Wet bulb temperature is calculated iteratively as follows:
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First the initial estimate of wet bulb temperature is calculated with the following formula:
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Then the wet bulb temperature is iteratively re-calculated as long as ABS(Phit − Pws(Td)) > 0.01 with the following formula:
Phit and Pder are calculated depending on the value of Twet:
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If Twet > 0:
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If Twet ≤ 0:
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Item | Explanation |
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Twet | Wet bulb temperature [°C] |
Td | Dew point temperature [°C] |
TA | Ambient air temperature [°C] |
PA | Ambient air pressure [hPa] |
Pws(t) | Aqueous vapor pressure of water at temperature t [hPa] |
Pwi(t) | Aqueous vapor pressure of ice at temperature t [hPa] |
Pws(t) calculation
Item | Explanation |
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Pws(t) | Aqueous vapor pressure of water at temperature t [hPa] |
b_1 | −5800.2206 |
b0 | 1.3914993 |
b1 | −0.048640239 |
b2 | 0.000041764768 |
b3 | −0.000000014452093 |
b4 | 6.5459673 |
v Calculation
Item | Explanation |
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t | Temperature [K] |
c0 | 0.4931358 |
c1 | −0.0046094296 |
c2 | 0.000013746454 |
c3 | −0.000000012743214 |
Pwi(t) calculation
Item | Explanation |
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Pwi(t) | Aqueous vapor pressure of ice at temperature t [hPa] |
a0 | −5674.5359 |
a1 | 6.3925247 |
a2 | −9.677843E − 03 |
a3 | 0.00000062215701 |
a4 | 2.0747825E − 09 |
a5 | −9.484024E − 13 |
a6 | 4.1635019 |
t | Temperature [K] |
Input | Variable |
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Air temperature (TA) | TAAVG1M (average 1‑minute temperature) |
Dew point temperature (Td) | TDAVG1M (average 1‑minute dew point) |
Atmospheric pressure (PA) | QFEAVG1M (average 1‑minute QFE pressure) |