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absolute humidity

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absolute humidity [′ab·sə‚lüt hyü′mid·ə·dē]
(physics)
The ratio of the mass of water vapor in a sample of air to the volume of the sample.

absolute humidity
The mass of water vapor per unit volume of air.


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Shaman used the team's research data and substituted absolute humidity for relative humidity in analysing potential correlations with flu transmission.
When absolute humidity is low -- as in peak flu months of January and February -- the virus appears to survive longer and transmission rates increase," said the study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Humidity can be expressed as absolute humidity and specific humidity as well.
 
 
 
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