Numerical simulations of the island-induced circulations over the island of Hawaii during HaRP

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 133, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3693-3713

  Yang, Yang ^a   Chen, Yi Leng ^a   Fujioka, Francis M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAND USE; RAIN; ROCKS; SEAWATER; WIND;

ISLAND-INDUCED CIRCULATIONS; KATABATIC FLOW; LAND SURFACE MODEL; LAND-SEA THERMAL CONTRAST; LAVA ROCKS; MESOSCALE MODEL; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER; SEA BREEZES;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BOUNDARY LAYER; SEA BREEZE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31344452866     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3053.1     Document Type: Article

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