The influences of inversion height on precipitation and airflow over the island of Hawaii

Author:

Chen, Yi-Leng, Wang, Jiuhua.

Title:

The influences of inversion height on precipitation and airflow over the island of Hawaii

Periodical:

Monthly Weather Review

Year:

1995

Volume:

123

Pages:

1660-1676

Subject:

Rain and rainfall research Temperature inversion Orographic airflow Wind effects

Summary:

Rainfall patterns over the island of Hawaii show a wide degree of spatial variability that is closely linked to the terrain and local winds. Prior to the Hawaiian Rainband Project, (HaRP), that was held on the island from 11 July - 24 August 1990, with limited observational data, most observational studies of the island-induced wind regimes focused on the combined effect of the sea-land breeze, mountain-valley breeze and trade winds. As previous climatological studies have focused on the important role that was played by orographic lifting and blocking and on local winds in the development of trade-wind showers on the island of Hawaii, this paper studied the effects of large-scale conditions on the rainfall over the island by using the comprehensive dataset that was collected during the HaRP.

Label:

Weather & Climate

URL:

http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0493%281995%29123%3C1660%3ATIOIHO%3E2.0.CO%3B2

Date:

1995

Collection:

Periodicals