2013-10-16 19:00:18.0 [saritz] updated definition update Definition (Glossary of Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, 2013, http://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Virtual_temperature); update Definition ((Also called density temperature.) The virtual temperature Tv = T(1 + rv/ ε)/(1 + rv), where rv is the mixing ratio and ε is the ratio of the gas constants of air and water vapor, ≈ 0.622.);
2013-09-04 14:38:18.0 [epneff] Move Concepts add broader relation (VIRTUAL TEMPERATURE [fd19a3f1-8eeb-49ab-bcaf-e7b4b267d415,85675] - SURFACE TEMPERATURE [5a7bb095-4d12-4232-bc75-b8e82197cb92,86389]); delete broader relation (null);
VIRTUAL TEMPERATURE
(Also called density temperature.) The virtual temperature Tv = T(1 + rv/ ε)/(1 + rv), where rv is the mixing ratio and ε is the ratio of the gas constants of air and water vapor, ≈ 0.622.
SURFACE TEMPERATURE