Local wind circulation on the slopes of Mauna Loa
- Author:
-
Mendonca, Bernard
- Title:
- Local wind circulation on the slopes of Mauna Loa
- Periodical:
- Journal of Applied Meteorology
- Year:
- 1969
- Volume:
- 8
- Pages:
- 533-541
- Subject:
-
Meteorological data Mauna Loa
Temperature
Orographic airflow
Numerical simulations
- Summary:
- Using a captive balloon system, measurements of the diurnal local winds at the Mauna Loa Observatory showed a 600 meter deep upslope flow and 55 meter deep downslope flow. The model calculation of mass flux of air in the region showed that six times more air is transported by the upslope flow than by the nocturnal downslope flow. The diurnal wind circulation on the slopes of the mountain are controlled by the temperature and radiation of the lava surface, the strength of the free airflow, and the trade wind inversion.
- Label:
- Weather & Climate
- URL:
- http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0450%281969%29008%3C0533%3ALWCOTS%3E2.0.CO%3B2
- Date:
- August 1969
- Collection:
- Periodicals