% % [ESAT,QSAT] = saturation_humidity(TS,PS) % % Computes saturation water vapor pressure (ESAT) % and saturation specific humidity (QSAT in kg/kg) % at a given temperature TS(Kelvin) and (total) pressure PS(mb) % % refs: Physics package of the MIT GCM % % !!! WHEN TS IS A VECTOR ... BUG SO NO % VECTORISATION ALLOWED % function [ESAT,QSAT] = Clausius_Clapeyron(TS,PS) % TS=max(TS,35.0); TC=TS-273.15; DENOM=243.5+TC; EPS = 0.62197; %RD / RV if(TC >= 0) % % Satu. vap pressure for liquid water (mb) ESAT = 6.112*exp(17.67*TC/DENOM); % else % % Satu. vap. pressure for ice (mb) ESAT = exp(23.33086-6111.72784/TS+0.15215*log(TS)); end % Saturation specific humidity at TS, PS % QSAT = EPS*ESAT/(PS-ESAT*(1-EPS)); return