Heavy rain events over the south-facing slopes of Hawaii: Attendant conditions

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 347-367

  Kodama, Kevin ^a   Barnes, Gary M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COLD WEATHER PROBLEMS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; STORMS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

SYNOPTIC SCALE DISTURBANCES;

RAIN;

HEAVY RAIN; RAINFALL; SLOPE ASPECT;

USA, HAWAII, MAUNA LOA;

EID: 0031153950     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(1997)012<0347:HREOTS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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