Numerical simulations of airflow and cloud distributions over the windward side of the island of Hawaii. Part I: The effects of trade wind inversion

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1117-1134

  Chen, Y L ^a   Feng, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; FRANCIUM; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

AIRFLOW;

CLOUDS;

AIR FLOW; CLOUD COVER; DIABATIC PROCESS; OROGRAPHY; TRADE WIND;

HAWAII; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035333929     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2001)129<1117:NSOAAC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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