Extreme rainfall events in the Hawaiian islands

Author:

Chu, Pao-Shin, Grubbs, Melodie, Ruan, Ying, Zhao, Xin

Title:

Extreme rainfall events in the Hawaiian islands

Periodical:

Journal of Applied Meteology and Climatology

Year:

2009

Volume:

48

Pages:

502-516

Subject:

Precipitation Rain and rainfall Hawaiʻi Island Rain and rainfall research

Summary:

Heavy rainfall and the associated floods occur frequently in the Hawaiian Islands and have caused huge economic losses as well as social problems throughout the history of Hawaiʻi. As a result, this paper seeks to understand the frequency, intensity, locations, and the patterns of the extreme events that have occurred across the entire Hawaiian island chain and will investigate the nature and spatial distributions of heavy and very heavy rainfall events that have occurred throughout Hawaiʻi.

Label:

Weather & Climate

URL:

http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/2008JAMC1829.1

Date:

March 2009

Collection:

Periodicals