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Density / Heat capacity of air...
Wet air is less dense than dry air. As long as temperature changes don't result in phase changes, the volume of wet air will have a lower heat capacity than the same volume of dry air, at the same temperature and pressure. Even high-school chemistry class should teach you that.
That being said, the difference in heat capacities between dry and wet air parcels is practically insignificant.
If you are talking about phase changes (i.e. cloud formation or dissipation), that's an entirely different discussion, and is not really about heat capacity.On 'The satellites show cooling'--No, they don't posted 1 year, 4 months ago 15 Responses