Wind environment in the Lee of Kauai Island, Hawaii during trade wind conditions: Weather setting for the Helios Mishap

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 463-480

  Porter, John N ^a   Stevens, Duane ^a   Roe, Kevin ^b   Kono, Sheldon ^c   Kress, David ^d   Lau, Eric ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Maui High Performance Computing Center   (United States)

^c Statech International   (United States)

^d Island Air   (United States)

^e National Weather Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Hawaii; Helios aircraft; Island wake; Marine boundary layer; Trade winds; Wind turbulence

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; GRAVITY WAVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENCE; WAKES; WIND STRESS;

TRADE WIND; WIND SHEAR;

WIND EFFECTS;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; GRAVITY WAVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENCE; WAKES; WIND EFFECTS; WIND STRESS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; LEE WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; TRADE WIND; TURBULENCE; WIND VELOCITY;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KAUAI; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249878978     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-007-9155-z     Document Type: Article

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