Antarctica Humidity
... the average values of absolute humidities at Vanda were calculated to be about (1.5e-3 to 2.6e-3 kg/m3 in summer, and about 0.14e-3 to 0.22e-3 kg/m3 in winter. Vanda Station is at 77.5 degrees south, on the coast near New Zealand, not the the ultra-dry interior. http://www.victoria.ac.nz/antarctic/pdf/ADS10.pdf
Vostok Station at 3488 m, 78°27' S 106°52' E is higher, colder, and drier. http://www.aari.aq/stations/vostok/vostok_en.html
|
Pressure |
Temperature |
Humidity |
Winter |
623.1 mb |
-65.0 C |
0.01 mb |
Summer |
638.6 mb |
-30.9 C |
0.37 mb |
1 mb (millibar) is 100 Pascals, or about 10.2 kg/m3 of water.
The Sahara desert is about 1e-3 kg/m3 (8mm or 8 kg/m3 of water).