Abstract
Attention is called to the strong land-sea breeze regime which dominates local winds over the eastern slopes of the Island of Hawaii. An analysis is made of the diurnal variation of the winds measured at Hilo Airport by conventional soundings during the summer of 1965. The diurnal wind oscillation has a maximum range of over 6 m sec?1 at the surface and extends to an altitude of over 3 km. An example of the trajectory of a radar-tracked, constant volume balloon is analyzed to illustrate the combined effect of sea breeze and barrier deflection flow on the local winds measured over the slopes.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v19i3.9804 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 354 - 358
Submitted on: Nov 30, 1967
Published on: Jan 1, 1967
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1967 R. L. Lavoie, published by Stockholm University Press
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