Climates of the States: Hawaii

Blumenstock, David I.; Price, Saul

doi:10.1515/9780824844264-008

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“…Typically, dike rock is more dense than the rock through which it Cloudiness persists more than 70 percent of the time in the zone of high rainfall. However, skies are normally clear at the summit of Mauna Loa, because during normal trade-wind conditions, a temperature inversion, which usually exists between 5,000 and 7,000 ft, prevents cloud development at higher altitudes (Blumenstock and Price, 1967). Skies are also usually clear in the area southwest of the summit of Kilauea on the leeward, or sheltered, side of the volcano.…”

Section: Kilauea Volcano Forming On Southeast Flank Of Mauna Loamentioning

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Ground Water in Kilauea Volcano and Adjacent Areas of Mauna Loa Volcano, Island of Hawaii

Takasaki¹

1993

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About 1,000 million gallons of water per day moves toward or into ground-water bodies of Kilauea Volcano from the lavas of Mauna Loa Volcano. This movement continues only to the northern boundaries of the east and southwest rift zones of Kilauea, where a substantial quantity of ground water is deflected downslope to other ground-water bodies or to the ocean. In the western part of Kilauea, the Kaoiki fault system, which parallels the southwest rift zone, may be the main barrier to ground-water movement. The diversion of the ground water is manifested in the western part of Kilauea by the presence of large springs at the shore end of the Kaoiki fault system, and in the eastern part by the apparently large flow of unheated basal ground water north of the east rift zone. Thus, recharge to ground water in the rift zones of Kilauea and to the areas to the south of the rift zones may be largely by local rainfall. Recharge from rainfall for all of Kilauea sources. Four possible sources are (1) cold meteoric water, (2) cold seawater, (3) hydrothermal fluids of meteoric origin, and (4) hydrothermally modified seawater. The chloride-ion to magnesium-ion ratio of ground water indicates whether the water has been geothermally modified. A ratio greater than 15 to 1 generally denotes geothermally modified ground water.

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Section: Kilauea Volcano Forming On Southeast Flank Of Mauna Loamentioning

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Ground Water in Kilauea Volcano and Adjacent Areas of Mauna Loa Volcano, Island of Hawaii

Takasaki¹

1993

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“…Rainfall seasonality across much of the Hawaiian Islands is characterized by a dry and a wet season. The dry season (May-September) is characterized by warm temperatures and steady trade winds, whereas the wet season (October-April) has cooler temperatures and less persistent trade winds (Blumenstock and Price, 1967;Sanderson, 1993). In drier leeward areas, where most rainfall comes from storms, mean monthly rainfall is highest in December and January and lowest in June and July (Giambelluca and others, 2013;Frazier and others, 2016).…”

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Estimated groundwater recharge for mid-century and end-of-century climate projections, Kaua‘i, O‘ahu, Moloka‘i, Lāna‘i, Maui, and the Island of Hawai‘i

Kāne,

Mair,

Johnson

et al. 2024

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“…The seasonal rainfall cycle across much of the Hawaiian Islands is characterized by a dry season and a wet season. The dry season (May to September) is characterized by warm temperatures and steady trade winds, whereas the wet season (October to April) has cooler temperatures and less persistent trade winds (Sanderson, 1993;Blumenstock and Price, 1994). In drier leeward areas, where most rainfall comes from storms, mean monthly rainfall is highest in December and January and lowest in June and July (Giambelluca and others, 2013;Frazier and others, 2016).…”

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Effects of drought and cloud-water interception on groundwater recharge and wildfire hazard for recent and future climate conditions, Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Maui, and the Island of Hawaiʻi

Mair,

Oki,

Kāne

et al. 2024

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Cover. Map showing the relative frequency of monthly mean soil moisture less than or equal to a threshold value of 0.074, expressed as a fraction of available water capacity, during the Non-Drought scenario for Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Maui, and the Island of Hawaiʻi. Non-Drought scenario is rainfall during 1990-97 and 2003-06, and 2020 land cover. Relative frequency is shown using a spectral color scale with blue representing low frequency and red representing high frequency. This map is a modified version of figure 18 in the report. Background image, Photograph of shrubland immersed in clouds at an altitude of approximately 5,400 feet in

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Climates of the States: Hawaii

Cited by 12 publications

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Ground Water in Kilauea Volcano and Adjacent Areas of Mauna Loa Volcano, Island of Hawaii

Ground Water in Kilauea Volcano and Adjacent Areas of Mauna Loa Volcano, Island of Hawaii

Estimated groundwater recharge for mid-century and end-of-century climate projections, Kaua‘i, O‘ahu, Moloka‘i, Lāna‘i, Maui, and the Island of Hawai‘i

Effects of drought and cloud-water interception on groundwater recharge and wildfire hazard for recent and future climate conditions, Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Maui, and the Island of Hawaiʻi

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