Saturated air is air that has all the water vapor that it can hold.
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When a paracel of air is cooled to the temperature at which it is saturated, it has reached its dew point.
Air can hold a certain amount of moisture (water vapor) in the mixture of nitrogen, oxygen and other gases. The amount goes up with the temperature. If air is holding as much moisture as possible at a given temperature, it is said to be saturated, and it probably will start precipitating if the temperature drops at all. it is kind of like a saturated solution in which the excess solute will precipitate as solid particles when the solution is cooled. So to dumb it down, it means that no more water can be evaporated in to the air.
It means that the plant has more than enough CO2 for the C3 cycle, and cannot absorbe any more through it's pores (stroma).
Dew pointThe dew point is the temperature to which air must cool to be saturated.
the word saturated means the air is holding all of the water it possibly could.
the humidity is very high..close to 100%
Saturated air is air that has all the water vapor that it can hold.
Saturated means completely wet. A saturated dog is one that is sopping wet.
Saturated air is more dense.
When a parcel of air is saturated with water vapor the relative humidity of that parcel of air is 100%.
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When a paracel of air is cooled to the temperature at which it is saturated, it has reached its dew point.
Air can hold a certain amount of moisture (water vapor) in the mixture of nitrogen, oxygen and other gases. The amount goes up with the temperature. If air is holding as much moisture as possible at a given temperature, it is said to be saturated, and it probably will start precipitating if the temperature drops at all. it is kind of like a saturated solution in which the excess solute will precipitate as solid particles when the solution is cooled. So to dumb it down, it means that no more water can be evaporated in to the air.
If it is humid it is saturated. If it is dry it is unsaturated.