Keeping relative humidity around 30 to 50 percent helps keep these and other allergens under control.
I believe what we mean by
keeping relative humidity constant is just that — an experiment where you mimic the actual response of water vapor by keeping the atmosphere in the tube at the same relative humidity.
Water vapour does in fact change (roughly
keeping relative humidity, as opposed to specific humidity, constant) and this has been shown in the real world as a function of volcanic cooling (Soden et al, 2002) and for longer term trends (Soden et al, 2005, discussed here), and is well reproduced in climate models.
As dust mites not like dry air, you can use a dehumidifier in order to
keep the relative humidity below 50 %.
It can dehumidify up to 60 cubic feet in an enclosed space to
keep relative humidity below 30 %.
For example, the atmospheric warming due to increased CO2 might well be expected to increase water evaporation so as to
keep Relative Humidity constant (albeit raising Specific Humidity), so amplifying the small warming effect of CO2 itself.
It is highly unlikely that Dr Koch failed to
keep his relative humidity constant.
Not exact matches
The room looks like an enormous refrigerator from the outside and is
kept at a crisp 60 degrees and 40 %
relative humidity, optimal for photography.
We expect, through the Clausius - Clapeyron equation, that the specific
humidity will increase roughly 20 % in response to 3 degrees of warming provided the temperature and
humidity vary in such a way as to
keep the global
relative humidity roughly constant.
IPCC cited this study in AR4, but nevertheless
kept the myth of constant
relative humidity alive in its estimation of water vapor feedback and 2xCO2 ECS.
The assembly is not airtight enough and vapor tight enough from the inside to work in colder climates — unless the interior
relative humidity is
kept low during the coldest two months — less than 30 percent in climate zone 5 and less than 20 percent in climate zone 6 and in colder places forgeddaboudit.
With this design interior
relative humidities should be
kept below 60 percent in order to control surface mold.
We are not dealing with an experiment with the correct measurements of the tube, carefully recorded, and with
relative humidity kept constant.
The cases contain argon gas and are
kept at 67 degrees Fahrenheit with a
relative humidity of 40 percent to preserve the parchment papers.
Use a cleaning product recommended for your floors, and maintain
relative humidity between 30 and 50 percent, and temperature between 60 and 80 degrees Fahrenheit, to
keep them performing well for years to come.