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Agriculture · Q328

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Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 328

Q328

Specific Humidity is measured by

A.
g/cc
B.
%
C.
g/g or, kg/kg
Answer
D.
All of the above

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Specific humidity is the mass of water vapour in a unit mass of moist air. Specific humidity is at a maximum in the tropics and declines as one moves poleward reaching minimum values in each polar region.
It can be calculated using the formula:
Specific humidity
Its measuring unit is g/g or, kg/kg.