WRRCTR No. 78 Some Characteristics of Hawaiian High-Intensity Rainfall
| dc.contributor.author | Fullerton, Charles M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Wilson, S.K. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2010-10-04T21:54:02Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2010-10-04T21:54:02Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1974-08 | |
| dc.description.abstract | A computer monitored network of rapid response Raymond-Wilson rainfall intensity gauges has been established at the Cloud Physics Observatory (CPO), on the windward coast of the island of Hawaii, to record the passage of both warm and cold showers. These showers are characterized by high intensity rainfall (50 to 300 mm/hr) and an associated increase in atmospheric pressure, a change in wind velocity, and a reversal of the electric potential gradient. The showers often occur at night, during the maximum of the diurnal pressure oscillation, and frequently in groups of two to four with an interval of 10 3 to 10 4 seconds between separate showers. A relationship between the height of the base of the trade wind inversion and the total amount of rainfall was observed, indicating that almost no rainfall occurs if the inversion base is less than 2 km. A drop-size instrument (DSI) was developed and used to measure the raindrop-size spectrum. From this measurement and the rainfall intensity, an estimation of the liquid water content (LWC) of precipitating clouds was derived. The LWC (2.0 to 8.0 g/m3) was found to be larger than that generally assumed for trade wind showers. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | OWRR Project No. 8-026-HI, Grant Agreement No. 14-31-0001-3872 The programs and activities described herein were supported in part by funds provided by the United States Department of the Interior as authorized under the Water Resources Research Act of 1964, Public Law 88-379, and were preformed with the cooperation of the Cloud Physics Observatory, Department of Meteorology, University of Hawaii. | |
| dc.format.extent | vi + 47 pages | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Fullerton CM, Wilson SK. 1974. Some characteristics of Hawaiian high-intensity rainfall. Honolulu (HI): Water Resources Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa. WRRC technical report, 84. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10125/18113 | |
| dc.publisher | Water Resources Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | WRRC Technical Reports | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | 78 | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Rain and rainfall -- Hawaii. | |
| dc.title | WRRCTR No. 78 Some Characteristics of Hawaiian High-Intensity Rainfall | |
| dc.type | Report | |
| dc.type.dcmi | Text |
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