Changes in the vertical profiles of mean temperature and humidity in the Hawaiian Islands

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 21-25

  Diaz, Henry F ^a   Giambelluca, Thomas W ^b   Eischeid, Jon K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Hawaii climate change; Mountain areas; Temperature and humidity

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS; CLIMATE VARIABLES; FREEZING LEVELS; FREEZING TEMPERATURES; HAWAII CLIMATE CHANGE; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; MEAN TEMPERATURE; MOUNTAIN AREAS; MOUNTAINOUS AREA; RESOURCE MANAGERS; SOCIETAL CONCERNS; TRADE WINDS; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ATMOSPHERICS; FREEZING; GLOBAL WARMING; LANDFORMS; WATER RESOURCES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DROUGHT; GLOBAL WARMING; HUMIDITY; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; INVERSION LAYER; MOUNTAIN REGION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TRADE WIND; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL PROFILE; WATER RESOURCE;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79956261156     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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