latent.heat.vaporization {bigleaf}

Latent Heat of Vaporization

Description

Latent heat of vaporization as a function of air temperature.

Usage

latent.heat.vaporization(Tair)

Arguments

Tair

Air temperature (deg C)

Details

The following formula is used:

\lambda = (2.501 - 0.00237*Tair)10^6

Value

\lambda - Latent heat of vaporization (J kg-1)

References

Stull, B., 1988: An Introduction to Boundary Layer Meteorology (p.641) Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Netherlands

Foken, T, 2008: Micrometeorology. Springer, Berlin, Germany.

Examples

latent.heat.vaporization(seq(5,45,5))