Humidity Ratio Calculator mechanism

Model scope

The core formula is correct, but the instrument cannot receive a PASS until the saturation-pressure correlation, temperature scale/range, RH input convention, and constraint P>pv are explicitly documented and enforced. The blank honest_label is a concern: the user-facing label should state that W is humidity ratio on a dry-air mass basis, RH is a fraction or percentage as applicable, and pressure units must be consistent.

• The humidity-ratio formula W=0.622·pv/(P−pv) is standard for mass of water vapor per mass of dry air, provided P and pv use identical pressure units and 0≤RH≤1.
• The saturation-pressure correlation psat(T) is not specified, so numerical results are not reproducible or verifiable from the spec alone.
• RH is ambiguous: the formula requires RH as a fraction from 0 to 1, but many interfaces accept relative humidity as a percentage from 0 to 100.
• The specification does not state the valid temperature range or the required constraint P>pv.

Units and conventions

• T is assumed to be in degrees Celsius for the example saturation-pressure values; the actual correlation must explicitly define its temperature scale and range.
• RH is assumed to be a dimensionless fraction, so 50% is entered as 0.50.
• P and pv must use the same pressure unit; the factor 0.622 is dimensionless and W is kg water vapor per kg dry air.
• The numerical test vectors use representative saturation pressures rounded from a standard Magnus/Tetens-type correlation: psat(0 °C)=0.611 kPa, psat(20 °C)=2.338 kPa, psat(25 °C)=3.168 kPa, and psat(30 °C)=4.243 kPa.

Inspectable vector

One of 4 source-bound review vectors:

{
  "inputs": {
    "T_C": 20,
    "RH": 0.5,
    "P_kPa": 101.325
  },
  "expected_outputs": {
    "W_kg_per_kg_dry_air": 0.00725985
  },
  "working": "psat=2.338 kPa. pv=RH·psat=0.50·2.338=1.169 kPa. P−pv=101.325−1.169=100.156 kPa. 0.622·pv=0.622·1.169=0.727118. W=0.727118/100.156=0.00725985 kg/kg dry air."
}

Failure boundary

BREAK_CLAIMED · SELF_FLAGGED

The specification permits an undefined division when pv equals barometric pressure, and it is vulnerable to a percent-versus-fraction RH convention error. The saturation-pressure branch is also underspecified because no correlation or ice/liquid branch rule is given.

Other records

Sources and evidence

These pointers bind the page to evidence. They do not grant authority or collapse verification into deployment.

• VERIFIED_LEDGER.json
• evidence-tranche4/tranche4-results.json
• BOUNDARY_HAZARD_CATALOG.json