressure (Pa)

• eps (number) – Where p - e < eps nan is returned.

Returns:

Specific humidity (kg/kg)

Return type:

number or array-like

The computation is based on the following formula:

\[q = \frac{\epsilon e}{p + e(\epsilon-1)}\]

with \(\epsilon = R_{d}/R_{v}\) (see earthkit.meteo.constants.epsilon).