Horseshoe Bay - Departure Bay Ferry Route Air Temperature and Humidity Sensor Deployed 2022-06-23

The RM Young Temperature RH 41382ZVC TS 19119 was deployed on 2022-06-23 on Horseshoe Bay - Departure Bay Ferry Route. This ferry route goes between Horseshoe Bay terminal in West Vancouver, BC and the Departure Bay terminal, Nanaimo BC. This device is a Air Temperature and Humidity Sensor. Air temperature and humidity sensors are used to monitor weather conditions above the surface of the water. Air temperature affects wind speed and direction, relative humidity, the rate of evaporation and precipitation in the atmosphere. Air temperature is measured in numerous ways including thermistors, thermocouples and mercury thermometers. Humidity is the amount of water vapour in the air and can indicate precipitation, dew or fog. Humidity is typically measured as absolute humidity (the water content of air), relative humidity (measures the current absolute humidity relative to maximum for that temperature), or specific humidity (as a ratio of water vapour content to the total air content based on a mass). It was deployed on a mobile platform. Data from this deployment were archived and made available through Ocean Networks Canada's Oceans 3.0 digital infrastructure, with quality assurance and derived data products following established practices.

RM Young Temperature RH 41382ZVC TS 19119设备于2022年6月23日部署在马蹄湾-出发湾渡轮航线（Horseshoe Bay - Departure Bay Ferry Route）。该航线连接不列颠哥伦比亚省西温哥华的马蹄湾码头与不列颠哥伦比亚省纳奈莫的出发湾码头。该设备为空气温湿度传感器（Air Temperature and Humidity Sensor）。空气温湿度传感器用于监测水面上方的气象条件。气温会影响风速与风向、相对湿度、大气中的蒸发速率及降水量。气温的测量方法多样，包括使用热敏电阻（thermistors）、热电偶（thermocouples）及水银温度计（mercury thermometers）。湿度指空气中的水汽含量，可用于指示降水、露或雾的形成。湿度的测量方式通常包括绝对湿度（absolute humidity，即空气的含水量）、相对湿度（relative humidity，指当前绝对湿度与该温度下最大绝对湿度的比值）及比湿度（specific humidity，基于质量的水汽含量与总空气含量的比值）。该设备部署于移动平台上。此次部署产生的数据已通过加拿大海洋网络（Ocean Networks Canada）的Oceans 3.0数字基础设施进行存档并开放获取，其质量保证及衍生数据产品均遵循既定规范。