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Humidity measurements at the Earth’s surface are required for meteorological analysis and forecasting, for climate studies, and for many special applications in hydrology, agriculture, aeronautical services and environmental studies, in general. They are particularly important because of their relevance to the changes of state of water in the atmosphere. The chapter describes instruments used for measurement of Relative Humidity using psychrometers and hygrometer. As section on estimation of relative humidity from temperature data has also been included.
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Ahmad, L., Habib Kanth, R., Parvaze, S., Sheraz Mahdi, S. (2017). Measurement of Humidity. In: Experimental Agrometeorology: A Practical Manual. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69185-5_4
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