Ok, this is rather old but the atmosphere is still 
pretty much the same.  Assuming your standing at 
sea level with 1 atmosphere pressure and +15C temp 
and you start to rise in altitude, you'll have 
roughly dependent upon alot of other factors ... 

Altitude    Temperature     Pressure       Approx Ratio of 
 (feet)         F       C    lb/ft^2       Altitude to sea level

        0   +  59    + 15   2.12 x 10^3          0 
   20,000   -  12    - 24   9.73 x 10^2         1/2 
   40,000   -  70    - 57   3.93 x 10^2         1/5  
   60,000   -  70    - 57   1.51 x 10^2         1/10
   80,000   -  70    - 57   5.81 x 10           1/50
  100,000   -  41    - 41   2.31 x 10           1/100

Assuming that you won't be shipping anything in an 
unpressurized cabin much above 60,000 ft, 
then testing for 

      temp = -70C, 
      pressure = (14.7 lb/sq.in.)/10 = 1.47 lb/sq.in. 

should do it. 

Speaking of humidity at temperatures near or below 
freezing doesn't really mean anything. 

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> From: regr...@esaote.com
> To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
> Subject: transportation environmental condition
> Date: Monday, March 09, 1998 8:43 AM
> 
> Hello all!
> Does anybody know the foreseeable environmental condition (temperature,
> humidity, pressure) you have during transportation of a device on a
plane?
> 
> Of course they depend on flight heigth, but is it possible to get rough,
> common-sense data for the design of packaging?
> 
> Many thanks
> Massimo
> 
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