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(meteorobs) Re: Humidity
Robert,
My humidity measurements may be totally useless but I feel it's still
interesting to include along with the data. I still feel that one is
going to see more activity with the humidity below 50 percent than those
who experience hazy, humid conditions.
Clear Skies!
Bob Lunsford
Robert Gardner wrote:
>
> I know that Robert Lunsford takes the humidity at his observing site at
> some time during his observing. Maybe others do too. I was wondering
> if anyone has ever checked for a correlation between LM and humidity.
> The simplest way to do this would be to make a point graph of LM verses
> Humidity. Or you can mathematical using regression analysis (least
> square fitting to curves). The reason I ask is if there is no
> precipitation in the form of ice crystal, snow, rain, clouds or fog, I
> see no pro or con for this. It may surprise some people that moist air
> is lighter than dry air. However since the same density of molecules
> are involved in any case you might not think there would be any
> correlation. What brought this to mind was Mike Linnolt mentioning that
> the humidity was low at one of his sights. You might also wish to take
> into account altitude, or atmospheric pressure if you have that data.
> I'm assuming that atmospheric pressure is a measure of the air mass.
> This would require a way to graph in three dimensions or the
> mathematical approach.
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