Namii havo, miqdori bugi ob dar havost; yake az kharakteristikai muhimi obu havo va iqlim ast. Namii havo dar rafti jarayoni baze prosess- hoi tekhnologi, tabobati yak qator bemoriho, mahfuz doshtani asarhoi sanati tasviri, kitob va gayra az omilhoi muhim hisob meyobad. Kharakteristikahoi Namii havo inhoand: 1) chandiri (yo fishori partsial)-i bugi ob (e), ki bo N/m2 (mm sut• simob yo mb) ifoda meyobad; 2) namii mutlaq a — Miqdori bugi ob ba hisobi g/m3; 3) namip khos q — miqdori bugi obi 1 kg havoi nam ba hisobi g; 4) nisbati gash w, ki bo miqdori bugi ob (bo g-ho) dar 1 kg havoi khushk muayyan karda meshavad; 5) namii nisbi r— nisbati chandirii bugi obi havo (e) bar haddi chandiri E; 6) norasoii nami d — farqi bayni haddi chandiri va chandirii aslii bugi ob dar hamon yak harorat va fishor; 7) nuqtai shabnam.
Namii havoi atmosferai Zamin dar fosilai vase tagyir meyobad. Masalan, dar nazdikii sathi Zamin miqdori bugi ob dar havo (az rui hachm) ba hisobi miyona az 0,2% (dar arzhoi bolo) to ba 2,5% (dar mintaqahoi tropiki) tagyir meyobad. Chandirii bug e dar arzhoi qutbi ayyomi zimiston az 1 mb (bazan hamagi sadyaki mb), ayyomi tobiston az 5 mb kamtar ast; dar mintaqahoi tropiki boshad on to 30 mb va az in kham ziyod meshavad. Dar biyobonhoi subtropiki e to ba 5—10 mb (1 mb = 102 11/m2) merasad. Namii nisbi dar mintaqahoi ekvatori (miyonai solona 85% va ziyoda az in), dar arzhoi qutbi va ayyomi zimiston dar sathi khushkihoi arzhoi miyona khele ziyod meboshad. Ayyomi tobiston namii nisbii mintaqahoe, ki dar onho bodhoi mussoni movazand, khele ziyod ast (masalan, dar Hinduston 75—80%). Dar biyobonhoi subtropiki va ayyomi zimiston dar mintaqahoi mussoni qimathoi khurdi r mushohida meshavand (to 50% va az in ham kam). Bo ziyod shudani balandi g, a va q nip bo surat kam meshavayd. Dar balandii 1,5—2 km chandirii bug nisbat ba qimati on dar sathi Zamin ba hisobi miyona du barobar kam ast. Troposfera qarib 99% bugi obi atmosferaro dar bar megirad. Dar havoi boloi har yak m2 sathi Zamin ba hisobi miyona 28,5 kg bugi ob mavjud ast.
Tagyiroti shaboruzii chandirii bug dar boloi uqyonusho va nohiyahoi nazdibahri mutanosiban bo tagyiri shaboruzii harorati havo ba amal meoyad: namii havo ruzona bo afzudani bukhorshavi ziyod meshavad. Tagyiroti solonai chandirii bugi ob niz muvofiqan bo tagyiri solonai harorati havo ba amal meoyad. Ammo tagyiroti shaboruzi va solonai namii nisbi ba tagyiroti shaboruzi va solonai harorat chappa mutanosib ast. Namii havoro ba gigrometr va psikhometrho chen mekunand.
Namii havo ba prosessi mubodilai garmii organizm va muhit tasiri kalon dorad, az in ru baroi hayotguzaronii inson khele muhim meboshad. Hangomi past budani harorat va ziyod budani Namii havo ikhroji garmi az organizm ziyod va harorati badani inson past meshavad; hangomi baland bu- dani harorat va ziyod budani Namii havo ikhroji garmi yakbora kam shuda, boisi baland shudani harorati badan (makhsusan hangomi ijroi korhoi jismo- ni) megardad. Hangomi kam budani Namii havo organizm ba harorati baland khubtar tob meorad. Dar sharoithoi iqlimi mutadil 40-60% budani namii nisbii havo baroi inson sharoiti khubtarin ast. Baroi bartaraf kardani tasiri nomatlubi Namii havo ventilyatsiya, konditsionironii havo va gayraro istifoda mebarand.