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Old 09-July-2009, 07:23 AM
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Originally Posted by lomiller1 View Post
Meh, you’re splitting hairs. The temperature of the water vapor is directly determined by the temperature of the air around it.
Only in part. It's also determined by the evaporating water, as well as the nature and amount of radiative energy flowing into and out of the system. In fact, at higher relative humidity rates, the water content of the air does more to drive the air temp than the air temp does to drive the water!
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