Numerical Simulations of Airflow and Cloud Distributions over the Windward Side of the Island of Hawaii. Part II: Nocturnal Flow Regime

Author:: Feng, Jiuhua, Chen, Yi-Leng
Title:: Numerical Simulations of Airflow and Cloud Distributions over the Windward Side of the Island of Hawaii. Part II: Nocturnal Flow Regime
Periodical:: Monthly Weather Review
Year:: 2001
Volume:: 129
Pages:: 1135-1147
Subject:: Rain and rainfall Hawaii Island Rain and rainfall research Hawaiian Rainband Project Numerical simulations Orographic airflow
Summary:: The fifth generation Mesoscal Model (MM5) was used successfully to simulate the observed features associated with the island airflow, thermodynamic fields, and clouds over the Hawaii Island at night. In the early evening, the nocturnal cooling provides the downslope flow on the windward slopes. In the early morning, the katabatic flow reaches 20 kilometers with a relatively deep offshore flow. In the model, the nocturnal cooling affects both the airflow over the slope and the airflow aloft and upstream.
Label:: Weather & Climate
URL:: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(2001)129%3C1135:NSOAAC%3E2.0.CO;2
Date:: May 2001
Collection:: Periodicals