Online Rainfall Atlas of Hawai‘i
Thomas W. Giambelluca,Qi Chen,Abby G. Frazier,Jonathan P. Price,Yi-Leng Chen,Pao-Shin Chu,Jon Eischeid,Donna Delparte +7 more
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The Rainfall Atlas of Hawai'i as discussed by the authors is a set of digitalmaps of the spatial patterns of the 1978-2007 meanmonthly and annual rainfall for the major Hawaiian islands.Abstract:
nteraction among trade winds,terrain, land thermal effects, andthe trade-wind inversion give theHawaiian Islands one of the mostvaried rainfall patterns on Earth.Distinct, persistent patterns of upliftlead to dramatic rainfall gradientsand, together with elevation-relatedtemperature differences, producenearly the full range of climate types.This microcosm of global environ-mental diversity provides a uniquenatural laboratory for world-classresearch on topics such as terres-trial ecosystem carbon dynamics, soilgeochemistry, and the mechanics ofspecies invasion. Knowledge of meanrainfall patterns in Hawai'i is criticallyimportant in support of these researchendeavors as well as for managing andprotecting groundwater and surfacewater resources, controlling and eradicating invasivespecies, protecting and restoring native ecosystems,and planning for the effects of global climate change.The Rainfall Atlas of Hawai'i is a set of digitalmaps of the spatial patterns of 1978-2007 meanmonthly and annual rainfall for the major Hawaiianread more
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Assessment of Submarine Groundwater Discharge (SGD) as a Source of Dissolved Radium and Nutrients to Moorea (French Polynesia) Coastal Waters
Karen L. Knee,Karen L. Knee,Elizabeth D. Crook,James L. Hench,James J. Leichter,Adina Paytan +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used radium (Ra) isotopes and salinity to investigate SGD and associated nutrient inputs at five coastal sites and Paopao Bay on the north shore of Moorea.
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Observing and Forecasting Vog Dispersion from Kīlauea Volcano, Hawaii
Steven Businger,Roy Huff,A. Pattantyus,Keith Horton,A. Jeff Sutton,Tamar Elias,Tiziana Cherubini +6 more
TL;DR: The Vog Measurement and Prediction (VMAP) project as discussed by the authors uses hybrid single-particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory model (HYSPLIT, hereafter Vog model) to forecast the concentration and dispersion of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and sulfate aerosol from Kīlauea volcano.
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Sustained Increases in Lower-Tropospheric Subsidence over the Central Tropical North Pacific Drive a Decline in High-Elevation Rainfall in Hawaii
TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify consistent increases in the strength and frequency of occurrence of the trade wind inversion (TWI) across a ~40-yr period (1973-2013) in Hawaii.
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Bioaccessible arsenic in soils of former sugar cane plantations, Island of Hawaii.
William G. Cutler,Roger Brewer,Aly I. El-Kadi,Nguyen V. Hue,Patrick G. Niemeyer,John Peard,Chittaranjan Ray +6 more
TL;DR: Risks to human health from direct contact (soil ingestion) are significantly reduced by low arsenic bioaccessibility, Nonetheless, some soils within former sugar cane cultivation areas contain bioaccessible arsenic concentrations exceeding Hawaii Department of Health risk-based action levels, and will require mitigating actions.
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Indicators of soil fertility and opportunities for precontact agriculture in Kona, Hawai'i
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the relationship between soil fertility indicators and agricultural development in the unique environment of Kona, Hawai'i, the largest, culturally most significant, and geologically youngest of the dryland field systems in Hawaii.
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Net primary productivity and nutrient cycling across a mesic to wet precipitation gradient in Hawaiian montane forest
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Interannual and Interdecadal Rainfall Variations in the Hawaiian Islands
Pao-Shin Chu,Huaiqun Chen +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the correlation between the Pacific decadal oscillation (PDO) signal and the interdecadal variations in Hawaii rainfall and compared the difference in constructive match conditions of El Nino and PDO (i.e., DRY minus WET) for composites of extremely dry and wet winters.