Cloud patterns lee of Hawaii Island: A synthesis of satellite observations and numerical simulation

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 15, 2008, Pages

  Yang, Yang ^b   Xie, Shang Ping ^a   Hafner, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COMMERCE; OCEANOGRAPHY; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SIMULATORS; WAKES;

CLOUD FORMATION; CLOUD PATTERN; CORIOLIS EFFECT; IN-SITU; IN-SITU PRODUCTION; LAND STATIONS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OROGRAPHIC FLOW; REGIONAL MODEL; REVERSE FLOW; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; STRONG CONVERGENCE; TRADE WINDS; UPWARD MOTION; VERTICAL MOTIONS;

LANDFORMS;

ASYMMETRY; CLOUD COVER; CORIOLIS FORCE; LEE WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGRAPHY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TRADE WIND; WAKE;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 71949105394     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD009889     Document Type: Article

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