R/energybalance_functions.R
saturation_water_vapor_pressure.RdThe function approximates saturation water vapor pressure as a function of ambient temperature for temperatures from 0 to 40 C using Rosenberg (1974)
in Spotila et al. (1992)
. See also NicheMapR WETAIR and DRYAIR (Kearney and Porter 2020)
.
saturation_water_vapor_pressure(T_a)numeric air temperature (C).
numeric Saturation water vapor pressure, e_s (Pa).
Kearney MR, Porter WP (2020).
“NicheMapR - an R package for biophysical modelling: the ectotherm and Dynamic Energy Budget models.”
Ecography, 43(1), 85-96.
doi:10.1111/ecog.04680
.
Rosenberg NJ (1974).
Microclimate: the biological environment.
Wiley, New York.
Spotila JR, Feder ME, Burggren WW (1992).
“Biophysics of Heat and Mass Transfer.”
Environmental Physiology of the Amphibians.
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/E/bo3636401.html.
Other biophysical models:
Grashof_number_Gates(),
Grashof_number(),
Nusselt_from_Grashof(),
Nusselt_from_Reynolds(),
Nusselt_number(),
Prandtl_number(),
Qconduction_animal(),
Qconduction_substrate(),
Qconvection(),
Qemitted_thermal_radiation(),
Qevaporation(),
Qmetabolism_from_mass_temp(),
Qmetabolism_from_mass(),
Qnet_Gates(),
Qradiation_absorbed(),
Qthermal_radiation_absorbed(),
Reynolds_number(),
T_sky(),
Tb_CampbellNorman(),
Tb_Gates2(),
Tb_Gates(),
Tb_butterfly(),
Tb_grasshopper(),
Tb_limpetBH(),
Tb_limpet(),
Tb_lizard_Fei(),
Tb_lizard(),
Tb_mussel(),
Tb_salamander_humid(),
Tb_snail(),
Tbed_mussel(),
Tsoil(),
actual_vapor_pressure(),
boundary_layer_resistance(),
external_resistance_to_water_vapor_transfer(),
free_or_forced_convection(),
heat_transfer_coefficient_approximation(),
heat_transfer_coefficient_simple(),
heat_transfer_coefficient(),
saturation_vapor_pressure()
saturation_water_vapor_pressure(T_a = 20)
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