A Climate Transect through Tropical Montane Rain Forest in Hawaii

Author:

Juvik, James O., Nullet, Dennis

Title:

A Climate Transect through Tropical Montane Rain Forest in Hawaii

Periodical:

Journal of Applied Meteology

Year:

1994

Volume:

33

Pages:

1304-1312

Subject:

Precipitation Temperature Meteorological data Mauna Loa Evaporation Mauna Loa Climate Microclimates Rain forests Hawaii Island

Summary:

Two years of climate data are analyzed from three meteorological stations, located in a montane rain forest below the trade wind inversion, on the windward slopes of Mauna Loa, Hawaii. The data are compared with previous short-term measurements for the area and similar annual and diurnal climate patterns for the sites are found.

Label:

Weather & Climate

URL:

http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0450%281994%29033%3C1304%3AACTTTM%3E2.0.CO%3B2

Date:

Nov. 1994

Collection:

Periodicals