On the Dynamics of Hawaiian Cloud Bands: island forcing

Author:

Smolarkiewicz, Piotr K., Rasmussen, Roy M., Clark, Terry L.

Title:

On the Dynamics of Hawaiian Cloud Bands: island forcing

Periodical:

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Year:

1988

Volume:

45

Pages:

1872-1905

Subject:

Joint Hawaii Warm Rain Project Climate Numerical simulations Orographic airflow

Summary:

The authors use the island scale forcing mechanisms to study the band cloud movement on the island of Hawaii. Based on the 3-dimensional model described in Clark (1977), Clark and Farley (1984), and Smolarkiewicz and Clark (1986), the numerical simulations revealed that the band cloud is a complex 3-dimensional phenomenon inseparable from the airflow around the island and not primarily related to the diurnal cycle effects as some literature anticipated.

Label:

Weather & Climate

URL:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(1988)045%3C1872:OTDOHC%3E2.0.CO;2

Date:

July 1988

Collection:

Periodicals